Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.37/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$127.37

28 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$13.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.03

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	513	127.86	656	27
Medium and Large 2-3	490	114.00	559	1thin

One grade step is worth $13.86/cwt here — about $97 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 sale28 hd

127.37

—

KY average27 barns · 5,371 hd

128.40

−1.03

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	1,565	100.00	1,565	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	62.50	853	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,015	58.00	589	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	853	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	120.47/cwt	119.00–122.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	129.46/cwt	125.00–133.00	673	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	136.39/cwt	132.00–139.00	638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	114.28/cwt	107.00–122.00	697	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	135.36/cwt	130.00–138.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	103.94/cwt	99.00–108.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	133.32/cwt	128.00–136.00	717	3
Bulls	—	—	1,565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	864	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	150.71/cwt	149.00–152.50	710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	143.24/cwt	135.00–146.00	822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	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 Jun 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 56Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	62.50	62.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	58.00	58.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	100.00	100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	119.00–122.00	120.47
1	—	730	105.00	105.00
1	—	385	134.00	134.00
11	—	520	125.00–133.00	129.46
8	—	468	132.00–139.00	136.39
4	—	610	107.00–122.00	114.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	130.00–138.00	135.36
2	—	865	101.00	101.00
2	—	657	112.00	112.00
2	—	613	120.00–122.00	121.02
2	—	560	130.00	130.00
3	—	727	99.00–108.00	103.94
1	—	785	108.00	108.00
3	—	538	128.00–136.00	133.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	111.00	111.00
1	—	380	151.00	151.00
6	—	615	140.00–141.00	140.50
6	—	471	149.00–152.50	150.71
4	—	574	135.00–146.00	143.24
4	—	543	138.50	138.50
1	—	770	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	110.00	110.00

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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