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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 10

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

815 head

▲ 113 vs last sale 702▲ 300 vs year ago 515 · +58.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

66 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 84▲ 33 vs year ago 33 · +100.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 15.00-20.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 3.00-5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good 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 $307.36/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −133.89 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.

Average price

$307.36

97 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$69.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.57

vs KY average

−16.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	311.68	1,694	91
Medium and Large 2-3	550	241.86	1,331	6thin

One grade step is worth $69.82/cwt here — about $363 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 sale97 hd

307.36

—

KY average28 barns · 2,019 hd

297.79

+9.57

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−16.99

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.25

−133.89

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	—	High	2,060	162.00	3,337	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	121.56	1,848	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,339	112.90	1,512	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	104.34	1,092	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	165.00	2,013	1thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	324	338.68/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,097	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	397	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,459	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,269	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	428	341.03/cwt	324.00–370.00	1,460	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	479	326.53/cwt	319.00–345.00	1,564	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	529	236.91/cwt	212.50–255.00	1,253	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	318.96/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,690	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	303.88/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,726	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	277.60/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,607	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	593	251.75/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,493	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,370	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	634	265.60/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,684	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	658	276.33/cwt	266.00–276.50	1,818	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	248.50/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,700	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	699	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,643	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	239.72/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,748	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	861	257.04/cwt	253.00–259.25	2,213	185
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	895	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,888	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	715	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	316	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	920	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	342	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	812	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	301.10/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,129	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	377	239.40/cwt	232.50–242.50	903	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	412	211.41/cwt	202.50–230.00	871	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	429	286.83/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,231	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	459	278.22/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,277	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,212	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,105	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	245.49/cwt	242.50–248.00	1,289	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	265.64/cwt	251.00–269.25	1,419	85
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	548	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,233	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	237.16/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,359	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	578	261.73/cwt	251.00–263.50	1,513	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	232.97/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,433	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	245.22/cwt	241.50–260.00	1,552	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	845	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,529	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2-3	1,090	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,875	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	369	338.68/cwt	336.00–342.50	1,250	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	462	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,617	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	279.81/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,326	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	502	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,305	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,363	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,392	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	223.05/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,512	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,394	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,670	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	845	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,352	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	950	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,235	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,220	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,013	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,060	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	3,337	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	105.90/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,090	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,097	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	106.33/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,417	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,347	120.78/cwt	115.00–131.00	1,627	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	121.56/cwt	115.00–128.00	1,848	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	134.90/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,255	4

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 Dec 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 815Last week 702Year ago 515

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 84Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	337.50–340.00	338.68
2	350–400	397	367.50	367.50
18	400–450	428	324.00–370.00	341.03
15	450–500	479	319.00–345.00	326.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	530	300.00–332.50	318.96
22	550–600	568	291.00–305.00	303.88
5	600–650	634	260.00–272.00	265.60
62	650–700	658	266.00–276.50	276.33
185	850–900	861	253.00–259.25	257.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	529	212.50–255.00	236.91
2	550–600	593	251.00–252.50	251.75
1	600–650	620	221.00	221.00
5	650–700	699	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	895	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	423	300.00	300.00
8	550–600	579	270.00–283.00	277.60
4	650–700	684	248.00–250.00	248.50
30	700–750	729	236.00–243.00	239.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	242.50	242.50
4	450–500	466	260.00	260.00
7	500–550	525	242.50–248.00	245.49
3	550–600	573	236.00–238.00	237.16
2	600–650	615	231.00–235.00	232.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	237.50	237.50
3	350–400	377	232.50–242.50	239.40
3	400–450	412	202.50–230.00	211.41
1	450–500	470	235.00	235.00
3	500–550	548	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	845	181.00	181.00
5	1050–1100	1,090	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
85	500–550	534	251.00–269.25	265.64
21	550–600	578	251.00–263.50	261.73
29	600–650	633	241.50–260.00	245.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	291.00	291.00
2	350–400	375	297.50–305.00	301.10
10	400–450	429	275.00–294.00	286.83
27	450–500	459	270.00–283.00	278.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
4	450–500	474	275.00–287.50	279.81
2	500–550	502	260.00	260.00
3	550–600	568	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	678	215.00–227.00	223.05
1	750–800	795	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	234.00	234.00
1	700–750	730	191.00	191.00
2	800–850	845	160.00	160.00
1	950–1000	950	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	336.00–342.50	338.68
2	450–500	462	350.00	350.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	930	129.00–138.00	134.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	95.00	95.00
6	—	1,029	101.00–112.00	105.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	115.00–128.00	121.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,347	115.00–131.00	120.78
6	—	1,333	102.00–111.00	106.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	162.00	162.00

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.