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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 16
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
649 head
▼ 228 vs last sale 877▲ 418 vs year ago 231 · +181.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 91▲ 6 vs year ago 52 · +11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower, Yearlings steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.57/cwt on 408 head.
Average price
$126.57
408 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.14
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2613127.14780392
Medium and Large 2-3547112.7561716thin
One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about $163 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 sale408 hd
126.57
—
KY average27 barns · 8,790 hd
127.72
−1.14
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—Low1,77986.431,53711
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09155.7860911
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31355.5973027
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55954.228455thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328160.60/cwt154.00–167.505272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428158.68/cwt156.00–162.006797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474152.61/cwt148.00–164.007236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516147.84/cwt135.00–152.0076313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570144.00/cwt144.00–144.008211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606154.00/cwt154.00–154.0093377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634141.04/cwt132.00–142.0089420
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668137.87/cwt137.00–139.009218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710130.85/cwt130.85–130.8592919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764125.49/cwt119.50–129.509595
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825113.27/cwt110.00–116.509342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2886110.00/cwt110.00–110.0097510
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2210127.50/cwt127.50–127.502681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320131.00/cwt131.00–131.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330124.00/cwt124.00–124.004092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360109.00/cwt109.00–109.003921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382134.36/cwt129.00–139.0051310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431132.99/cwt128.00–140.5057320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479130.98/cwt123.00–135.2562743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524127.51/cwt124.00–131.006688
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3562116.74/cwt115.00–117.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569131.79/cwt129.75–134.00750109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571124.98/cwt120.00–129.007147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627117.11/cwt112.00–120.0073416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675116.48/cwt110.00–121.0078614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680103.67/cwt103.00–104.007053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3705102.00/cwt102.00–102.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713124.54/cwt124.25–124.85888155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743108.64/cwt106.00–114.008073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2856112.00/cwt112.00–112.009593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2932107.00/cwt107.00–107.009972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371153.78/cwt147.50–163.005717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2443157.11/cwt146.00–163.0069611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471147.55/cwt134.00–155.006958
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3482126.00/cwt126.00–126.006072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520122.02/cwt120.00–126.006353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534136.48/cwt130.00–140.007294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575138.00/cwt138.00–138.007941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622127.85/cwt121.00–134.007955
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670108.00/cwt108.00–108.007241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723107.55/cwt100.00–111.507783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373090.00/cwt90.00–90.006571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790105.00/cwt105.00–105.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282593.00/cwt93.00–93.007671
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 371574.00/cwt74.00–74.005291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61882.09/cwt81.00–83.001,3283
Bulls——1,82094.52/cwt94.00–95.001,7202
Bulls——1,84585.91/cwt83.50–88.501,5856
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07355.15/cwt52.50–57.505925
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10560.24/cwt58.00–63.006664
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10848.46/cwt45.00–52.005372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25360.85/cwt58.00–66.507626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29550.40/cwt49.00–51.506534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33854.95/cwt52.00–57.0073517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55954.22/cwt52.00–56.008455
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,330850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,3051

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.