Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold steady-1.00 higher with good demand. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.00/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$118.00

62 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$12.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.70

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	119.18	649	56
Medium and Large 2-3	521	107.00	557	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.18/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

118.00

—

KY average28 barns · 8,945 hd

124.70

−6.70

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,470	68.00	1,000	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,725	52.17	900	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,283	48.72	625	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	46.00	478	1thin

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	129.91/cwt	125.00–135.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	125.83/cwt	121.00–131.00	726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	120.58/cwt	118.00–125.00	744	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	120.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	599	10
Bulls	—	—	1,470	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	130.61/cwt	129.00–133.00	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	125.21/cwt	125.00–126.00	649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	381	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	129.72/cwt	122.00–136.00	741	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	120.90/cwt	114.00–124.00	799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	242	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	120.72/cwt	116.00–123.00	400	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	114.91/cwt	110.00–117.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	115.48/cwt	110.00–124.00	618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	114.20/cwt	105.00–116.50	706	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	422	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	47.15/cwt	45.00–48.50	598	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	51.58/cwt	50.00–54.00	703	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	772	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,800	53.75/cwt	53.50–54.00	968	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	127.98/cwt	127.50–131.00	672	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	839	11

How this sale compares

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

Mon Jan 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 58Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	112.00	112.00
2	—	428	125.00–135.00	129.91
4	—	577	121.00–131.00	125.83
8	—	617	118.00–125.00	120.58
10	—	495	120.00–125.00	120.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	129.00–133.00	130.61
5	—	518	125.00–126.00	125.21
1	—	720	113.00	113.00
2	—	282	135.00	135.00
1	—	625	121.00	121.00
4	—	571	122.00–136.00	129.72
1	—	405	141.00	141.00
2	—	310	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	559	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	661	114.00–124.00	120.90
1	—	840	100.00	100.00
2	—	242	112.00	112.00
3	—	476	110.00	110.00
1	—	430	118.00	118.00
4	—	331	116.00–123.00	120.72
6	—	577	110.00–117.00	114.91
7	—	535	110.00–124.00	115.48
8	—	618	105.00–116.50	114.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	521	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	525	127.50–131.00	127.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	42.00	42.00
3	—	1,268	45.00–48.50	47.15
4	—	1,363	50.00–54.00	51.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	49.00	49.00
2	—	1,800	53.50–54.00	53.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	46.00	46.00

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.

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