Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-01-20

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 20
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
47 vs last sale 130 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
9 vs last sale 17 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 steady on light test, feeder heifers sold steady with good demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.46/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$114.46
30 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.40
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539115.8562528
Medium and Large 2-356395.005342thin
One grade step is worth $20.85/cwt here — about $90 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 sale30 hd
114.46
KY average28 barns · 7,628 hd
125.86
−11.40
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
BullsAverage2,05070.001,4351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20245.435465thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03327.782872thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-2315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373155.64/cwt154.00–157.505812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2437145.57/cwt135.00–148.506365
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515125.01/cwt124.00–128.006448
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615122.64/cwt121.00–125.0075411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3255112.50/cwt112.50–112.502871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425145.96/cwt143.00–149.006202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490143.96/cwt140.00–148.007052
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483118.99/cwt115.00–124.005756
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573114.47/cwt112.00–117.5065619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365123.00/cwt123.00–123.004491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430116.00/cwt116.00–116.004991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-353590.00/cwt90.00–90.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
Bulls2,05070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,4351
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665103.00/cwt103.00–103.006851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33040.00/cwt40.00–40.005321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17046.79/cwt45.00–49.005474
CowsLean 85-90%1,03327.78/cwt27.00–28.502872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515116.00/cwt116.00–116.005971

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.