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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 10

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

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Feeder Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 10▼ 18 vs year ago 60 · −30.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 1▲ 4 vs year ago 5 · +80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers steady, feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady slaughter 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 $121.87/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$121.87

19 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$16.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.21

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	519	123.62	642	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	413	107.00	441	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.62/cwt here — about $201 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 sale19 hd

121.87

—

KY average24 barns · 4,326 hd

131.08

−9.21

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	—	Low	1,534	83.99	1,288	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,145	58.71	672	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	57.00	560	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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	239	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	556	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	141.36/cwt	138.00–142.50	751	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	133.13/cwt	126.00–135.50	916	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	350	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	350	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	123.24/cwt	120.00–124.00	542	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	127.11/cwt	125.00–128.50	624	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	115.88/cwt	111.00–121.00	618	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	754	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	805	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	621	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	132.97/cwt	131.00–135.00	649	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	652	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	756	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,440	88.99/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,281	3
Bulls	—	—	1,815	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,252	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	531	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	955	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	669	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	580	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	53.06/cwt	50.00–56.00	658	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 Aug 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 10Year ago 60

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 1Year ago 5

Compared to last week feeder steers steady, feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
2	—	447	139.00	139.00
2	—	488	131.00–135.00	132.97
2	—	652	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	127.50	127.50
5	—	440	120.00–124.00	123.24
5	—	491	125.00–128.50	127.11
1	—	745	108.00	108.00
2	—	533	111.00–121.00	115.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	100.00	100.00
1	—	475	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	138.00–142.50	141.36
9	—	688	126.00–135.50	133.13
2	—	397	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	82.50	82.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	69.00	69.00
3	—	1,440	84.00–93.00	88.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	50.00–56.00	53.06
1	—	955	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,095	53.00	53.00

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.