Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2024-07-09

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 9
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
476 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 466▼ 277 vs year ago 753 · −36.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 28▲ 37 vs year ago 36 · +102.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Comparison due to 4th July Holiday>

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.89/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −138.47 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$252.89
77 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,373
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$49.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.12
vs KY average
−15.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544259.961,41466
Medium and Large 2-3538210.491,13211thin
One grade step is worth $49.48/cwt here — about $282 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 sale77 hd
252.89
—
KY average13 barns · 645 hd
261.01
−8.12
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−15.97
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
−138.47
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—High1,344152.352,04713
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,308137.661,80122
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,585136.952,17114
CowsLean 85-90%Low996125.891,25417

Every lot

81 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310287.50/cwt287.50–287.508911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0501
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,41210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3371
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1721
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5861
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4662
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570296.48/cwt296.00–296.501,69021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621273.62/cwt260.00–281.001,6995
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,76420
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661242.02/cwt229.00–250.001,6007
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8873
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,9971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2279268.97/cwt267.50–272.507505
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330265.23/cwt257.50–272.508752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350275.00/cwt275.00–275.009631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390237.50/cwt237.50–237.509261
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431285.62/cwt280.00–290.001,23111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3462236.24/cwt215.00–247.501,0914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy467287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3405
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484265.47/cwt260.00–275.001,2856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521270.07/cwt262.50–275.001,40727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527211.41/cwt207.00–227.501,1148
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538240.07/cwt239.00–252.501,29212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3566208.02/cwt201.00–222.501,1773
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567264.38/cwt262.50–270.001,49921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578238.79/cwt230.00–250.001,3806
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605206.16/cwt195.00–217.501,2472
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625256.88/cwt245.00–268.001,60613
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631231.68/cwt220.00–241.501,46228
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3691182.45/cwt172.50–210.001,2615
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692244.08/cwt242.50–253.001,68925
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6403
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5231
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3765180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3772
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7192
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2245285.00/cwt285.00–285.006982
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3315250.00/cwt250.00–250.007881
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3360250.00/cwt250.00–250.009001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy384341.36/cwt325.00–362.501,3115
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy421375.50/cwt365.00–377.501,5816
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3422233.96/cwt225.00–245.009873
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3476239.41/cwt220.00–260.001,14015
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,5071
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3508233.42/cwt220.00–242.501,1863
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521261.44/cwt260.00–263.001,3626
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3568237.28/cwt230.00–245.001,34810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579257.99/cwt247.50–268.001,49413
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2607227.74/cwt227.00–228.001,3824
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy618257.52/cwt250.00–265.001,5916
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5543
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3668208.72/cwt207.50–210.001,3942
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2723231.65/cwt224.00–240.001,67513
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3723210.65/cwt208.00–216.001,5233
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770229.50/cwt220.00–239.001,7672
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3770209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6091
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810206.94/cwt197.00–217.001,6762
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2875195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7061
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3900150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3501
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2908187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6983
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,000149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,4901
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3480167.50/cwt167.50–167.508041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,158140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6212
Bulls——1,244148.58/cwt144.00–155.001,8488
Bulls——1,733170.62/cwt162.00–179.002,9573
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%886108.18/cwt105.00–110.009585
Cows—Lean 85-90%981124.73/cwt120.00–128.001,2245
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086139.38/cwt132.00–149.001,5147
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299142.26/cwt132.00–157.001,84817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302126.71/cwt125.00–128.001,6503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,395114.96/cwt112.00–118.001,6042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483128.49/cwt128.00–129.001,9062
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,602138.36/cwt130.00–149.002,21712

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.