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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 12

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

620 head

▼ 426 vs last sale 1,046▲ 465 vs year ago 155 · +300.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 54▲ 21 vs year ago 7 · +300.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs 15.00-20.00 higher, over 500 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher, Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 10.00-15.00 higher, over 500 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher, Very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.51/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −127.74 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.

Average price

$313.51

74 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$69.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.41

vs KY average

−2.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	314.45	1,698	73
Medium and Large 2-3	570	245.00	1,397	1thin

One grade step is worth $69.45/cwt here — about $302 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale74 hd

313.51

—

KY average24 barns · 1,099 hd

297.10

+16.41

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−2.56

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.25

−127.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.13, low $347.22, median $441.25 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,458	127.33	1,857	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	125.04	1,626	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,552	119.43	1,854	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	104.58	1,117	11

Every lot

78 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	749	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	792	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	341	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,168	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	434	351.26/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,524	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	472	344.22/cwt	317.50–347.50	1,625	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,454	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	262.92/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,378	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	532	312.40/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,662	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	542	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,789	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,612	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	282.12/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,727	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	674	263.87/cwt	261.00–267.00	1,778	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	697	246.24/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,716	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,753	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	715	262.14/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,874	63
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	720	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,548	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	757	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,930	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	804	253.46/cwt	242.50–255.00	2,038	74
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,801	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	231.85/cwt	224.00–232.50	2,001	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,849	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	950	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,720	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	250	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	550	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	736	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	332	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,004	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	374	290.07/cwt	275.00–317.50	1,085	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	426	279.35/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,190	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	464	267.31/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,240	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	251.19/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,218	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	931	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	231.88/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,190	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	271.89/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,406	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,458	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	572	203.33/cwt	190.00–217.50	1,163	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	224.80/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,299	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	222.02/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,383	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	682	245.06/cwt	240.00–248.50	1,671	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,505	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	189.50/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,355	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	717	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	1,723	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,690	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	786	175.53/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,380	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,615	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	828	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,131	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	414	348.29/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,442	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	300.23/cwt	287.50–307.50	1,291	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,357	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,127	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	485	308.48/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,496	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500	277.33/cwt	267.00–282.50	1,387	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	254.95/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,377	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,207	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	253.42/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,427	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	603	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,514	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,430	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	241.70/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,644	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	225.69/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,639	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,065	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,363	1
Bulls	—	—	1,350	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,580	1
Bulls	—	—	1,960	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,685	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	111.91/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,152	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	101.17/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,099	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	999	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,273	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,306	128.47/cwt	123.00–137.00	1,678	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	119.43/cwt	114.00–127.00	1,854	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

Tue Mar 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 620Last week 1,046Year ago 155

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 54Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	272.50	272.50
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	497	292.50	292.50
6	500–550	524	259.00–270.00	262.92
2	550–600	595	271.00	271.00
1	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
4	650–700	697	244.00–253.00	246.24
2	700–750	707	248.00	248.00
1	800–850	815	221.00	221.00
13	850–900	863	224.00–232.50	231.85
1	900–950	920	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	532	285.00–317.00	312.40
5	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
20	600–650	612	260.00–284.00	282.12
11	650–700	674	261.00–267.00	263.87
63	700–750	715	254.00–266.00	262.14
2	750–800	757	255.00	255.00
74	800–850	804	242.50–255.00	253.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	570	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	720	215.00	215.00
1	950–1000	950	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	342.50	342.50
13	400–450	434	347.50–360.00	351.26
9	450–500	472	317.50–347.50	344.22
35	500–550	542	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	272.50	272.50
1	300–350	335	260.00	260.00
3	450–500	485	248.00–253.00	251.19
4	500–550	513	220.00–242.00	231.88
3	550–600	578	220.00–235.00	224.80
3	600–650	623	216.00–230.00	222.02
1	700–750	700	215.00	215.00
6	750–800	775	218.00	218.00
3	800–850	828	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	517	252.00–275.00	271.89
12	550–600	565	258.00	258.00
2	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
34	650–700	682	240.00–248.50	245.06
18	700–750	717	240.25	240.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	510	182.50	182.50
5	550–600	572	190.00–217.50	203.33
1	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	715	189.00–190.00	189.50
5	750–800	786	174.00–182.00	175.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	302.50	302.50
12	350–400	374	275.00–317.50	290.07
21	400–450	426	265.00–288.00	279.35
16	450–500	464	258.00–274.00	267.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	380	297.50	297.50
3	400–450	430	287.50–307.50	300.23
1	450–500	460	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	540	250.00–260.00	254.95
10	550–600	563	248.00–260.00	253.42
1	600–650	615	232.50	232.50
3	650–700	680	240.00–245.00	241.70
4	700–750	726	219.00–228.00	225.69
6	800–850	800	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	460	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	555	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	414	340.00–365.00	348.29
4	450–500	485	308.00–310.00	308.48
3	500–550	500	267.00–282.50	277.33
3	600–650	603	251.00	251.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,552	114.00–127.00	119.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,306	123.00–137.00	128.47
1	—	1,260	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	85.00	85.00
5	—	1,029	107.00–117.00	111.91
5	—	1,086	95.00–105.00	101.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,960	137.00	137.00
1	—	1,065	128.00	128.00

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.