Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2019-10-07

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 145▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 5 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 mostly steady, feeder heifers sold steady-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady; Slaughter bulls no test. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle with moderate offering. Buyers showed good interest in weaned cattle and cattle with favorable condition, off colored or pinkeye scared cattle sold at a discount

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.23/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$108.23
46 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.41
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536112.8160430
Medium and Large 2-349699.6349416thin
One grade step is worth $13.19/cwt here — about $110 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 sale46 hd
108.23
—
KY average27 barns · 4,729 hd
118.64
−10.41
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%Low1,26344.815665thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16035.004061thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2497112.17/cwt110.00–130.005579
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559132.59/cwt123.00–137.507419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626122.99/cwt110.00–126.507709
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2348104.00/cwt104.00–104.003624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395102.00/cwt102.00–102.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435107.00/cwt107.00–107.004651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3474100.00/cwt100.00–100.0047410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530108.00/cwt108.00–108.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-353299.00/cwt99.00–99.005276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568108.09/cwt102.00–114.0061410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610125.50/cwt125.50–125.507669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-269096.00/cwt96.00–96.006621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320107.00/cwt107.00–107.003421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-332583.00/cwt83.00–83.002701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-338579.74/cwt60.00–100.003072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390103.00/cwt103.00–103.004021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-343084.88/cwt80.00–90.003652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463112.62/cwt103.00–120.005213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-349086.00/cwt86.00–86.004211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515108.00/cwt108.00–108.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577110.45/cwt108.00–115.006378
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615106.00/cwt106.00–106.006521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16035.00/cwt35.00–35.004061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19845.51/cwt44.50–48.005454
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52542.00/cwt42.00–42.006411

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.