Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-11-23

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 23
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
86 vs last sale 149 8 vs year ago 55 · +14.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 5 10 vs year ago 5 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
4 vs last sale 3 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison to last week as market was unable to be covered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.40/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$104.40
38 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$33.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.54
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547112.2961429
Medium and Large 2-385879.006789thin
One grade step is worth $33.29/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale38 hd
104.40
KY average25 barns · 5,559 hd
121.95
−17.54
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
BullsAverage1,42870.501,0062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,92560.001,1551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20154.4965411
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00547.164744thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,52572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,1061
Bulls1,33068.50/cwt68.50–68.509111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23455.01/cwt54.50–55.506795
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23556.98/cwt56.50–58.007044
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04848.23/cwt48.00–48.505052
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,92560.00/cwt60.00–60.001,1551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534111.00/cwt111.00–111.005939
HeifersMedium and Large 2-365095.00/cwt95.00–95.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 2-388477.00/cwt77.00–77.006818
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006901
BullsMedium and Large 1-276087.00/cwt87.00–87.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614113.37/cwt111.00–115.506965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2682106.00/cwt106.00–106.007234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630122.40/cwt117.00–125.007713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590109.00/cwt109.00–109.006431
CowsLean 85-90%1,06044.31/cwt43.50–45.004702
CowsLean 85-90%95050.00/cwt50.00–50.004752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2928437.87/cwt425.00–450.004,0632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475118.87/cwt113.00–125.005652
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,6001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470116.28/cwt115.00–119.005479
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,130530.00/cwt530.00–530.005,9891
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,148635.30/cwt560.00–680.007,2933
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450131.00/cwt131.00–131.005901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425111.00/cwt111.00–111.004721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007761

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.