Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers not tested, feeder heifers sold steady. Buyers showed moderate interest in weaned and pre-conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady with light test, slaughter bulls no test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.50/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$118.50

14 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.08

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	491	118.50	582	14thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

118.50

—

KY average28 barns · 5,095 hd

119.58

−1.08

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	24.00	292	1thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	135.81/cwt	131.00–138.00	653	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	119.89/cwt	115.00–125.00	580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	122.53/cwt	121.00–124.00	698	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	24.00/cwt	24.00–24.00	292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	118.50/cwt	116.00–121.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	116.66/cwt	116.00–117.00	735	3

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 May 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26Last week 26Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	115.00	115.00
9	—	484	115.00–125.00	119.89
1	—	595	113.00	113.00
2	—	445	116.00–121.00	118.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	481	131.00–138.00	135.81
1	—	400	149.00	149.00
2	—	570	121.00–124.00	122.53
3	—	630	116.00–117.00	116.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	24.00	24.00

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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