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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 20

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

83 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 130▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 17▲ 8 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 good demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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 $114.46/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$114.46

30 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$20.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.40

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	539	115.85	625	28
Medium and Large 2-3	563	95.00	534	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.85/cwt here — about $90 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 sale30 hd

114.46

—

KY average28 barns · 7,628 hd

125.86

−11.40

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
Bulls	—	Average	2,050	70.00	1,435	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,202	45.43	546	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	27.78	287	2thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	145.96/cwt	143.00–149.00	620	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	143.96/cwt	140.00–148.00	705	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	449	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	499	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	118.99/cwt	115.00–124.00	575	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	597	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	114.47/cwt	112.00–117.50	656	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	255	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	287	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	155.64/cwt	154.00–157.50	581	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	145.57/cwt	135.00–148.50	636	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	125.01/cwt	124.00–128.00	644	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	122.64/cwt	121.00–125.00	754	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	685	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,050	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,435	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	27.78/cwt	27.00–28.50	287	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	46.79/cwt	45.00–49.00	547	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	532	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 Jan 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 130Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	155.00	155.00
2	—	373	154.00–157.50	155.64
5	—	437	135.00–148.50	145.57
8	—	515	124.00–128.00	125.01
11	—	615	121.00–125.00	122.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	112.50	112.50
1	—	665	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	143.00–149.00	145.96
2	—	490	140.00–148.00	143.96
1	—	580	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	115.00–124.00	118.99
19	—	573	112.00–117.50	114.47
1	—	365	123.00	123.00
1	—	430	116.00	116.00
1	—	515	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	90.00	90.00
1	—	590	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,050	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	40.00	40.00
4	—	1,170	45.00–49.00	46.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	27.00–28.50	27.78

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.