Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers of high quality that were weaned and vaccinated sold fully steady with very good demand, plainer, fleshier lower quality feeders were 6.00-10.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 8.00-10.00 lower, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $358.30/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −44.39 against this barn's trailing median of $402.69.

Average price

$358.30

46 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$50.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.05

vs KY average

−10.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	364.91	2,000	40
Medium and Large 2-3	545	314.26	1,713	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.64/cwt here — about $287 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale46 hd

358.30

—

KY average24 barns · 1,647 hd

363.35

−5.05

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−10.04

This barn, trailing median30 sales

402.69

−44.39

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	1,705	191.77	3,270	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,739	161.08	2,801	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	160.15	2,098	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	142.43	1,495	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,535	$2,625	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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 1-2	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	396.13/cwt	387.50–402.50	1,878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	386.88/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	384.40/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,256	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	398.14/cwt	388.00–407.50	2,038	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,115	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	641	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	374.13/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,013	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,784	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	818	250.13/cwt	245.00–253.00	2,046	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	232.47/cwt	205.00–257.50	1,790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	369.02/cwt	355.00–378.00	1,934	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	353.22/cwt	346.00–359.50	2,148	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	800–850	834	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,736	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	315.37/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	666	329.00/cwt	315.00–338.00	2,191	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	317.68/cwt	302.50–345.00	1,779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	348.33/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	937	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	320.42/cwt	285.00–332.50	1,874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	328.76/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,407	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	990	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	363.64/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,095	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	789	257.75/cwt	220.00–273.00	2,034	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	293.27/cwt	255.00–312.50	1,871	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	336.12/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,738	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	851	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	334.56/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	257.69/cwt	230.00–285.00	1,881	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	415	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	726	289.79/cwt	275.00–320.00	2,104	4
Bulls	—	—	1,485	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,510	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,802	165.44/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,981	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	145.16/cwt	137.00–150.00	1,545	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,294	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	151.91/cwt	140.00–159.00	2,020	10
Bulls	—	—	1,742	195.56/cwt	189.00–200.00	3,407	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,913	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,845	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	166.04/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,152	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	129.58/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,274	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	162.15/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	419	435.07/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,823	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	434.58/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	322.91/cwt	287.50–350.00	1,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	307.43/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	614	290.91/cwt	280.00–327.50	1,786	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	427	416.13/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,777	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	513	386.47/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,983	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	378	407.50/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	343.28/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	427	409.58/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,749	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	368.54/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,762	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	367.55/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	293.65/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	390.70/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	360.71/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	329.96/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	356.87/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,002	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	396.23/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	476	405.82/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,932	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	601	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,227	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	479.74/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	388.65/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	468.75/cwt	447.50–490.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	402.97/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	391.00/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,838	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	328	431.19/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,414	3

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.

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Feeder CattleReceipts 470Last week 269Year ago 552

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 60Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	365.00	365.00
3	350–400	378	380.00–400.00	390.70
2	400–450	420	350.00–372.50	360.71
13	450–500	478	360.00–370.00	368.54
2	550–600	562	332.50	332.50
2	600–650	620	327.50–332.50	329.96
1	650–700	650	332.50	332.50
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	337.50	337.50
2	400–450	428	327.50–330.00	328.76
3	450–500	478	287.50–350.00	322.91
2	500–550	515	300.00–315.00	307.43
4	550–600	560	302.50–345.00	317.68
3	600–650	638	255.00–312.50	293.27
3	650–700	668	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	730	230.00–285.00	257.69
7	750–800	789	220.00–273.00	257.75
3	800–850	818	245.00–253.00	250.13
1	850–900	895	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	524	355.00–378.00	369.02
17	550–600	576	355.00–370.00	363.64
18	600–650	608	346.00–359.50	353.22
3	650–700	651	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	834	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	387.50	387.50
3	300–350	328	410.00–455.00	431.19
3	350–400	378	405.00–410.00	407.50
20	400–450	427	392.50–420.00	409.58
16	450–500	470	380.00–407.50	391.00
22	600–650	601	370.50	370.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	400.00–405.00	402.97
4	450–500	474	387.50–402.50	396.13
3	500–550	538	370.00–377.50	374.13
10	550–600	561	350.00–372.50	356.87
2	650–700	668	290.00–297.50	293.65
4	700–750	723	292.50	292.50
2	750–800	755	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	517	325.00–340.00	336.12
4	550–600	585	285.00–332.50	320.42
1	600–650	620	297.50	297.50
2	700–750	715	267.50	267.50
4	750–800	770	205.00–257.50	232.47
3	850–900	851	212.00	212.00
2	900–950	937	207.00	207.00
1	950–1000	990	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	482.50	482.50
10	400–450	427	410.00–427.50	416.13
2	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
5	500–550	513	380.00–397.50	386.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	380.00–412.50	396.23
2	400–450	435	380.00–397.50	388.65
4	450–500	486	380.00–390.00	386.88
2	500–550	540	352.50	352.50
2	550–600	555	362.50–372.50	367.55
3	600–650	625	345.00–355.00	348.33
1	650–700	650	367.50	367.50
3	700–750	713	359.00	359.00
6	750–800	792	342.00–350.00	343.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	512	388.00–407.50	398.14
17	550–600	587	380.00–385.00	384.40
4	600–650	641	387.50	387.50
37	650–700	679	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	300.00–330.00	315.37
4	550–600	580	315.00–350.00	334.56
5	600–650	614	280.00–327.50	290.91
4	650–700	666	315.00–338.00	329.00
4	700–750	726	275.00–320.00	289.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	430.00	430.00
3	250–300	290	460.00–495.00	479.74
2	300–350	305	447.50–490.00	468.75
5	350–400	388	430.00–455.00	434.58
6	400–450	419	420.00–442.50	435.07
12	450–500	476	402.50–407.50	405.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	169.00	169.00
6	—	1,742	189.00–200.00	195.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,802	163.00–167.00	165.44
1	—	1,550	148.00	148.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,064	137.00–150.00	145.16
1	—	840	100.00	100.00
3	—	983	119.00–134.00	129.58
3	—	1,148	161.00–163.00	162.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,330	140.00–159.00	151.91
14	—	1,296	160.00–174.00	166.04

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,535	2,625.00	2,625.00

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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