Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2023-08-22

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 22
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 395▲ 64 vs year ago 155 · +41.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 44▲ 39 vs year ago 7 · +557.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: A lighter test was recorded due to higher than normal temperatures. Local interest in light weight feeder cattle kept the market fairly steady through all classes of cattle under 400 lbs. Feeder steers and heifers over 400 lbs were down, and down sharply in some instances due to very limited interest in moving cattle in the heat. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 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 $224.09/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$224.09
104 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,152
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$38.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.93
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510229.281,17090
Medium and Large 2-3539190.671,02714thin
One grade step is worth $38.61/cwt here — about $143 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 sale104 hd
224.09
—
KY average25 barns · 4,689 hd
227.02
−2.93
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—High1,542128.961,9895thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,496111.161,6628thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,276105.741,34928
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06489.339504thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478235.98/cwt235.00–237.001,1283
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532243.80/cwt232.00–245.501,2978
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575232.10/cwt226.00–235.001,3353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617222.47/cwt214.00–229.001,37315
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3623185.14/cwt180.00–190.001,1532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2215215.78/cwt215.00–217.504643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290222.50/cwt222.50–222.506453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3295202.50/cwt202.50–202.505971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315219.84/cwt210.00–225.006923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315205.00/cwt205.00–205.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355218.00/cwt218.00–218.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379243.66/cwt242.00–244.009236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390236.67/cwt232.00–239.009233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3410180.00/cwt180.00–180.007381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430221.00/cwt221.00–221.009501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478232.25/cwt229.00–235.001,1108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529225.81/cwt223.00–228.001,19511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576216.19/cwt213.00–220.001,2455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581232.94/cwt229.50–234.001,35334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3585191.97/cwt184.00–200.001,1234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633205.89/cwt201.00–216.001,3035
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3657195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3733167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2220237.50/cwt237.50–237.505231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy242260.00/cwt260.00–260.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2265228.00/cwt228.00–228.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290257.50/cwt257.50–257.507473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy322262.83/cwt257.50–270.0084610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381259.38/cwt257.50–260.009884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387240.00/cwt240.00–240.009292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy414247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0255
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479232.21/cwt221.00–239.001,11211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480160.00/cwt160.00–160.007682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518224.09/cwt209.00–235.001,16111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2589207.50/cwt207.00–210.001,2226
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2688205.95/cwt201.00–211.001,4172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3695196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,3621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3790181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,453121.89/cwt119.00–124.001,7712
Bulls——1,602133.67/cwt132.00–136.502,1413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98595.66/cwt93.00–98.009422
Cows—Lean 85-90%99579.00/cwt79.00–79.007861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20194.16/cwt90.00–96.001,1314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269114.14/cwt111.00–119.001,4487
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297105.00/cwt99.00–110.001,36217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488108.25/cwt106.00–110.001,6114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503114.07/cwt112.50–117.001,7144

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.