Compared to last week feeder steers untested, feeder heifers sold steady with light offering. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls untested.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Heifers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.72/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$114.72
7 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.47
vs KY average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1-2
516
119.17
615
6thin
Medium and Large 2-3
830
88.00
730
1thin
One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale7 hd
114.72
—
KY average27 barns · 4,486 hd
129.19
−14.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
475
121.01/cwt
120.00–124.00
575
4
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
580
121.00/cwt
121.00–121.00
702
1
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
615
110.00/cwt
110.00–110.00
677
1
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 2-3
830
88.00/cwt
88.00–88.00
730
1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls
—
Medium and Large 1-2
565
115.00/cwt
115.00–115.00
650
1
Bulls
—
Medium and Large 1-2
685
107.00/cwt
107.00–107.00
733
2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows
—
Boner 80-85%
1,090
79.00/cwt
79.00–79.00
861
1
This sale against other markets
Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
Compared to last week feeder steers untested, feeder heifers sold steady with light offering. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls untested.
Slaughter Cattle
As reported
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
1
—
1,090
79.00
79.00
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
1
—
830
88.00
88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
4
—
475
120.00–124.00
121.01
1
—
615
110.00
110.00
1
—
580
121.00
Source: USDA AMS · Flemingsburg Livestock Auction · Mon, Aug 3 · slug 2195 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/ky/farmers-stockyards-2195/2020-08-03
121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
2
—
685
107.00
107.00
1
—
565
115.00
115.00
Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.