Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2024-06-11

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 11
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 305▲ 86 vs year ago 155 · +55.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 32▲ 16 vs year ago 7 · +228.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady, 500-700 lbs 8.00-10.00 lower, Feeder heifers under 400 steady, 400-600 lbs 8.00-10.00 lower, 700 lbs up 2.00-4.00 higher, Moderate to good demand for mostly plain to average quality offering. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good 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 $247.45/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −143.91 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$247.45
17 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$333
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$67.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.50
vs KY average
−17.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538267.331,43812thin
Medium and Large 2-3553199.741,1055thin
One grade step is worth $67.59/cwt here — about $333 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 sale17 hd
247.45
—
KY average24 barns · 1,235 hd
266.95
−19.50
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−17.92
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
−143.91
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—High1,562155.702,4324thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,279141.321,8079thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,029132.971,3686thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,565130.002,0351thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)805$1,4251thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365303.94/cwt290.00–317.501,1092
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418339.99/cwt337.50–342.501,4212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3841
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515243.14/cwt236.00–250.001,2522
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556304.74/cwt296.00–306.001,6948
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558271.07/cwt266.00–276.001,5133
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615271.53/cwt270.00–274.001,6704
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6682
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678266.98/cwt264.00–270.001,8105
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5371
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8131
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275260.00/cwt260.00–260.007151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3378245.00/cwt245.00–245.009262
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390298.32/cwt297.50–300.001,1633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy408292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428260.85/cwt257.50–267.501,1163
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470254.87/cwt250.00–265.001,1986
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy474287.11/cwt281.00–296.001,3617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3488215.92/cwt195.00–237.501,0542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513256.90/cwt250.00–264.001,3182
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532274.68/cwt272.50–277.501,4617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558251.20/cwt247.50–255.001,4022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3563194.67/cwt180.00–230.001,0964
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5871
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610282.71/cwt275.00–283.501,72577
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622232.66/cwt221.00–240.001,4473
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5211
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8203
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3740181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3391
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3870164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4271
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3960152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,4641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1141
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423321.23/cwt320.00–322.501,3592
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470303.48/cwt290.00–310.001,4263
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3351
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2505275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3891
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3556250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3904
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577264.77/cwt254.00–275.001,5284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600161.00/cwt161.00–161.009661
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619251.04/cwt249.00–253.001,5544
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7091
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768227.96/cwt224.00–232.001,7512
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2833224.47/cwt215.00–234.001,8702
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2885214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8941
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2925217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0072
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3575142.00/cwt142.00–142.008171
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3682188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2826
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,483153.26/cwt147.00–156.002,2733
Bulls——1,800163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,9341
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%968122.76/cwt120.00–125.001,1882
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059138.07/cwt132.00–149.001,4624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,279141.32/cwt130.00–155.001,8079
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28051,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251

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.