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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

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

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Mar 30Apr 6Apr 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 27▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 1▲ 2 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-2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 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 $123.57/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$123.57

21 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$29.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.24

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	568	127.77	726	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	488	98.33	480	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.44/cwt here — about $245 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 sale21 hd

123.57

—

KY average25 barns · 6,706 hd

136.80

−13.24

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	1,490	88.00	1,311	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	49.50	681	1thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	255	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	255	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	146.07/cwt	140.00–149.00	494	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	143.00/cwt	125.00–156.00	694	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	546	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	817	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	106.21/cwt	97.50–109.00	779	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	319	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	342	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	565	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	612	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	807	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,490	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,311	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	681	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 Apr 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35Last week 27Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year 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
2	—	690	117.00	117.00
2	—	447	137.00	137.00
1	—	575	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
2	—	300	114.00	114.00
1	—	280	114.00	114.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
3	—	485	125.00–156.00	143.00
1	—	355	152.00	152.00
3	—	338	140.00–149.00	146.07
1	—	575	142.00	142.00
8	—	733	97.50–109.00	106.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	100.00	100.00
1	—	690	90.00	90.00
1	—	520	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	49.50	49.50

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.