Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2019-09-16

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 16
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 120▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 17▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 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 and heifers sold unevenly steady, Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady. 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 $105.72/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$105.72
42 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.22
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494110.7754731
Medium and Large 2-353291.5048711thin
One grade step is worth $19.27/cwt here — about $60 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 sale42 hd
105.72
—
KY average28 barns · 4,213 hd
118.95
−13.22
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
Bulls—High1,98882.751,6452thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33556.837593thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89047.004181thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2263127.67/cwt127.50–128.003363
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3335118.00/cwt118.00–118.003951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380137.64/cwt130.00–141.005236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437141.02/cwt139.00–142.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483124.99/cwt124.00–126.006046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.68/cwt135.00–137.007193
Steers—Medium and Large 2-362087.50/cwt87.50–87.505431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633120.09/cwt107.00–122.007608
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007731
Steers—Medium and Large 2-376594.00/cwt94.00–94.007191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785110.50/cwt106.00–115.008672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-322597.50/cwt97.50–97.502191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-329085.00/cwt85.00–85.002471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-338087.50/cwt87.50–87.503331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381109.53/cwt105.00–114.004174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415113.02/cwt111.00–115.004694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468113.53/cwt108.00–123.005316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519111.64/cwt105.00–117.005798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574107.71/cwt104.50–118.006189
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3591102.00/cwt102.00–102.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-362187.63/cwt80.00–95.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370080.00/cwt80.00–80.005601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-336580.00/cwt80.00–80.002921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385134.00/cwt134.00–134.005161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2402131.00/cwt131.00–131.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-342385.91/cwt80.00–89.003633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460137.00/cwt137.00–137.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2503112.00/cwt112.00–112.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584113.23/cwt110.00–120.006616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-372089.00/cwt89.00–89.006411
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 332044.00/cwt44.00–44.001411
Dairy Steers—Large 357057.00/cwt57.00–57.003251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,89579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,5071
Bulls——2,08086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,7891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89047.00/cwt47.00–47.004181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25557.50/cwt57.50–57.507221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37556.50/cwt56.00–57.007772
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2945680.00/cwt680.00–680.006,4261

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.