Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-02-03

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
31 vs last sale 54 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
5 vs last sale 3 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 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 steady-2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.70/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$118.70
36 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.76
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529119.4563235
Medium and Large 2-353592.504951thin
One grade step is worth $26.95/cwt here — about $137 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 sale36 hd
118.70
KY average25 barns · 5,782 hd
127.46
−8.76
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
BullsHigh2,08597.002,0221thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55057.008841thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26348.936183thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01147.364794thin

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 1-2405159.00/cwt159.00–159.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2381145.40/cwt137.00–148.005544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576135.79/cwt120.00–147.007824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517133.41/cwt126.00–138.0069011
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000510.00/cwt510.00–510.005,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,123634.23/cwt520.00–750.007,1222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533145.12/cwt143.00–151.007736
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395152.00/cwt152.00–152.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2275129.13/cwt125.00–132.003553
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070590.00/cwt590.00–590.006,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530116.91/cwt115.00–125.006207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.0067210
HeifersMedium and Large 2-353592.50/cwt92.50–92.504951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640131.00/cwt131.00–131.008381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655125.99/cwt125.00–127.008252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584141.82/cwt135.00–144.008284
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26042.00/cwt42.00–42.005291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26552.39/cwt50.00–54.506632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007077
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470123.65/cwt117.00–126.005818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295128.00/cwt128.00–128.003781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428120.06/cwt118.00–122.005142
BullsMedium and Large 2-3495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006292
Bulls2,08597.00/cwt97.00–97.002,0221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55057.00/cwt57.00–57.008841
CowsLean 85-90%90054.00/cwt54.00–54.004861
CowsLean 85-90%1,04543.00/cwt43.00–43.004491
CowsLean 85-90%1,05046.23/cwt45.50–47.004852

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.