Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-03-16

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 16
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 40 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
1 vs last sale 13 12 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 3.00-5.00 lower on limited comparison, feeder heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower with light test. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.83/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$117.83
12 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.94
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2613122.117499thin
Medium and Large 2-3476105.005003thin
One grade step is worth $17.11/cwt here — about $249 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 sale12 hd
117.83
KY average28 barns · 1,774 hd
130.77
−12.94
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
BullsHigh1,68897.961,6542thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05057.316024thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34555.007401thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02043.024393thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447110.00/cwt110.00–110.004922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460118.00/cwt118.00–118.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375112.50/cwt112.50–112.504221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-355687.00/cwt87.00–87.004843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555106.00/cwt106.00–106.005881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3476105.00/cwt105.00–105.005003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
BullsMedium and Large 1-2692120.00/cwt120.00–120.008305
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
Bulls1,68897.96/cwt93.00–102.001,6542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08061.94/cwt60.00–64.006692
CowsLean 85-90%1,03540.78/cwt40.50–41.004222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02052.67/cwt50.50–55.005372
CowsLean 85-90%99047.50/cwt47.50–47.504701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34555.00/cwt55.00–55.007401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565124.00/cwt124.00–124.007011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433138.31/cwt135.00–140.005993

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.