Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to inclement weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.33/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$123.33

24 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$428

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

$27.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.86

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	563	126.81	714	21
Medium and Large 2-3	288	99.00	285	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.81/cwt here — about $428 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 sale24 hd

123.33

—

KY average30 barns · 7,229 hd

128.19

−4.86

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	1,705	80.00	1,364	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,805	58.50	1,056	1thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	792	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	130.94/cwt	122.00–140.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	749	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	671	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,364	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,805	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	1,056	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 Mar 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 51Year ago 65

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 10Year ago 8

No comparison to last week due to inclement weather.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	792	89.00	89.00
4	—	564	122.00–140.00	130.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	113.00	113.00
1	—	470	95.00	95.00
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	609	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	512	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	103.00	103.00
1	—	250	104.00	104.00
1	—	400	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	58.50	58.50

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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