Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
32 vs last sale 10 18 vs year ago 60 · 30.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
8 vs last sale 1 4 vs year ago 5 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.87/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$121.87
19 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.21
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519123.6264217thin
Medium and Large 2-3413107.004412thin
One grade step is worth $16.62/cwt here — about $201 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 sale19 hd
121.87
KY average24 barns · 4,326 hd
131.08
−9.21
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
BullsLow1,53483.991,2884thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14558.716723thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98357.005602thin

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 1-2635117.00/cwt117.00–117.007431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447139.00/cwt139.00–139.006212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2488132.97/cwt131.00–135.006492
Bulls1,81569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,2521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2652116.00/cwt116.00–116.007562
Bulls1,44088.99/cwt84.00–93.001,2813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591127.50/cwt127.50–127.507544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440123.24/cwt120.00–124.005425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491127.11/cwt125.00–128.506245
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350100.00/cwt100.00–100.003501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475114.00/cwt114.00–114.005421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745108.00/cwt108.00–108.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533115.88/cwt111.00–121.006182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24053.06/cwt50.00–56.006582
CowsLean 85-90%87061.00/cwt61.00–61.005311
CowsLean 85-90%1,09553.00/cwt53.00–53.005801
CowsBoner 80-85%95570.00/cwt70.00–70.006691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531141.36/cwt138.00–142.507514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688133.13/cwt126.00–135.509169
SteersMedium and Large 2-329082.50/cwt82.50–82.502391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2397140.00/cwt140.00–140.005562

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.