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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 25

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

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Feeder Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 127 vs last sale 182▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 15▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, there was moderate demand for all classes of feeder cattle with low plan offering. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle, off colored or pinkeye scared cattle sold at a discount.

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 $99.32/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$99.32

18 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$8.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.89

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	477	103.54	493	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	560	95.10	532	9thin

One grade step is worth $8.44/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale18 hd

99.32

—

KY average25 barns · 6,618 hd

117.21

−17.89

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%	Low	1,163	46.34	539	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	44.00	431	1thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	116.21/cwt	112.50–120.00	494	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	558	98.67/cwt	98.00–100.00	551	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	258	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	258	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	438	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	473	94.97/cwt	90.00–100.00	449	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	108.62/cwt	106.00–110.00	565	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	655	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	524	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	674	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	589	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	115.53/cwt	111.00–120.00	483	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	565	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	431	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	41.76/cwt	41.50–42.00	474	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	677	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 Nov 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 55Last week 182Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	100.00	100.00
3	—	661	102.00	102.00
3	—	520	106.00–110.00	108.62
2	—	258	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	83.00	83.00
1	—	655	80.00	80.00
4	—	575	100.00	100.00
1	—	425	103.00	103.00
2	—	473	90.00–100.00	94.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	130.00	130.00
2	—	425	112.50–120.00	116.21
1	—	615	112.00	112.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
2	—	585	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	98.00–100.00	98.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	109.00	109.00
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
2	—	418	111.00–120.00	115.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	95.00–100.00	97.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	41.50–42.00	41.76
1	—	1,220	55.50	55.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	44.00	44.00

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.