Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-08-24

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
5 vs last sale 42 4 vs year ago 43 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
8 vs last sale 9 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.63/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$123.63
19 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.57
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2616124.9476918thin
Medium and Large 2-3465100.004651thin
One grade step is worth $24.94/cwt here — about $304 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
123.63
KY average27 barns · 2,444 hd
132.20
−8.57
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
BullsAverage1,47596.001,4161thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 1-2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-372785.00/cwt85.00–85.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561128.70/cwt128.00–129.007227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2820105.00/cwt105.00–105.008611
Bulls1,47596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4161
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576133.27/cwt130.00–134.5076811
BullsMedium and Large 1-283890.00/cwt90.00–90.007543
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510135.00/cwt134.00–135.506893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560149.00/cwt149.00–149.008341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636138.00/cwt138.00–138.008783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005481
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,052106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460143.00/cwt143.00–143.006582
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,165105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2895124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1101

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.