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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 6

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

58 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 58▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 16▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to holiday. Buyers showed good interest in weaned cattle and cattle with favorable condition, 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 $106.61/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$106.61

32 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.11

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	561	111.43	625	25
Medium and Large 2-3	559	89.43	500	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $125 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 sale32 hd

106.61

—

KY average11 barns · 3,392 hd

125.72

−19.11

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	49.50	714	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,295	47.75	618	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,140	26.14	298	2thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	132.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	733	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	815	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	829	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	477	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	120.78/cwt	120.00–122.00	569	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	513	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	620	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	561	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	460	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	110.48/cwt	108.00–119.00	623	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	107.75/cwt	107.00–110.00	691	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	674	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	720	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	590	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	130.24/cwt	120.00–134.50	666	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	118.66/cwt	118.00–120.00	730	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	26.14/cwt	21.50–30.50	298	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	489	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	54.11/cwt	50.00–61.00	700	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,306	43.58/cwt	42.00–45.00	569	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,370	53.51/cwt	52.50–54.50	733	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	689	2

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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 58Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 16Year ago 0

No comparison to last week due to holiday. Buyers showed good interest in weaned cattle and cattle with favorable condition, off colored or pinkeye scared cattle sold at a discount.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,293	50.00–61.00	54.11
4	—	1,306	42.00–45.00	43.58
1	—	1,255	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	21.50–30.50	26.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	45.50	45.50
2	—	1,370	52.50–54.50	53.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	120.00–134.50	130.24
3	—	615	118.00–120.00	118.66
1	—	660	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	702	96.00	96.00
1	—	525	118.00	118.00
1	—	415	115.00	115.00
5	—	471	120.00–122.00	120.78
4	—	641	107.00–110.00	107.75
12	—	564	108.00–119.00	110.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	82.00	82.00
2	—	475	108.00	108.00
1	—	720	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
4	—	737	112.50	112.50
2	—	615	132.50	132.50
2	—	555	130.00–134.00	132.00

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.