Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-02-17

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 17
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
30 vs last sale 70 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
6 vs last sale 9 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers not tested, feeder heifers sold steady on light test. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady on light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.75/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$121.75
18 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.43
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2444123.5654817thin
Medium and Large 2-358091.005281thin
One grade step is worth $32.56/cwt here — about $20 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 sale18 hd
121.75
KY average28 barns · 4,678 hd
127.18
−5.43
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
BullsAverage1,42576.491,0902thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50069.411,0412thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18055.736579thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10533.003651thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1-2280137.50/cwt137.50–137.503851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517139.33/cwt138.00–140.007203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613125.35/cwt125.00–126.007683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480127.75/cwt124.00–150.006137
Bulls1,42576.49/cwt76.00–77.001,0902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495136.00/cwt136.00–136.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515119.00/cwt119.00–119.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285114.48/cwt114.00–115.003262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380120.20/cwt115.00–127.004573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561122.50/cwt122.50–122.506874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2457130.16/cwt116.00–136.005956
HeifersMedium and Large 2-358091.00/cwt91.00–91.005281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04544.83/cwt42.00–47.004682
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22863.06/cwt61.00–67.007743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21155.68/cwt54.00–59.506744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50069.41/cwt68.00–71.001,0412
CowsLean 85-90%1,10533.00/cwt33.00–33.003651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330121.00/cwt121.00–121.003991

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.