Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2019-07-29

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 29
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 52▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 6▲ 14 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, feeder heifers sold steady-2.00 lower. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 2.00-3.00 Higher. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.64/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$112.64
73 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.81
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2623115.0771757
Medium and Large 2-3524103.9954516thin
One grade step is worth $11.07/cwt here — about $172 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 sale73 hd
112.64
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KY average26 barns · 5,519 hd
132.45
−19.81
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%High1,49268.371,0203thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27065.318309thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21050.506111thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395127.00/cwt127.00–127.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528127.34/cwt126.00–134.006726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579135.24/cwt133.00–140.007834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2649137.50/cwt137.50–137.5089210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665126.73/cwt115.00–132.0084313
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870100.00/cwt100.00–100.008701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3381112.60/cwt111.00–116.004294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3422108.39/cwt108.00–110.004575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426119.44/cwt116.00–125.005095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465121.81/cwt120.00–123.005665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516123.57/cwt115.00–129.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578120.20/cwt114.00–125.006959
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595107.00/cwt107.00–107.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616117.17/cwt110.00–119.0072211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672118.00/cwt118.00–118.007937
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371291.50/cwt91.50–91.506515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715104.86/cwt100.00–108.007505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2781107.50/cwt105.50–109.008407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281696.18/cwt85.00–100.007854
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368117.76/cwt110.00–125.004332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420119.88/cwt112.50–125.005033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462123.39/cwt118.00–128.005705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485105.00/cwt105.00–105.005091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525122.00/cwt122.00–122.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568122.96/cwt120.00–126.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2609118.92/cwt115.00–124.0072411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276593.00/cwt93.00–93.007111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01050.00/cwt50.00–50.005051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21050.50/cwt50.50–50.506111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30169.64/cwt68.00–71.009066
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30859.98/cwt59.00–61.007852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31063.50/cwt63.50–63.508321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58370.81/cwt69.50–72.001,1212

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.