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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2023-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, May 16

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197

← May 9May 16May 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

367 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 323▼ 3 vs year ago 370 · −0.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 32▲ 5 vs year ago 63 · +7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers 6.00-8.00 higher, Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $201.34/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$201.34

134 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$44.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	206.02	1,082	120
Medium and Large 2-3	490	161.17	789	14thin

One grade step is worth $44.85/cwt here — about $293 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 sale134 hd

201.34

—

KY average26 barns · 6,045 hd

198.43

+2.91

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,400	114.11	1,598	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,628	107.08	1,743	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	96.37	1,232	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,001	88.92	890	20

Every lot

85 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	227	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	460	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	599	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	372	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	978	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	862	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	422	232.81/cwt	226.00–241.00	982	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	827	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	478	231.14/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,105	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	212.69/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,112	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	234.11/cwt	223.00–241.00	1,248	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	231.47/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,303	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	213.12/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,221	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	226.01/cwt	214.00–234.00	1,394	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	206.40/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,280	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	652	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,330	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,399	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,148	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	703	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,529	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	190.30/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,380	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	828	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,673	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,554	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,584	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,823	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	232	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	399	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	263	181.43/cwt	177.50–185.00	477	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	440	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	327	166.09/cwt	160.00–170.00	543	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	676	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	828	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	419	228.30/cwt	223.00–229.00	957	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	777	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	201.44/cwt	199.00–204.00	876	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	460	171.74/cwt	167.00–179.00	790	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	474	223.29/cwt	209.00–225.50	1,058	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	202.42/cwt	193.00–205.00	966	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	208.28/cwt	196.00–215.00	1,085	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,004	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	567	205.23/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,164	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	940	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,077	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	202.07/cwt	190.00–210.50	1,253	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,182	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	181.32/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,293	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	144.57/cwt	134.00–155.00	1,063	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,249	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	935	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,075	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	628	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	336	225.79/cwt	222.50–227.50	759	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	722	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	415	234.65/cwt	234.00–235.00	974	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	212.68/cwt	210.00–214.00	921	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	436	192.13/cwt	180.00–197.00	838	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	454	230.79/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,048	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,008	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	758	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	512	169.48/cwt	160.00–179.00	868	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	517	225.42/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,165	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	212.27/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,123	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	215.03/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,234	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	593	174.96/cwt	166.00–184.00	1,038	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	605	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,234	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,088	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,147	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	183.44/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,247	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	695	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,314	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,113	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,296	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	765	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,148	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,232	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	855	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,052	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,416	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	530	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	731	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	690	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	938	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	108.93/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,427	4
Bulls	—	—	1,580	124.47/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,967	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	835	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	568	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	78.03/cwt	76.00–79.00	755	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	84.77/cwt	80.00–88.00	842	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	98.84/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,028	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	819	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,282	99.69/cwt	92.00–114.00	1,278	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	88.34/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,137	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,628	107.08/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,743	5

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY

Tue May 16, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 323Year ago 370

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 32Year ago 63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	215.00	215.00
9	—	419	223.00–229.00	228.30
15	—	474	209.00–225.50	223.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	177.50–185.00	181.43
2	—	757	165.00	165.00
8	—	477	193.00–205.00	202.42
1	—	695	170.00	170.00
2	—	232	172.00	172.00
2	—	435	199.00–204.00	201.44
3	—	338	200.00	200.00
1	—	540	186.00	186.00
1	—	605	178.00	178.00
1	—	570	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
3	—	327	160.00–170.00	166.09
1	—	580	162.00	162.00
1	—	275	160.00	160.00
1	—	420	185.00	185.00
1	—	935	115.00	115.00
4	—	460	167.00–179.00	171.74
2	—	735	134.00–155.00	144.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	567	197.00–211.00	205.23
3	—	713	180.00–182.00	181.32
25	—	620	190.00–210.50	202.07
31	—	521	196.00–215.00	208.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	181.00–186.00	183.44
6	—	529	200.00–220.00	212.27
15	—	574	209.00–219.00	215.03
2	—	745	174.00	174.00
1	—	480	210.00	210.00
2	—	370	195.00	195.00
1	—	770	160.00	160.00
1	—	885	160.00	160.00
1	—	310	202.50	202.50
3	—	433	210.00–214.00	212.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	158.00	158.00
6	—	512	160.00–179.00	169.48
4	—	436	180.00–197.00	192.13
1	—	730	152.50	152.50
1	—	765	150.00	150.00
1	—	855	123.00	123.00
1	—	640	170.00	170.00
2	—	593	166.00–184.00	174.96
1	—	665	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	336	222.50–227.50	225.79
1	—	695	189.00	189.00
1	—	605	204.00	204.00
5	—	454	230.00–233.00	230.79
5	—	517	225.00–226.00	225.42
3	—	415	234.00–235.00	234.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	478	220.00–237.00	231.14
9	—	422	226.00–241.00	232.81
4	—	372	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	230.00–233.00	231.47
39	—	533	223.00–241.00	234.11
10	—	703	217.50	217.50
3	—	828	202.00	202.00
2	—	657	213.00	213.00
21	—	617	214.00–234.00	226.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	210.00–219.00	213.12
3	—	725	184.00–197.00	190.30
1	—	385	224.00	224.00
2	—	652	204.00	204.00
1	—	980	186.00	186.00
2	—	227	202.50	202.50
1	—	905	175.00	175.00
3	—	620	201.00–209.00	206.40
1	—	435	190.00	190.00
2	—	523	208.00–217.00	212.69
1	—	285	210.00	210.00
2	—	840	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	170.00	170.00
1	—	515	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	138.00	138.00
1	—	690	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,287	85.00–91.00	88.34
1	—	1,170	70.00	70.00
20	—	1,282	92.00–114.00	99.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	68.00	68.00
4	—	968	76.00–79.00	78.03
9	—	1,040	91.00–105.00	98.84
6	—	993	80.00–88.00	84.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,628	101.00–112.00	107.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	102.00–114.00	108.93
2	—	1,580	124.00–125.00	124.47

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.