Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 225▲ 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 20▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher with good demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady on light test; slaughter Bulls sold steady with moderate demand on all slaughter cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.97/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$125.97
86 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.93
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523126.9266484
Medium and Large 2-385385.997332thin
One grade step is worth $40.93/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale86 hd
125.97
—
KY average26 barns · 4,494 hd
121.04
+4.93
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—Average1,58086.001,3591thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43055.507941thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03847.004882thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91535.503251thin

Every lot

31 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 1-2455136.00/cwt136.00–136.006192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582133.02/cwt129.00–135.007746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618124.99/cwt123.00–127.007722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655129.00/cwt129.00–129.008452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2210135.00/cwt135.00–135.002841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290132.00/cwt132.00–132.003831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343135.00/cwt135.00–135.004633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373128.08/cwt122.00–140.004786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406124.22/cwt120.00–125.005049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486128.51/cwt120.00–142.0062526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525130.48/cwt125.00–137.0068511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590131.00/cwt131.00–131.007732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667125.00/cwt125.00–125.0083417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681120.68/cwt116.00–123.008225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728112.00/cwt112.00–112.008153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-385385.99/cwt83.00–89.007332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325139.17/cwt120.00–151.004525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415135.19/cwt121.00–145.0056111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474125.09/cwt124.00–132.0059311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500136.00/cwt136.00–136.006804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619124.65/cwt110.00–131.007727
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3655107.50/cwt107.50–107.507041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2827105.00/cwt105.00–105.008682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91535.50/cwt35.50–35.503251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03543.50/cwt43.50–43.504501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04050.50/cwt50.50–50.505251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43055.50/cwt55.50–55.507941
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,418835.00/cwt835.00–835.0011,8403

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.