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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 26
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
515 head
▲ 218 vs last sale 297▼ 49 vs year ago 564 · −8.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 74▼ 8 vs year ago 44 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 10 vs year ago 16 · −62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers and heifers mostly steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, 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 $141.82/cwt on 367 head.
Average price
$141.82
367 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$463
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$43.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.80
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2640143.50918351
Medium and Large 2-3583105.4461515thin
Small and Medium 1-2455100.004551thin
One grade step is worth $43.50/cwt here — about $463 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 sale367 hd
141.82
—
KY average24 barns · 4,768 hd
132.03
+9.80
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—Average1,76889.761,5874thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60156.489046thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34253.4371711
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02949.4250910

Every lot

62 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371157.32/cwt152.00–162.505844
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442151.60/cwt145.00–161.006703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455145.32/cwt136.00–149.0066112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524136.49/cwt135.00–137.007154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565137.80/cwt132.00–147.007797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630126.00/cwt126.00–126.007941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678131.78/cwt128.00–136.008937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735126.00/cwt126.00–126.009261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776127.50/cwt127.50–127.509895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,2641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345136.00/cwt136.00–136.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374137.44/cwt126.00–142.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375151.33/cwt150.00–152.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445125.50/cwt125.00–126.005584
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460129.26/cwt123.00–136.0059524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481104.14/cwt100.00–113.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521123.64/cwt116.00–129.0064410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566124.60/cwt115.00–132.0070513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3569108.51/cwt108.00–110.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620149.25/cwt149.25–149.2592578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628114.59/cwt110.00–119.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed637155.00/cwt155.00–155.0098774
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3637105.05/cwt101.00–107.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666109.33/cwt106.00–110.007286
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3683102.01/cwt100.00–104.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3700103.00/cwt103.00–103.007212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708119.00/cwt119.00–119.008434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,038125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765108.68/cwt107.00–112.008313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2322167.50/cwt167.50–167.505392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2352160.00/cwt160.00–160.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419143.14/cwt133.00–150.006005
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440127.00/cwt127.00–127.005591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459141.84/cwt135.00–147.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3484115.27/cwt109.00–122.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515140.40/cwt137.00–144.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy532161.00/cwt161.00–161.008572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574135.27/cwt131.00–138.007768
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3581119.99/cwt112.00–125.006974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620129.42/cwt124.00–133.008023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662125.24/cwt120.00–128.008297
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3677100.00/cwt100.00–100.006772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717121.61/cwt117.00–125.508728
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-372599.00/cwt99.00–99.007181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2768115.98/cwt114.00–118.008912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2830107.00/cwt107.00–107.008881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-389584.00/cwt84.00–84.007522
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61083.50/cwt83.50–83.501,3441
Bulls——1,72597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6731
Bulls——1,86889.26/cwt89.00–89.501,6672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99953.53/cwt51.00–55.005354
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03144.11/cwt41.00–47.004555
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14059.50/cwt59.50–59.506781
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31547.00/cwt47.00–47.006181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34452.71/cwt49.50–55.507088
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35059.51/cwt59.00–60.008032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60754.57/cwt53.50–56.508775
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218675.25/cwt560.00–850.008,2255
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2901,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,1901

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.