Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-03-30

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 30
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
3 vs last sale 30 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
11 vs last sale 12 1 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 no sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.50/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$118.50
16 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.31
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2481125.7060510thin
Medium and Large 2-3535106.505696thin
One grade step is worth $19.20/cwt here — about $35 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 sale16 hd
118.50
KY average28 barns · 4,869 hd
129.82
−11.31
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%Average1,97560.001,1851thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1-2580122.00/cwt122.00–122.007081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465159.00/cwt159.00–159.007391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625135.00/cwt135.00–135.008442
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350168.00/cwt168.00–168.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360136.00/cwt136.00–136.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550107.00/cwt107.00–107.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447132.00/cwt132.00–132.005902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3542105.00/cwt105.00–105.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616121.00/cwt121.00–121.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335122.01/cwt121.00–123.004092
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,97560.00/cwt60.00–60.001,1851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740107.00/cwt107.00–107.007921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2563120.00/cwt119.00–121.006762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490149.00/cwt149.00–149.007303

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.