Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-06-22

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
75 vs last sale 75 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 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-2.00 lower. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady with light test, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.37/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$135.37
77 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$858
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.50
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2632136.1586175
Medium and Large 2-3705106.007472thin
One grade step is worth $30.15/cwt here — about $114 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 sale77 hd
135.37
KY average27 barns · 5,598 hd
134.87
+0.50
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
BullsLow1,06573.007771thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05364.116752thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74564.001,1171thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04040.004161thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,04040.00/cwt40.00–40.004161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,1171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05364.11/cwt63.00–65.006752
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,02595.00/cwt95.00–95.009741
SteersMedium and Large 2-3795103.00/cwt103.00–103.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485151.00/cwt151.00–151.007321
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615109.00/cwt109.00–109.006701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390152.50/cwt152.50–152.505951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added652136.20/cwt136.20–136.2088847
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added547145.00/cwt145.00–145.0079316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776119.50/cwt119.50–119.509275
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562123.44/cwt120.00–133.006944
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500117.50/cwt117.50–117.505881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2669116.71/cwt115.50–123.007819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418142.78/cwt141.50–153.005979
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531137.75/cwt137.50–138.007316
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575126.56/cwt123.00–128.007284
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475109.00/cwt73.00–118.005185
BullsMedium and Large 1-2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006934
BullsMedium and Large 2-375887.50/cwt87.50–87.506633
Bulls1,06573.00/cwt73.00–73.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676120.00/cwt120.00–120.008115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525127.00/cwt121.00–130.006673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405132.00/cwt132.00–132.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-279593.00/cwt93.00–93.007391
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563125.60/cwt118.00–131.007079
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633118.00/cwt118.00–118.007476

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.