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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 17

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

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Feeder Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 70▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers not tested, feeder heifers sold steady on light test. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady on light test.

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 $121.75/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$121.75

18 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$32.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.43

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	444	123.56	548	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	91.00	528	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.56/cwt here — about $20 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

121.75

—

KY average28 barns · 4,678 hd

127.18

−5.43

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	1,425	76.49	1,090	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	69.41	1,041	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,180	55.73	657	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	33.00	365	1thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	114.48/cwt	114.00–115.00	326	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	399	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	120.20/cwt	115.00–127.00	457	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	130.16/cwt	116.00–136.00	595	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	613	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	687	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	528	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	385	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	127.75/cwt	124.00–150.00	613	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	139.33/cwt	138.00–140.00	720	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	125.35/cwt	125.00–126.00	768	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,425	76.49/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,090	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	44.83/cwt	42.00–47.00	468	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	365	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,211	55.68/cwt	54.00–59.50	674	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	63.06/cwt	61.00–67.00	774	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	69.41/cwt	68.00–71.00	1,041	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 Feb 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 70Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 9Year 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	—	280	137.50	137.50
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
3	—	517	138.00–140.00	139.33
3	—	613	125.00–126.00	125.35
7	—	480	124.00–150.00	127.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	119.00	119.00
2	—	285	114.00–115.00	114.48
3	—	380	115.00–127.00	120.20
4	—	561	122.50	122.50
6	—	457	116.00–136.00	130.16
1	—	330	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	91.00	91.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	76.00–77.00	76.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	42.00–47.00	44.83
3	—	1,228	61.00–67.00	63.06
4	—	1,211	54.00–59.50	55.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	68.00–71.00	69.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	33.00	33.00

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.