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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 12
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
457 head
▼ 411 vs last sale 868▼ 160 vs year ago 617 · −25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 120▲ 1 vs year ago 54 · +1.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 16▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 higher, 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 $147.09/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$147.09
196 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.31
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563150.27846176
Medium and Large 2-3578119.1968920
One grade step is worth $31.07/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 sale196 hd
147.09
—
KY average22 barns · 5,516 hd
146.78
+0.31
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—High1,780113.772,0254thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,69982.791,4074thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34580.441,08213
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02871.0873111

Every lot

50 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434188.51/cwt185.00–189.008188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479182.89/cwt174.00–193.008767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521169.87/cwt168.00–179.008856
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579165.98/cwt160.00–172.0096116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617167.75/cwt160.00–169.501,03524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625153.94/cwt150.00–156.009623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667142.99/cwt136.00–154.009543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy786160.95/cwt160.95–160.951,26559
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2807139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,1262
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3880120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3320131.00/cwt131.00–131.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2353161.89/cwt150.00–168.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440145.27/cwt140.00–161.0063922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479146.92/cwt139.00–155.0070421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483124.92/cwt120.00–130.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521130.26/cwt130.00–131.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529149.69/cwt138.00–154.0079211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560126.17/cwt119.00–130.007075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562146.84/cwt135.00–152.5082524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed614157.75/cwt157.75–157.7596979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625133.56/cwt127.00–134.508358
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-363794.00/cwt94.00–94.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3658112.53/cwt110.00–115.007404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671125.86/cwt123.50–130.008455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy697111.00/cwt111.00–111.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710127.00/cwt127.00–127.009021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3775113.00/cwt113.00–113.008761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325192.62/cwt190.00–195.006264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410180.40/cwt175.00–183.007403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425127.50/cwt127.50–127.505421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2484169.40/cwt164.00–185.0082014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532174.00/cwt174.00–174.009262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573155.55/cwt153.00–158.008914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625140.27/cwt131.00–150.008772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685136.00/cwt136.00–136.009321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723138.63/cwt134.00–141.001,0023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-390590.00/cwt90.00–90.008151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,530106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6221
Bulls——1,863116.36/cwt110.00–124.002,1683
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95354.52/cwt52.00–57.005202
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03277.53/cwt75.00–79.008006
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07069.21/cwt65.00–73.007413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19573.00/cwt73.00–73.008721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35881.06/cwt75.00–89.001,10112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69982.79/cwt80.50–85.001,4074
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,245960.00/cwt960.00–960.0011,9521
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,280962.05/cwt860.00–1,050.0012,3142

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.