Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2019-08-19

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
15 vs last sale 60 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 4 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 3.00-5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle, with light offerings. As market, trends downward due to Tyson packing plant fire last week and CME futures drop.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.08/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$108.08
34 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.77
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2493115.2456818thin
Medium and Large 2-3500100.0350016thin
One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about $68 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 sale34 hd
108.08
KY average26 barns · 3,259 hd
123.85
−15.77
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
BullsAverage1,64083.001,3611thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22063.007691thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44061.508861thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610115.81/cwt115.00–117.007065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578115.00/cwt115.00–115.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3562104.05/cwt102.00–108.005853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586125.00/cwt125.00–125.007335
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340127.00/cwt127.00–127.004322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421114.35/cwt113.00–115.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 2-326699.00/cwt99.00–99.002633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471129.86/cwt124.00–134.006124
Dairy SteersLarge 347074.00/cwt74.00–74.003481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750102.00/cwt102.00–102.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530114.01/cwt113.00–115.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 2-331895.20/cwt90.00–100.003032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706113.50/cwt113.50–113.508013
Dairy SteersLarge 341572.00/cwt72.00–72.002991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2695124.00/cwt124.00–124.008621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350109.00/cwt109.00–109.003822
HeifersMedium and Large 2-366580.00/cwt80.00–80.005321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640118.00/cwt118.00–118.007551
Dairy SteersLarge 338052.50/cwt52.50–52.502001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
BullsMedium and Large 2-352597.00/cwt97.00–97.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462119.35/cwt117.00–123.005515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365117.50/cwt117.50–117.504291
SteersMedium and Large 2-3790108.00/cwt108.00–108.008531
Bulls1,64083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44061.50/cwt61.50–61.508861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22063.00/cwt63.00–63.007691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579116.28/cwt115.00–120.006737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2603114.50/cwt114.50–114.506903
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3602103.00/cwt103.00–103.006207
SteersMedium and Large 2-3475117.00/cwt117.00–117.005561

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.