Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.81/cwt on 444 head.

Average price

$116.81

444 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$19.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.74

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	706	117.60	830	426
Medium and Large 2-3	773	98.12	759	18thin

One grade step is worth $19.48/cwt here — about $72 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 sale444 hd

116.81

—

KY average28 barns · 6,355 hd

125.55

−8.74

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	—	Average	1,425	97.00	1,382	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,355	51.50	698	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	993	120
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	111.40/cwt	111.00–120.00	686	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	661	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	103.30/cwt	93.00–105.00	705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	840	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	941	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	873	94.45/cwt	90.00–95.00	825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	893	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	641	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	785	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	116.54/cwt	116.00–118.00	860	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	114.71/cwt	114.50–115.50	548	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	793	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	947	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	132.21/cwt	121.00–136.00	583	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	702	1
Bulls	—	—	1,425	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,382	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	698	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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 635Last week 150Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	647	134.00	134.00
3	—	490	131.00	131.00
3	—	696	127.00	127.00
8	—	583	136.00	136.00
8	—	765	123.75	123.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	751	132.25	132.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	93.00	93.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
7	—	682	93.00–105.00	103.30
9	—	873	90.00–95.00	94.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	616	111.00–120.00	111.40
33	—	529	125.00	125.00
1	—	715	113.00	113.00
8	—	571	110.50	110.50
9	—	478	114.50–115.50	114.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	840	112.00	112.00
69	—	750	119.00	119.00
79	—	641	122.50	122.50
142	—	738	116.00–118.00	116.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	123.00	123.00
8	—	441	121.00–136.00	132.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	101.00	101.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	97.00	97.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	51.50	51.50

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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