Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 1
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 51▼ 31 vs year ago 65 · −47.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▼ 6 vs year ago 8 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to inclement weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.33/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$123.33
24 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$428
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.86
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563126.8171421
Medium and Large 2-328899.002853thin
One grade step is worth $27.81/cwt here — about $428 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 sale24 hd
123.33
—
KY average30 barns · 7,229 hd
128.19
−4.86
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—Average1,70580.001,3641thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,80558.501,0561thin

Every lot

12 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3215103.00/cwt103.00–103.002211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3250104.00/cwt104.00–104.002601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-340090.00/cwt90.00–90.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512131.00/cwt131.00–131.0067110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609123.00/cwt123.00–123.0074911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3240113.00/cwt113.00–113.002711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-347095.00/cwt95.00–95.004471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2564130.94/cwt122.00–140.007394
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-279289.00/cwt89.00–89.007052
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3641
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,80558.50/cwt58.50–58.501,0561

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.