Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-11-30

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 30
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
3 vs last sale 63 5 vs year ago 55 · +9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
9 vs last sale 15 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
1 vs last sale 7 6 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 due to holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.73/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$121.73
44 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$395
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.27
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574122.7870441
Medium and Large 2-3288107.363093thin
One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $395 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 sale44 hd
121.73
KY average17 barns · 2,547 hd
120.46
+1.27
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32557.507621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28048.006141thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91540.003661thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2-3288107.36/cwt106.00–108.003093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2502124.00/cwt124.00–124.006222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375131.00/cwt131.00–131.004911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32557.50/cwt57.50–57.507621
CowsLean 85-90%91540.00/cwt40.00–40.003661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28048.00/cwt48.00–48.006141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490124.00/cwt124.00–124.006081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550131.00/cwt131.00–131.007211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615108.00/cwt108.00–108.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585115.00/cwt111.00–119.006732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485129.00/cwt129.00–129.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2393114.50/cwt114.00–115.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-264596.00/cwt96.00–96.006191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,148555.14/cwt510.00–590.006,3732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added589125.00/cwt125.00–125.0073633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493118.00/cwt118.00–118.005823
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,250890.00/cwt890.00–890.0011,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,155550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,3531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,060675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,1551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105560.00/cwt560.00–560.006,1881

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.