Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-06-22

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 75▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 3▲ 6 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-2.00 lower. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady with light test, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.37/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$135.37
77 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$858
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.50
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2632136.1586175
Medium and Large 2-3705106.007472thin
One grade step is worth $30.15/cwt here — about $114 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 sale77 hd
135.37
—
KY average27 barns · 5,598 hd
134.87
+0.50
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—Low1,06573.007771thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05364.116752thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74564.001,1171thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04040.004161thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390152.50/cwt152.50–152.505951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485151.00/cwt151.00–151.007321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547145.00/cwt145.00–145.0079316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562123.44/cwt120.00–133.006944
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3615109.00/cwt109.00–109.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652136.20/cwt136.20–136.2088847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776119.50/cwt119.50–119.509275
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3795103.00/cwt103.00–103.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,02595.00/cwt95.00–95.009741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405132.00/cwt132.00–132.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525127.00/cwt121.00–130.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563125.60/cwt118.00–131.007079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633118.00/cwt118.00–118.007476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676120.00/cwt120.00–120.008115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-279593.00/cwt93.00–93.007391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418142.78/cwt141.50–153.005979
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475109.00/cwt73.00–118.005185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500117.50/cwt117.50–117.505881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531137.75/cwt137.50–138.007316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575126.56/cwt123.00–128.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669116.71/cwt115.50–123.007819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375887.50/cwt87.50–87.506633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,06573.00/cwt73.00–73.007771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04040.00/cwt40.00–40.004161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05364.11/cwt63.00–65.006752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,1171

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.