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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 10

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

552 head

▲ 287 vs last sale 265▼ 70 vs year ago 622 · −11.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 76▼ 57 vs year ago 116 · −49.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower, Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 8.00-12.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 5.00-8.00 lower, Moderate 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 $263.40/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −177.85 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.

Average price

$263.40

45 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$37.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.53

vs KY average

−4.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	265.06	1,455	43
Medium and Large 2-3	538	227.75	1,224	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.31/cwt here — about $231 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 sale45 hd

263.40

—

KY average22 barns · 972 hd

265.93

−2.53

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−4.80

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.25

−177.85

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	1,857	151.70	2,817	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,306	124.02	1,619	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,649	122.98	2,028	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	108.93	1,102	10

Every lot

79 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,088	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	265.69/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,113	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	427	287.76/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,229	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	273.76/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,254	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	493	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,380	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	496	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,228	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,199	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	248.97/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,285	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,417	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	557	270.51/cwt	268.00–273.00	1,507	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	257.20/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,435	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,243	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	606	224.60/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,361	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	611	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,586	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	238.52/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,484	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	250.86/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,676	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,605	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	698	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,536	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	705	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,488	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,618	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	227.41/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,737	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	770	240.49/cwt	235.50–241.75	1,852	55
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	981	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,908	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	306	233.43/cwt	230.00–240.00	714	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	315	218.89/cwt	210.00–227.50	690	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	363	198.79/cwt	192.50–205.00	722	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	245.22/cwt	230.00–257.50	910	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	252.00/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,076	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	433	224.41/cwt	202.50–237.50	972	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	247.51/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,163	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	227.77/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,100	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	204.62/cwt	197.00–212.50	1,074	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	240.00/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,262	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	236.24/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,335	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	578	259.19/cwt	256.00–260.50	1,498	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	197.98/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,152	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	233.86/cwt	226.00–239.00	1,476	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	638	198.33/cwt	197.50–200.00	1,265	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	656	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	1,638	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	228.67/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,509	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	678	199.89/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,355	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,574	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	785	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,444	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	797	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,662	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,739	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	250	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	469	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	263	268.45/cwt	262.50–275.00	706	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	306	256.78/cwt	252.50–265.00	786	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	325	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	715	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	256.51/cwt	250.00–267.50	911	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	366	229.54/cwt	210.00–242.50	840	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	251.45/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,071	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	435	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,207	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	437	230.80/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,009	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	228.43/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,092	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	249.13/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,233	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,010	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	236.22/cwt	225.00–247.50	1,240	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	228.13/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,314	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	601	198.75/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,194	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	226.72/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,408	18
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	674	194.71/cwt	192.50–197.00	1,312	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,358	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,373	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	755	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,306	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,400	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	142.66/cwt	134.00–149.00	2,083	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	154.28/cwt	150.00–159.00	3,039	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	878	88.71/cwt	84.00–93.00	779	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	110.11/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,137	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,363	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	118.73/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,293	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	122.35/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,566	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,304	111.54/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,454	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,346	132.16/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,779	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	130.01/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,993	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	112.89/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,778	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,775	125.02/cwt	123.00–127.00	2,219	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 Sep 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 552Last week 265Year ago 622

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 76Year ago 116

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	306	230.00–240.00	233.43
5	350–400	371	230.00–257.50	245.22
22	400–450	427	245.00–260.00	252.00
16	450–500	470	240.00–261.00	247.51
23	500–550	526	230.00–247.00	240.00
12	550–600	565	222.50–245.00	236.24
10	600–650	631	226.00–239.00	233.86
3	650–700	660	224.00–231.00	228.67
5	700–750	739	213.00	213.00
7	750–800	797	208.50	208.50
1	850–900	865	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	578	256.00–260.50	259.19
11	650–700	656	249.75	249.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	210.00–227.50	218.89
2	350–400	363	192.50–205.00	198.79
5	400–450	433	202.50–237.50	224.41
10	450–500	483	220.00–235.00	227.77
6	500–550	525	197.00–212.50	204.62
10	550–600	582	180.00–210.00	197.98
3	600–650	638	197.50–200.00	198.33
2	650–700	678	190.00–210.00	199.89
2	750–800	785	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	282.50	282.50
5	400–450	419	260.00–272.50	265.69
6	450–500	458	260.00–279.00	273.76
6	500–550	516	242.50–260.00	248.97
8	550–600	558	243.00–266.00	257.20
11	600–650	622	237.00–245.00	238.52
8	650–700	698	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	732	221.00	221.00
8	750–800	764	220.00–230.00	227.41
25	950–1000	981	194.50	194.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	271.00	271.00
26	550–600	557	268.00–273.00	270.51
7	600–650	611	259.50	259.50
7	650–700	668	250.00–251.00	250.86
55	750–800	770	235.50–241.75	240.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	496	247.50	247.50
1	500–550	505	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	570	218.00	218.00
5	600–650	606	219.00–226.00	224.60
3	650–700	698	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	705	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	427	285.00–290.00	287.76
3	450–500	493	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	262.50–275.00	268.45
3	300–350	306	252.50–265.00	256.78
5	350–400	355	250.00–267.50	256.51
11	400–450	426	240.00–262.50	251.45
3	450–500	495	245.00–257.50	249.13
16	500–550	525	225.00–247.50	236.22
5	550–600	576	225.00–233.00	228.13
18	600–650	621	220.00–233.00	226.72
2	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	700	194.00	194.00
2	750–800	750	183.00	183.00
1	800–850	800	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	187.50	187.50
1	300–350	325	220.00	220.00
5	350–400	366	210.00–242.50	229.54
3	400–450	437	230.00–232.50	230.80
2	450–500	478	220.00–237.50	228.43
2	500–550	500	202.00	202.00
4	600–650	601	195.00–200.00	198.75
5	650–700	674	192.50–197.00	194.71
1	750–800	755	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	277.50	277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	134.00–149.00	142.66
7	—	1,970	150.00–159.00	154.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	105.00–116.00	110.11
1	—	1,065	128.00	128.00
3	—	878	84.00–93.00	88.71
4	—	1,089	118.00–120.00	118.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,533	129.00–131.00	130.01
3	—	1,775	123.00–127.00	125.02
2	—	1,575	111.00–115.00	112.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	110.00–114.00	111.54
9	—	1,346	129.00–139.00	132.16
14	—	1,280	119.00–126.00	122.35

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.