Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-04-27

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 27
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
71 vs last sale 97 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
1 vs last sale 5 6 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, feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady with light test, slaughter bulls no test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.49/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$127.49
11 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
1.29
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505127.4964411thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
127.49
KY average27 barns · 2,137 hd
128.79
−1.29
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%Average1,46056.038183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18843.245142thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99540.003981thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 1-2520115.00/cwt115.00–115.005981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455115.00/cwt110.00–120.005232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425137.42/cwt135.00–142.005843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618114.08/cwt110.00–118.007052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2563121.00/cwt120.00–122.006812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006244
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18843.24/cwt43.00–43.505142
CowsLean 85-90%99540.00/cwt40.00–40.003981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46056.03/cwt52.50–59.008183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460129.66/cwt129.00–130.005963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600127.00/cwt127.00–127.007623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758118.00/cwt118.00–118.008943

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.