Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-01-13

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 13
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 58▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 16▲ 17 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-1.00 higher with good demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.00/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$118.00
62 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.70
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544119.1864956
Medium and Large 2-3521107.005576thin
One grade step is worth $12.18/cwt here — about $91 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 sale62 hd
118.00
—
KY average28 barns · 8,945 hd
124.70
−6.70
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—Low1,47068.001,0001thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72552.179003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28348.726258thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04046.004781thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2282135.00/cwt135.00–135.003812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310144.00/cwt144.00–144.004462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405141.00/cwt141.00–141.005711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480130.61/cwt129.00–133.006275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518125.21/cwt125.00–126.006495
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3530113.00/cwt113.00–113.005991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559150.00/cwt150.00–150.0083911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571129.72/cwt122.00–136.007414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720113.00/cwt113.00–113.008141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2242112.00/cwt112.00–112.002712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331120.72/cwt116.00–123.004004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430118.00/cwt118.00–118.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476110.00/cwt110.00–110.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521107.00/cwt107.00–107.005576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525127.98/cwt127.50–131.0067215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535115.48/cwt110.00–124.006187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577114.91/cwt110.00–117.006636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618114.20/cwt105.00–116.507068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661120.90/cwt114.00–124.007999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840100.00/cwt100.00–100.008401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255112.00/cwt112.00–112.002861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428129.91/cwt125.00–135.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495120.98/cwt120.00–125.0059910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577125.83/cwt121.00–131.007264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617120.58/cwt118.00–125.007448
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,47068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00542.00/cwt42.00–42.004221
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04046.00/cwt46.00–46.004781
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26847.15/cwt45.00–48.505983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36351.58/cwt50.00–54.007034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57549.00/cwt49.00–49.007721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80053.75/cwt53.50–54.009682

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.