Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-06-15

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 56▲ 17 vs year ago 58 · +29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 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-1.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady with light test, slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.37/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$127.37
28 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.03
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513127.8665627
Medium and Large 2-3490114.005591thin
One grade step is worth $13.86/cwt here — about $97 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 sale28 hd
127.37
—
KY average27 barns · 5,371 hd
128.40
−1.03
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—High1,565100.001,5651thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36562.508531thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01558.005891thin

Every lot

27 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 1-2380151.00/cwt151.00–151.005741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471150.71/cwt149.00–152.507106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543138.50/cwt138.50–138.507524
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574143.24/cwt135.00–146.008224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615140.50/cwt140.00–141.008646
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745111.00/cwt111.00–111.008271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770118.00/cwt118.00–118.009091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385134.00/cwt134.00–134.005161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413120.47/cwt119.00–122.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468136.39/cwt132.00–139.006388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490114.00/cwt114.00–114.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520129.46/cwt125.00–133.0067311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610114.28/cwt107.00–122.006974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495135.36/cwt130.00–138.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2538133.32/cwt128.00–136.007173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3590112.00/cwt112.00–112.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613121.02/cwt120.00–122.007422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657112.00/cwt112.00–112.007362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2727103.94/cwt99.00–108.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785108.00/cwt108.00–108.008481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2865101.00/cwt101.00–101.008742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,565100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01558.00/cwt58.00–58.005891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36562.50/cwt62.50–62.508531

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.