Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-02-03

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 54▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 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 sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.70/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$118.70
36 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.76
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529119.4563235
Medium and Large 2-353592.504951thin
One grade step is worth $26.95/cwt here — about $137 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 sale36 hd
118.70
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KY average25 barns · 5,782 hd
127.46
−8.76
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—High2,08597.002,0221thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55057.008841thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26348.936183thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01147.364794thin

Every lot

32 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 1-2275129.13/cwt125.00–132.003553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395152.00/cwt152.00–152.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533145.12/cwt143.00–151.007736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584141.82/cwt135.00–144.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640131.00/cwt131.00–131.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655125.99/cwt125.00–127.008252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295128.00/cwt128.00–128.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428120.06/cwt118.00–122.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470123.65/cwt117.00–126.005818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530116.91/cwt115.00–125.006207
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-353592.50/cwt92.50–92.504951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.0067210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007077
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381145.40/cwt137.00–148.005544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405159.00/cwt159.00–159.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517133.41/cwt126.00–138.0069011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576135.79/cwt120.00–147.007824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,08597.00/cwt97.00–97.002,0221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90054.00/cwt54.00–54.004861
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04543.00/cwt43.00–43.004491
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05046.23/cwt45.50–47.004852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26042.00/cwt42.00–42.005291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26552.39/cwt50.00–54.506632
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55057.00/cwt57.00–57.008841
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000510.00/cwt510.00–510.005,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070590.00/cwt590.00–590.006,3131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,123634.23/cwt520.00–750.007,1222

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.