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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 12

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 23▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 4▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady on light test, feeder heifers sold steady with lower quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle, with light offerings and light buyer activity this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.82/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$108.82

26 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$20.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.84

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	487	119.87	584	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	538	99.36	535	14thin

One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about $49 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 sale26 hd

108.82

—

KY average27 barns · 5,847 hd

129.66

−20.84

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	49.25	573	2thin

Every lot

23 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	131.51/cwt	131.00–132.00	559	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	632	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	599	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	538	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	745	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	447	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	117.35/cwt	113.00–120.00	503	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	484	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	612	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	621	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	526	104.84/cwt	104.00–105.00	551	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	666	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	506	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	717	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	581	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	113.78/cwt	112.00–121.00	522	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	593	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	686	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	509	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	640	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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY

Mon Aug 12, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 60Last week 23Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	627	130.00	130.00
5	—	468	135.00	135.00
2	—	525	135.00	135.00
2	—	425	131.00–132.00	131.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	112.00	112.00
1	—	625	86.00	86.00
1	—	540	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	104.00	104.00
4	—	488	125.50	125.50
4	—	429	113.00–120.00	117.35
3	—	513	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	717	81.00	81.00
1	—	675	75.00	75.00
1	—	410	109.00	109.00
6	—	526	104.00–105.00	104.84
4	—	465	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	114.00	114.00
5	—	459	112.00–121.00	113.78
2	—	630	115.00	115.00
2	—	558	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,095	46.50	46.50

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.