Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-01-06

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 6
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
0 vs last sale 58 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
0 vs last sale 16 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to holiday. 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 $106.61/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$106.61
32 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$22.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.11
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561111.4362525
Medium and Large 2-355989.435007thin
One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $125 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 sale32 hd
106.61
KY average11 barns · 3,392 hd
125.72
−19.11
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44349.507144thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29547.756189thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14026.142982thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29354.11/cwt50.00–61.007004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30643.58/cwt42.00–45.005694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25539.00/cwt39.00–39.004891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2511130.24/cwt120.00–134.506667
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615118.66/cwt118.00–120.007303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660113.00/cwt113.00–113.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-270296.00/cwt96.00–96.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525118.00/cwt118.00–118.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
CowsLean 85-90%1,14026.14/cwt21.50–30.502982
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51545.50/cwt45.50–45.506892
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37053.51/cwt52.50–54.507332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471120.78/cwt120.00–122.005695
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641107.75/cwt107.00–110.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 2-356182.00/cwt82.00–82.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475108.00/cwt108.00–108.005132
HeifersMedium and Large 2-372082.00/cwt82.00–82.005901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564110.48/cwt108.00–119.0062312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2737112.50/cwt112.50–112.508294
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615132.50/cwt132.50–132.508152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555132.00/cwt130.00–134.007332

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.