Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-04-06

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 6
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
8 vs last sale 27 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 2 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-2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.57/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$123.57
21 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$29.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.24
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568127.7772618thin
Medium and Large 2-348898.334803thin
One grade step is worth $29.44/cwt here — about $245 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 sale21 hd
123.57
KY average25 barns · 6,706 hd
136.80
−13.24
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
BullsAverage1,49088.001,3111thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37549.506811thin

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 1-2690117.00/cwt117.00–117.008072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447137.00/cwt137.00–137.006122
Bulls1,49088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575104.00/cwt104.00–104.005981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-359595.00/cwt95.00–95.005651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300114.00/cwt114.00–114.003422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280114.00/cwt114.00–114.003191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37549.50/cwt49.50–49.506811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535119.00/cwt119.00–119.006371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485143.00/cwt125.00–156.006943
SteersMedium and Large 2-3255100.00/cwt100.00–100.002551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355152.00/cwt152.00–152.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2338146.07/cwt140.00–149.004943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
SteersMedium and Large 2-369090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575142.00/cwt142.00–142.008171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733106.21/cwt97.50–109.007798
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520105.00/cwt105.00–105.005461

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.