Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2019-07-15

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 15
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 78▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 11▲ 1 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 steady with good demand. Slaughter cow’s steady on light test, Slaughter bulls no test. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder and slaughter cattle, with moderate offerings and moderate buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in steer cattle and cattle with favorable condition as hot weather continues throughout the region with heat of the day storms.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.60/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$117.60
52 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.85
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555122.6668134
Medium and Large 2-3472108.0351018thin
One grade step is worth $14.63/cwt here — about $171 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 sale52 hd
117.60
—
KY average26 barns · 5,018 hd
127.44
−9.85
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09559.006461thin

Every lot

25 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390143.00/cwt143.00–143.005581
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480132.00/cwt132.00–132.006341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543130.00/cwt130.00–130.007068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547151.00/cwt151.00–151.0082611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580136.46/cwt134.00–139.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672139.50/cwt139.50–139.5093712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310100.00/cwt100.00–100.003102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332119.00/cwt119.00–119.003952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460113.00/cwt113.00–113.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473111.30/cwt101.00–112.0052615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514127.59/cwt110.00–132.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586116.71/cwt110.00–124.506848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621123.47/cwt111.00–125.2576713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-377575.00/cwt75.00–75.005811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387137.00/cwt137.00–137.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-343095.00/cwt95.00–95.004091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470112.42/cwt105.00–120.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495132.00/cwt132.00–132.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518122.00/cwt122.00–122.006325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655113.00/cwt113.00–113.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-377579.00/cwt79.00–79.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-381571.00/cwt71.00–71.005791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09559.00/cwt59.00–59.006461

This sale against other markets

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.