Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-06-29

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
635 head
▲ 485 vs last sale 150▲ 635 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▲ 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, feeder heifers sold steady with increased offering. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady with light test, slaughter bulls light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.81/cwt on 444 head.
Average price
$116.81
444 head · 709 lb average
Value per head Derived
$828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.74
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2706117.60830426
Medium and Large 2-377398.1275918thin
One grade step is worth $19.48/cwt here — about $72 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 sale444 hd
116.81
—
KY average28 barns · 6,355 hd
125.55
−8.74
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—Average1,42597.001,3821thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35551.506981thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006423
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495104.00/cwt104.00–104.005151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583136.00/cwt136.00–136.007938
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647134.00/cwt134.00–134.008679
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696127.00/cwt127.00–127.008843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added751132.25/cwt132.25–132.25993120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765123.75/cwt123.75–123.759478
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478114.71/cwt114.50–115.505489
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529125.00/cwt125.00–125.0066133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571110.50/cwt110.50–110.506318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-358093.00/cwt93.00–93.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616111.40/cwt111.00–120.0068622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641122.50/cwt122.50–122.5078579
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3682103.30/cwt93.00–105.007057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715113.00/cwt113.00–113.008081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738116.54/cwt116.00–118.00860142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750119.00/cwt119.00–119.0089369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added840112.00/cwt112.00–112.0094163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-387394.45/cwt90.00–95.008259
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2441132.21/cwt121.00–136.005838
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520123.00/cwt123.00–123.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3695101.00/cwt101.00–101.007021
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,42597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35551.50/cwt51.50–51.506981

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.