Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2020-11-23

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 23
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 149▲ 8 vs year ago 55 · +14.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 5▲ 10 vs year ago 5 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 3▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison to last week as market was unable to be covered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.40/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$104.40
38 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$33.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.54
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547112.2961429
Medium and Large 2-385879.006789thin
One grade step is worth $33.29/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale38 hd
104.40
—
KY average25 barns · 5,559 hd
121.95
−17.54
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—Average1,42870.501,0062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,92560.001,1551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20154.4965411
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00547.164744thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450131.00/cwt131.00–131.005901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630122.40/cwt117.00–125.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425111.00/cwt111.00–111.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470116.28/cwt115.00–119.005479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534111.00/cwt111.00–111.005939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590109.00/cwt109.00–109.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614113.37/cwt111.00–115.506965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-365095.00/cwt95.00–95.006181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682106.00/cwt106.00–106.007234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-388477.00/cwt77.00–77.006818
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475118.87/cwt113.00–125.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276087.00/cwt87.00–87.006611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33068.50/cwt68.50–68.509111
Bulls——1,52572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,1061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95050.00/cwt50.00–50.004752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04848.23/cwt48.00–48.505052
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06044.31/cwt43.50–45.004702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23455.01/cwt54.50–55.506795
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23556.98/cwt56.50–58.007044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,92560.00/cwt60.00–60.001,1551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2928437.87/cwt425.00–450.004,0632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130530.00/cwt530.00–530.005,9891
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,148635.30/cwt560.00–680.007,2933
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2950800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,6001

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.