Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2024-08-13

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 13
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
513 head
▲ 235 vs last sale 278▲ 118 vs year ago 395 · +29.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 25▲ 1 vs year ago 44 · +2.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers 6.00-10.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Very good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $275.12/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −166.13 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.
Average price
$275.12
34 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$67.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.31
vs KY average
−5.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550286.961,57728
Medium and Large 2-3580219.831,2756thin
One grade step is worth $67.13/cwt here — about $302 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale34 hd
275.12
—
KY average26 barns · 590 hd
277.42
−2.31
National average153 barns · 6,707 hd
280.34
−5.22
This barn, trailing median31 sales
441.25
−166.13
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
511452393333median 441.2503/0304/2106/1609/0811/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,647163.582,6957thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,256139.511,75321
CowsLean 85-90%High996124.621,24110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,640121.671,9953thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385237.50/cwt237.50–237.509141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2862
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412284.52/cwt272.50–287.501,1725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478291.11/cwt282.50–297.501,3924
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490246.25/cwt227.50–265.001,2072
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy495305.44/cwt305.00–307.501,51211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3689
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527295.59/cwt290.00–297.001,5585
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571304.50/cwt304.50–304.501,73910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580219.83/cwt192.50–245.001,2756
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,6904
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620248.65/cwt235.00–250.001,54211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623221.37/cwt216.00–226.001,3793
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665267.83/cwt264.00–271.501,78125
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3674212.64/cwt190.00–227.501,4334
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7748
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7671
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3845189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,5971
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,8891
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added943236.25/cwt236.25–236.252,228170
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280272.50/cwt272.50–272.507631
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340220.00/cwt220.00–220.007481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345252.50/cwt252.50–252.508711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3379241.05/cwt222.50–245.009148
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1025
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418244.84/cwt240.00–250.001,02312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435219.39/cwt200.00–230.009543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy464266.83/cwt266.00–267.501,2387
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470221.97/cwt210.00–230.001,0437
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478244.48/cwt240.00–253.001,1696
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3546
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528248.58/cwt245.00–260.001,31314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572253.62/cwt252.00–257.001,4515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580197.24/cwt187.50–207.501,1442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0741
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636229.37/cwt224.00–239.001,45918
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670228.94/cwt221.00–237.001,5342
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672177.18/cwt160.00–190.001,1915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,68316
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3785185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4521
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2796199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5843
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4792
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975156.55/cwt154.00–159.001,5262
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3310255.00/cwt255.00–255.007911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2311292.50/cwt292.50–292.509103
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3355262.50/cwt252.50–267.509323
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2357288.11/cwt282.50–290.001,0294
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433293.29/cwt290.00–295.001,2703
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3467223.64/cwt177.50–252.501,0445
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478281.82/cwt272.50–287.501,3474
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2507267.86/cwt257.50–275.001,35810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556263.78/cwt255.00–277.001,4675
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3579233.75/cwt222.50–247.501,3535
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633225.06/cwt220.00–230.001,4256
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3638189.11/cwt180.00–198.001,2072
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3670205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3741
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3221
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3737175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2902
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3830146.44/cwt143.00–150.001,2152
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3600195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1701
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3690184.46/cwt179.00–190.001,2732
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3920114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,580169.37/cwt166.00–176.002,6764
Bulls——1,737155.85/cwt153.00–161.002,7073
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94595.88/cwt90.00–101.009062
Cows—Lean 85-90%998126.02/cwt123.00–129.001,2582
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015136.88/cwt130.00–143.001,3895
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231143.25/cwt131.00–155.001,76317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,5641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,378125.50/cwt120.00–129.001,7293
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8601
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,625130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,1131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,0071

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.