Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2019-08-12

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 12
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
37 vs last sale 23 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady on light test, feeder heifers sold steady with lower quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle, with light offerings and light buyer activity this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.82/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$108.82
26 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.84
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2487119.8758412thin
Medium and Large 2-353899.3653514thin
One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about $49 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 sale26 hd
108.82
KY average27 barns · 5,847 hd
129.66
−20.84
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16349.255732thin

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627130.00/cwt130.00–130.008154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640104.00/cwt104.00–104.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-371781.00/cwt81.00–81.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468135.00/cwt135.00–135.006325
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 2-367575.00/cwt75.00–75.005061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520114.00/cwt114.00–114.005935
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3410109.00/cwt109.00–109.004471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007092
BullsMedium and Large 1-2459113.78/cwt112.00–121.005225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488125.50/cwt125.50–125.506124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425131.51/cwt131.00–132.005592
SteersMedium and Large 2-3665112.00/cwt112.00–112.007451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23052.00/cwt52.00–52.006401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09546.50/cwt46.50–46.505091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429117.35/cwt113.00–120.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3526104.84/cwt104.00–105.005516
SteersMedium and Large 2-362586.00/cwt86.00–86.005381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558123.00/cwt123.00–123.006862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513121.00/cwt121.00–121.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465104.00/cwt104.00–104.004844
SteersMedium and Large 2-3540111.00/cwt111.00–111.005991

How this sale compares

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.