Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-08-24

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 42▲ 4 vs year ago 43 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 9▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last reported sell feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady slaughter bulls sold steady on light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.63/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$123.63
19 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.57
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2616124.9476918thin
Medium and Large 2-3465100.004651thin
One grade step is worth $24.94/cwt here — about $304 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 sale19 hd
123.63
—
KY average27 barns · 2,444 hd
132.20
−8.57
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—Average1,47596.001,4161thin

Every lot

18 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 1-2375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460143.00/cwt143.00–143.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560149.00/cwt149.00–149.008341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636138.00/cwt138.00–138.008783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,052106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,165105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561128.70/cwt128.00–129.007227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-372785.00/cwt85.00–85.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820105.00/cwt105.00–105.008611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510135.00/cwt134.00–135.506893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576133.27/cwt130.00–134.5076811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283890.00/cwt90.00–90.007543
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,47596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4161

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.