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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
464 head
▲ 400 vs last sale 64▲ 125 vs year ago 339 · +36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 21▲ 9 vs year ago 25 · +36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls no test, Good 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 $142.02/cwt on 270 head.
Average price
$142.02
270 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.97
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2613142.10871269
Medium and Large 2-3590121.007141thin
One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about $157 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 sale270 hd
142.02
—
KY average25 barns · 4,980 hd
140.05
+1.97
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—Average2,25599.002,2321thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63872.021,18011
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38870.9898511
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11663.407085thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,48576.301,1333thin
SteersSelectAverage1,060103.001,0921thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330177.50/cwt177.50–177.505861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350182.50/cwt182.50–182.506391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385166.73/cwt164.00–170.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430159.00/cwt159.00–159.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488170.00/cwt170.00–170.0083013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488158.00/cwt158.00–158.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520164.00/cwt164.00–164.008531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522153.81/cwt140.00–161.008038
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3545138.00/cwt138.00–138.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579166.50/cwt166.50–166.5096412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583151.12/cwt142.00–161.0088110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616136.18/cwt131.00–147.0083911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624151.63/cwt151.50–152.009464
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678142.34/cwt136.00–147.0096515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709143.80/cwt139.75–145.251,02026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735137.15/cwt135.00–137.501,0087
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,06627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820128.98/cwt128.00–130.001,0582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324141.60/cwt135.00–147.004594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395144.00/cwt144.00–144.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422140.12/cwt135.00–144.005919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479141.44/cwt134.00–145.006779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515146.80/cwt146.00–148.007569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518134.66/cwt128.00–140.006985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577139.65/cwt133.00–144.008066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590121.00/cwt121.00–121.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627147.05/cwt139.00–147.95922174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628133.37/cwt120.00–138.0083815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682125.96/cwt121.00–127.5085923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720113.65/cwt111.00–118.008186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2777120.44/cwt110.00–125.509366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815115.00/cwt115.00–115.009371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368171.45/cwt170.00–177.506315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433160.15/cwt156.00–169.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568133.91/cwt130.00–138.007612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2614130.62/cwt125.00–137.008026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008641
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select1,060103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,25599.00/cwt99.00–99.002,2321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09861.13/cwt61.00–61.506714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19072.50/cwt72.50–72.508631
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38870.98/cwt64.50–78.5098511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63872.02/cwt65.00–79.501,18011
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,48576.30/cwt76.00–77.001,1333

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.