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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 16

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Mar 9Mar 16Mar 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

30 head

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

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 13▲ 12 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 3.00-5.00 lower on limited comparison, feeder heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower with light test. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.83/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$117.83

12 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$17.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.94

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	613	122.11	749	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	476	105.00	500	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.11/cwt here — about $249 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 sale12 hd

117.83

—

KY average28 barns · 1,774 hd

130.77

−12.94

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	1,688	97.96	1,654	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,050	57.31	602	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,345	55.00	740	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	43.02	439	3thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	138.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	599	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	422	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	492	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	543	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	556	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	484	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	476	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	500	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	678	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	830	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,688	97.96/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,654	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	470	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	52.67/cwt	50.50–55.00	537	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	40.78/cwt	40.50–41.00	422	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	61.94/cwt	60.00–64.00	669	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	740	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 Mar 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 40Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 13Year 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
2	—	447	110.00	110.00
1	—	460	118.00	118.00
1	—	375	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	556	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	106.00	106.00
1	—	480	140.00	140.00
5	—	692	120.00	120.00
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
1	—	600	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	476	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	124.00	124.00
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
3	—	433	135.00–140.00	138.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	93.00–102.00	97.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	60.00–64.00	61.94
2	—	1,020	50.50–55.00	52.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	40.50–41.00	40.78
1	—	990	47.50	47.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	55.00	55.00

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.