Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
76 vs last sale 225 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
15 vs last sale 20 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
1 vs last sale 2 3 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-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher with good demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady on light test; slaughter Bulls sold steady with moderate demand on all slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.97/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$125.97
86 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.93
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523126.9266484
Medium and Large 2-385385.997332thin
One grade step is worth $40.93/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale86 hd
125.97
KY average26 barns · 4,494 hd
121.04
+4.93
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
BullsAverage1,58086.001,3591thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43055.507941thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03847.004882thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91535.503251thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1-2745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,418835.00/cwt835.00–835.0011,8403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2827105.00/cwt105.00–105.008682
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500136.00/cwt136.00–136.006804
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325139.17/cwt120.00–151.004525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2619124.65/cwt110.00–131.007727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655129.00/cwt129.00–129.008452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525130.48/cwt125.00–137.0068511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582133.02/cwt129.00–135.007746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2406124.22/cwt120.00–125.005049
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618124.99/cwt123.00–127.007722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290132.00/cwt132.00–132.003831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415135.19/cwt121.00–145.0056111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590131.00/cwt131.00–131.007732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455136.00/cwt136.00–136.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2728112.00/cwt112.00–112.008153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681120.68/cwt116.00–123.008225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373128.08/cwt122.00–140.004786
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added667125.00/cwt125.00–125.0083417
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43055.50/cwt55.50–55.507941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343135.00/cwt135.00–135.004633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007022
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655107.50/cwt107.50–107.507041
HeifersMedium and Large 2-385385.99/cwt83.00–89.007332
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474125.09/cwt124.00–132.0059311
CowsLean 85-90%91535.50/cwt35.50–35.503251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486128.51/cwt120.00–142.0062526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2210135.00/cwt135.00–135.002841
Bulls1,58086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03543.50/cwt43.50–43.504501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04050.50/cwt50.50–50.505251

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.