Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steer 8.00-12.00 lower except a package of 700 lb they were 5.00 higher, Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 8.00-12.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady, Moderate to good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.52/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −125.04 against this barn's trailing median of $454.56.

Average price

$329.52

21 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$566

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

$95.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.99

vs KY average

−24.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	343.19	1,860	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	523	247.50	1,294	3thin

One grade step is worth $95.69/cwt here — about $566 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

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.13, low $378.23, median $454.56 across 29 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 sale21 hd

329.52

—

KY average20 barns · 486 hd

343.51

−13.99

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−24.78

This barn, trailing median29 sales

454.56

−125.04

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	—	Low	1,493	165.50	2,470	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,307	138.90	1,815	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,648	133.59	2,202	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,096	123.56	1,354	6thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2Fancy	350–400	357	329.95/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	298.32/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	273.86/cwt	262.50–282.50	1,851	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	301.87/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	488	362.92/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,771	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,051	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	432	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,501	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	868	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	309.42/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,479	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	707	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,163	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,555	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	141.08/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,851	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,638	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	134.08/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,398	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	133.59/cwt	132.00–135.00	2,202	2
Bulls	—	—	1,135	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,793	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	244.93/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,294	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	124.43/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,350	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	112.18/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,852	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	943	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	175.52/cwt	150.00–200.00	1,657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	337	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	489	339.97/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	294.50/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	570	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	403	355.03/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	306.36/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	247.44/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	486	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,616	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	422	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,587	9

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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 433Year ago 413

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 24Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	357	327.50–335.00	329.95
7	400–450	432	347.50	347.50
9	450–500	486	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	307.50	307.50
4	450–500	478	300.00–312.50	309.42
1	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	550	290.00	290.00
4	600–650	611	294.00–295.00	294.50
1	750–800	775	248.00	248.00
2	800–850	842	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	460	267.50	267.50
1	500–550	500	232.50	232.50
3	550–600	586	235.00–250.00	244.93
1	750–800	795	215.00	215.00
3	850–900	868	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	302.50–317.50	306.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
3	600–650	621	297.50–300.00	298.32
40	700–750	707	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	527	295.00	295.00
4	550–600	571	300.00–305.00	301.87
1	700–750	705	272.50	272.50
12	800–850	827	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	360.00	360.00
9	400–450	422	376.00	376.00
11	450–500	488	360.00–372.50	362.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	247.50	247.50
2	750–800	780	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	317.50	317.50
1	450–500	465	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	530	282.50	282.50
1	600–650	645	277.50	277.50
12	650–700	676	262.50–282.50	273.86
3	750–800	778	245.00–252.50	247.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	660	232.50	232.50
1	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	345.00	345.00
2	300–350	337	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	403	350.00–360.00	355.03
4	450–500	489	330.00–350.00	339.97
1	500–550	535	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	570	300.00–310.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,312	135.00–146.00	141.08
1	—	1,280	128.00	128.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	133.00–135.00	134.08
2	—	1,085	123.00–126.00	124.43
2	—	1,160	105.00–119.00	112.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	132.00–135.00	133.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	158.00	158.00
1	—	1,850	173.00	173.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	944	150.00–200.00	175.52

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

Steers · 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle