Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers steady, Feeder and yearling heifers steady to 2.00 lower, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 lower, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.00/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −89.69 against this barn's trailing median of $402.69.

Average price

$313.00

45 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$386

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

$84.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.90

vs KY average

−8.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	314.89	1,731	44
Medium and Large 2-3	585	230.00	1,346	1thin

One grade step is worth $84.89/cwt here — about $386 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.15, low $331.69, median $402.69 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

313.00

—

KY average25 barns · 1,488 hd

304.10

+8.90

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−8.74

This barn, trailing median30 sales

402.69

−89.69

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	1,746	162.52	2,838	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,621	143.51	2,326	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	133.76	1,802	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,045	123.12	1,286	15

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,680	$2,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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	700–750	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	426	423.27/cwt	370.00–427.00	1,803	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	307.80/cwt	287.00–322.50	2,022	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	312.57/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	398.40/cwt	365.00–432.50	1,454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	264.97/cwt	259.00–268.00	2,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	216.29/cwt	214.00–223.00	1,849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	310.64/cwt	305.00–313.00	1,802	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	959	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	305.95/cwt	300.00–317.50	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	289.53/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,795	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	282.81/cwt	273.00–297.50	1,895	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	262.20/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	322.47/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,522	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	349.92/cwt	342.50–356.00	2,026	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	354.06/cwt	332.50–366.00	1,816	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	442	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	337.50/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,093	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	256.64/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	851	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	107.88/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,161	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	143.51/cwt	136.00–154.00	2,326	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	111.41/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,506	3
Bulls	—	—	1,738	161.25/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,803	2
Bulls	—	—	1,658	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	220.11/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,497	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	143.85/cwt	137.00–156.00	1,936	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	126.91/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,704	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	171.04/cwt	170.00–172.00	3,096	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	140.05/cwt	133.00–148.00	1,440	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	125.00/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,270	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	394.57/cwt	365.00–432.50	1,661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	860	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	326.10/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,712	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	229.12/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	955	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	316.66/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	262	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	373.54/cwt	362.50–385.00	990	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,680	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	578	330.03/cwt	315.00–342.50	1,908	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	481	351.08/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,689	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	259.81/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	630	283.49/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	399.19/cwt	387.50–410.00	1,289	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	728	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,929	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	334.18/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,738	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	245.36/cwt	238.00–253.00	2,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	394	391.80/cwt	352.50–396.00	1,544	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	489	364.26/cwt	352.00–365.00	1,781	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	417.33/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	286.43/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	467	346.96/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,620	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	358.70/cwt	347.50–382.50	1,510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	338	353.03/cwt	332.50–362.50	1,193	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	282.44/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,449	2

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

Tue Mar 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 625Year ago 485

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 44Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year 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
2	200–250	245	325.00	325.00
1	250–300	290	327.50	327.50
1	350–400	370	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	400	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	515	272.50	272.50
1	550–600	555	295.00	295.00
5	600–650	620	251.00–265.00	262.20
1	700–750	710	245.00	245.00
4	850–900	855	214.00–223.00	216.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	362.50–385.00	373.54
2	300–350	323	387.50–410.00	399.19
7	350–400	365	365.00–432.50	398.40
5	400–450	421	365.00–432.50	394.57
6	450–500	481	330.00–385.00	351.08
25	500–550	520	315.00–345.00	334.18
6	550–600	578	315.00–342.50	330.03
3	600–650	630	270.00–290.00	283.49
6	700–750	728	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	680	215.00–225.00	220.11
1	850–900	860	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	410.00–425.00	417.33
1	350–400	395	356.00	356.00
25	400–450	426	370.00–427.00	423.27
17	450–500	489	352.00–365.00	364.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	505	307.50–322.50	316.66
1	550–600	575	312.50	312.50
2	650–700	668	250.00–270.00	259.81
3	750–800	788	259.00–268.00	264.97
2	800–850	820	238.00–253.00	245.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	513	332.50–366.00	354.06
10	550–600	579	342.50–356.00	349.92
6	600–650	620	330.00–339.00	337.50
7	650–700	657	287.00–322.50	307.80
1	700–750	715	276.00	276.00
2	800–850	805	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	630	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	317.50	317.50
3	250–300	260	300.00–317.50	305.95
1	300–350	325	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	350	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	423	300.00–325.00	312.57
5	450–500	472	317.50–327.50	322.47
2	500–550	513	270.00–295.00	282.44
4	550–600	583	270.00–297.50	286.43
1	600–650	635	255.00	255.00
3	650–700	690	250.00–260.00	256.64
2	850–900	852	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	525	300.00–337.50	326.10
16	550–600	580	305.00–313.00	310.64
7	600–650	620	280.00–302.50	289.53
12	650–700	670	273.00–297.50	282.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	690	220.00–235.00	229.12
1	950–1000	955	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	262	332.50	332.50
3	300–350	338	332.50–362.50	353.03
10	350–400	394	352.50–396.00	391.80
6	400–450	421	347.50–382.50	358.70
26	450–500	467	330.00–360.00	346.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,076	100.00–116.00	107.88
6	—	1,028	133.00–148.00	140.05
4	—	1,016	123.00–126.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,621	136.00–154.00	143.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	105.00–119.00	111.41
8	—	1,346	137.00–156.00	143.85
2	—	1,343	126.00–128.00	126.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,738	160.00–162.00	161.25
2	—	1,658	151.00	151.00
3	—	1,810	170.00–172.00	171.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,680	2,025.00	2,025.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	159.00	159.00

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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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle