Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 1.00-2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed good interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.68/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$123.68

30 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$42.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.16

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	496	130.83	649	25
Medium and Large 2-3	601	87.90	528	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.93/cwt here — about $121 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 sale30 hd

123.68

—

KY average27 barns · 2,411 hd

139.84

−16.16

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	—	High	1,857	87.25	1,620	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	69.41	1,086	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	55.49	691	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	38.00	394	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	135.16/cwt	125.00–155.00	439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	122.95/cwt	121.00–128.00	788	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	531	3
Bulls	—	—	1,960	89.49/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	282	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	134.25/cwt	126.00–142.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	143.40/cwt	135.00–153.00	595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	510	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	132.00/cwt	128.00–136.00	370	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	60.46/cwt	59.00–63.50	781	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	33.50/cwt	33.50–33.50	358	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	54.55/cwt	52.00–55.50	634	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	427	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	47.42/cwt	46.00–49.00	625	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	69.41/cwt	68.50–70.50	1,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	248	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	128.98/cwt	127.00–131.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	135.33/cwt	128.00–139.00	710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	436	1

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 Feb 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 40Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year 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	—	585	128.00	128.00
1	—	830	92.00	92.00
3	—	325	125.00–155.00	135.16
5	—	641	121.00–128.00	122.95
1	—	205	137.50	137.50
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
2	—	480	126.00–142.00	134.25
4	—	415	135.00–153.00	143.40
1	—	675	116.00	116.00
2	—	280	128.00–136.00	132.00
3	—	525	128.00–139.00	135.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	91.50	91.50
1	—	850	60.00	60.00
1	—	415	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	154.00	154.00
2	—	608	125.00–130.00	127.49
1	—	510	148.00	148.00
1	—	385	165.00	165.00
1	—	810	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	131.00	131.00
2	—	735	95.00	95.00
1	—	330	112.00	112.00
2	—	503	125.00–130.00	127.49
4	—	571	121.50	121.50
1	—	248	117.00	117.00
2	—	465	127.00–131.00	128.98
4	—	430	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,960	88.00–91.00	89.49
2	—	1,753	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,291	59.00–63.50	60.46
4	—	1,163	52.00–55.50	54.55
2	—	1,318	46.00–49.00	47.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	33.50	33.50
1	—	1,005	42.50	42.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	68.50–70.50	69.41

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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