Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-09-21

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 0▼ 13 vs year ago 82 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 8 · −62.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.97/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$123.97
42 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.43
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534127.8168332
Medium and Large 2-3509111.7056810thin
One grade step is worth $16.12/cwt here — about $115 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 sale42 hd
123.97
—
KY average27 barns · 5,431 hd
127.40
−3.43
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—Average1,58594.001,4901thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36563.008601thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10050.005501thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495141.00/cwt141.00–141.006981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503124.50/cwt124.00–125.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570142.00/cwt142.00–142.008091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675130.51/cwt126.00–132.008814
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390126.00/cwt126.00–126.004911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440121.00/cwt121.00–121.005321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3452110.00/cwt110.00–110.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471131.90/cwt126.00–138.5062113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516131.75/cwt131.00–132.006804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3516115.59/cwt114.00–116.005965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560131.23/cwt125.00–132.507356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618120.49/cwt120.00–121.007452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705110.47/cwt100.00–114.007794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-378594.00/cwt94.00–94.007381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3355115.00/cwt115.00–115.004081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360148.00/cwt148.00–148.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2441131.92/cwt127.00–133.505824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518138.27/cwt136.50–142.007163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3545116.00/cwt116.00–116.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572135.00/cwt135.00–135.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725102.00/cwt102.00–102.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765101.00/cwt101.00–101.007731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-294090.00/cwt90.00–90.008461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10050.00/cwt50.00–50.005501
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36563.00/cwt63.00–63.008601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940635.00/cwt635.00–635.005,9691
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,9101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075885.00/cwt885.00–885.009,5141
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095920.00/cwt920.00–920.0010,0741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,6801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100920.00/cwt920.00–920.0010,1201

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.