Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2024-04-16

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 16
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
506 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 413▲ 351 vs year ago 155 · +226.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 56▲ 44 vs year ago 7 · +628.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers 4.00-6.00 lower, Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-6.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.30/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −133.06 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$258.30
90 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,444
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$36.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs KY average
−6.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559258.701,44689
Medium and Large 2-3585222.501,3021thin
One grade step is worth $36.20/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale90 hd
258.30
—
KY average25 barns · 1,598 hd
254.78
+3.51
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
−6.22
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
−133.06
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

34 sales
448394341287median 391.3603/0304/2807/1409/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.15, low $301.16, median $391.36 across 34 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,779147.822,6304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,640120.481,9765thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,301118.311,54029
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,026106.561,0939thin

Every lot

75 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3225232.50/cwt232.50–232.505231
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290272.50/cwt272.50–272.507901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368315.16/cwt305.00–322.501,1603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430332.18/cwt312.50–334.501,42814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436298.19/cwt285.00–302.501,3004
Steers450–500Small 1-2455240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy467313.81/cwt305.00–325.001,46511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468301.10/cwt294.00–303.001,4095
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517310.58/cwt290.00–316.501,60637
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518246.48/cwt246.00–247.001,2772
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535281.21/cwt277.50–285.001,5042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581276.04/cwt260.00–279.001,60412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585289.87/cwt280.00–292.501,69628
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3588251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4763
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614272.07/cwt260.00–280.001,67112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616244.29/cwt230.00–254.001,5054
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664246.52/cwt235.00–251.001,6374
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy668298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,99150
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3692221.48/cwt200.00–229.001,5334
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6292
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added739238.32/cwt238.00–242.001,76112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6941
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3813203.98/cwt199.00–209.001,6582
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836227.49/cwt221.00–231.001,9024
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270297.50/cwt297.50–297.508031
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy327310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375303.50/cwt290.00–317.501,13810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390279.39/cwt260.00–287.501,0904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420300.78/cwt285.00–305.001,26337
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430264.07/cwt258.00–270.001,1362
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0231
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy466288.23/cwt275.00–318.001,3439
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472270.19/cwt259.00–272.501,27521
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516256.37/cwt255.00–257.001,32310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518245.44/cwt236.00–250.001,2719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570264.49/cwt255.00–266.001,50856
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571245.74/cwt231.00–252.001,40314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,3021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3601217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3073
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620223.42/cwt220.00–227.001,3852
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627239.11/cwt232.00–255.501,49912
Heifers600–650Small 1-2645127.50/cwt127.50–127.508221
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668220.77/cwt219.00–222.501,4752
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688232.69/cwt230.00–240.501,60130
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5262
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5601
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3830185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5361
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875204.74/cwt204.00–207.001,7914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2260287.40/cwt282.50–292.507472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315282.50/cwt282.50–282.508901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0151
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2011
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3091
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2458280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2822
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy479295.80/cwt295.00–296.001,4175
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy523280.87/cwt280.00–281.001,4698
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3555222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563265.30/cwt256.00–272.001,4944
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629231.51/cwt231.00–232.001,4564
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4481
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3745187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3931
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6701
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3870172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4961
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,745146.18/cwt145.00–147.002,5512
Bulls——1,813149.46/cwt149.00–150.002,7102
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92579.00/cwt79.00–79.007311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,027106.45/cwt100.00–114.001,0933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03398.54/cwt98.00–99.001,0182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053121.19/cwt117.00–125.001,2763
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231108.13/cwt100.00–114.001,3317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317122.77/cwt116.00–133.001,61721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,640120.48/cwt115.00–128.001,9765

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.