Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2019-09-23

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
14 vs last sale 96 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
0 vs last sale 8 8 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 4.00-6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold mostly steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower; Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle with light offering. Buyers showed good interest in weaned cattle and cattle with favorable condition, off colored or pinkeye scared cattle sold at a discount.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.64/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$108.64
46 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.56
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476113.0953829
Medium and Large 2-3532101.0653817thin
One grade step is worth $12.03/cwt here — about $0 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 sale46 hd
108.64
KY average27 barns · 6,139 hd
121.21
−12.56
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
BullsAverage1,71885.501,4682thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,20052.006241thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15248.255565thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540114.00/cwt114.00–114.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-265596.00/cwt96.00–96.006291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628113.51/cwt113.00–114.007132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465118.93/cwt116.00–123.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580112.10/cwt111.50–114.006504
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422112.85/cwt111.00–116.0047617
HeifersMedium and Large 2-335585.00/cwt85.00–85.003021
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3580105.00/cwt105.00–105.006091
HeifersMedium and Large 2-381580.00/cwt80.00–80.006521
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3662103.00/cwt103.00–103.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3498103.50/cwt103.50–103.5051512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425127.00/cwt127.00–127.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625123.00/cwt123.00–123.007691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695117.00/cwt117.00–117.008131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2338128.99/cwt128.00–130.004362
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510124.51/cwt114.00–130.006353
SteersMedium and Large 2-3305107.00/cwt107.00–107.003261
SteersMedium and Large 2-3545109.00/cwt109.00–109.005941
SteersMedium and Large 2-377095.00/cwt95.00–95.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455115.00/cwt115.00–115.005231
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623114.00/cwt114.00–114.007102
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373117.01/cwt112.50–122.004363
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572113.97/cwt112.00–119.0065214
Bulls1,58582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3001
Bulls1,85089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6471
CowsBoner 80-85%96053.11/cwt50.00–56.005102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28045.01/cwt42.50–47.505763
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20052.00/cwt52.00–52.006241

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.