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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 9

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 65▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 8▲ 13 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 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady-2.00 lower on light test. As stock market and cattle futures fall over the past few weeks. Buyers showed moderate 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.16/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$130.16

17 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$26.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.64

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	517	139.55	722	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	568	112.94	641	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.61/cwt here — about $81 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 sale17 hd

130.16

—

KY average27 barns · 5,196 hd

146.80

−16.64

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	—	High	1,654	87.63	1,449	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,266	48.98	620	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	855	44.00	376	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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	521	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	570	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	568	112.94/cwt	108.50–122.00	641	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	802	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	890	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	970	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	122.94/cwt	122.00–125.00	594	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	121.55/cwt	119.00–124.00	626	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	588	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	772	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	621	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	135.52/cwt	131.00–140.00	709	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	111.71/cwt	105.00–118.00	693	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,285	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,028	1
Bulls	—	—	1,838	91.45/cwt	90.00–92.50	1,681	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	855	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	376	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	44.14/cwt	42.00–49.00	549	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	53.82/cwt	53.50–54.00	693	3

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 Mar 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 65Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 8Year 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	—	565	113.00	113.00
4	—	683	113.00	113.00
3	—	483	122.00–125.00	122.94
2	—	515	119.00–124.00	121.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	104.00	104.00
1	—	450	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
2	—	620	105.00–118.00	111.71
1	—	372	167.00	167.00
2	—	523	131.00–140.00	135.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	119.00	119.00
2	—	715	124.50	124.50
2	—	375	152.00	152.00
3	—	336	155.00	155.00
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
2	—	622	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	108.50–122.00	112.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,838	90.00–92.50	91.45
1	—	1,285	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	42.00–49.00	44.14
3	—	1,288	53.50–54.00	53.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	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.