Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2023-08-15

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 15
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
395 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 376▲ 240 vs year ago 155 · +154.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 61▲ 37 vs year ago 7 · +528.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers 6.00-10.00 higher, Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeders sold with good to very good demand on a mostly high quality offering with the most price increase on the weaned pre-conditioned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $229.35/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$229.35
182 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,291
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$350
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.01
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569232.741,323166
Medium and Large 2-3501194.2797416thin
One grade step is worth $38.46/cwt here — about $350 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 sale182 hd
229.35
—
KY average27 barns · 6,707 hd
231.36
−2.01
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—High1,930131.472,5373thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,581113.431,7939thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242106.191,31922
CowsLean 85-90%Low96585.748286thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,195131.601,5732thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,135$1,5042thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325270.00/cwt270.00–270.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0413
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3400212.50/cwt212.50–212.508501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy445273.00/cwt269.00–275.001,2153
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480202.50/cwt202.50–202.509721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy486258.81/cwt245.00–267.001,25819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523258.52/cwt250.00–265.001,3529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580249.18/cwt240.00–256.001,44519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635250.71/cwt239.00–253.001,59230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677232.44/cwt231.00–233.001,5747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,6425
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3700203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added756236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,78816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3285208.50/cwt207.00–210.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323225.00/cwt225.00–225.007272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3332200.79/cwt200.00–202.506673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3405199.00/cwt199.00–199.008061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417221.13/cwt214.00–224.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy419246.29/cwt233.00–256.001,03216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy464246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,14111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478224.39/cwt221.00–229.001,0733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485204.50/cwt201.00–208.009922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529244.30/cwt234.00–251.001,29241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572221.96/cwt214.00–229.001,2707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579239.45/cwt232.00–249.001,38618
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3617209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621235.14/cwt230.00–240.001,4606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621226.93/cwt223.00–228.001,40919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3670183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,56411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685221.50/cwt221.00–222.001,5172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710220.95/cwt220.50–221.501,56911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3763159.34/cwt158.00–160.001,2163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788187.49/cwt181.00–200.001,47711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3220207.16/cwt200.00–215.004562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265270.00/cwt270.00–270.007161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy323253.60/cwt250.00–257.508192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363258.26/cwt257.00–260.009374
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390197.50/cwt197.50–197.507701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418259.00/cwt253.00–265.001,0835
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465229.02/cwt227.00–233.001,0653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465187.50/cwt187.50–187.508721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy471257.34/cwt247.00–264.001,21212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy513237.67/cwt231.00–249.001,2197
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3518208.04/cwt205.00–211.001,0782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560216.63/cwt210.00–227.001,2135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623210.12/cwt200.00–220.001,3096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy653241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2664208.00/cwt204.00–211.001,3814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2732199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4576
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2768198.71/cwt194.00–208.001,5263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2885162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,4341
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,195131.60/cwt126.00–138.001,5732
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,640128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,0991
Bulls——2,075133.20/cwt131.50–135.002,7642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94982.27/cwt79.00–85.007814
Cows—Lean 85-90%99892.69/cwt88.00–98.009252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11087.00/cwt87.00–87.009661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240112.04/cwt105.00–118.001,38914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26497.22/cwt94.00–102.001,2297
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,553106.32/cwt101.00–110.001,6514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,603119.12/cwt114.00–122.001,9095
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,503.96/head1,475.00–1,525.001,5042

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.