Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-08-03

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 3
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
9 vs last sale 19 13 vs year ago 23 · 56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
6 vs last sale 7 3 vs year ago 4 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers untested, feeder heifers sold steady with light offering. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls untested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.72/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$114.72
7 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.47
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516119.176156thin
Medium and Large 2-383088.007301thin
One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale7 hd
114.72
KY average27 barns · 4,486 hd
129.19
−14.47
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09079.008611thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09079.00/cwt79.00–79.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-383088.00/cwt88.00–88.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475121.01/cwt120.00–124.005754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580121.00/cwt121.00–121.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685107.00/cwt107.00–107.007332
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501

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.