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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 26
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 294 vs last sale 384▼ 515 vs year ago 605 · −85.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 26▼ 14 vs year ago 29 · −48.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 7▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on a lite test, Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.06/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$132.06
35 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$790
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.66
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606133.1680732
Medium and Large 2-3510120.336143thin
One grade step is worth $12.83/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale35 hd
132.06
—
KY average25 barns · 4,073 hd
136.73
−4.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,38581.121,1243thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57053.008321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28552.336733thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10549.735496thin

Every lot

41 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315142.00/cwt142.00–142.004471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371149.58/cwt148.00–151.005554
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455127.00/cwt127.00–127.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528143.69/cwt135.00–145.757598
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585142.00/cwt142.00–142.008312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605126.36/cwt121.50–131.007644
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665104.00/cwt104.00–104.006921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679124.19/cwt123.00–126.008435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2812120.00/cwt120.00–120.009747
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365131.63/cwt126.00–135.004804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495116.00/cwt116.00–116.005741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3505100.00/cwt100.00–100.005051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533117.98/cwt117.00–120.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552118.00/cwt118.00–118.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560108.00/cwt108.00–108.006051
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-261581.00/cwt81.00–81.004981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620113.00/cwt113.00–113.007011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668110.03/cwt109.00–111.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373089.00/cwt89.00–89.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381286.00/cwt86.00–86.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293591.00/cwt91.00–91.008511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3370125.00/cwt125.00–125.004632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430131.55/cwt127.00–136.005662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2491139.89/cwt127.00–144.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515129.32/cwt128.00–130.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560126.00/cwt126.00–126.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624114.25/cwt114.00–114.507136
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695110.00/cwt110.00–110.007651
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3723102.52/cwt102.00–103.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-378895.55/cwt90.00–101.007532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,38581.12/cwt80.00–82.001,1243
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06342.70/cwt42.00–43.504542
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12653.24/cwt51.00–54.505994
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28360.49/cwt60.00–61.007762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29036.00/cwt36.00–36.004641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57053.00/cwt53.00–53.008321
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,0211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8801

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.