Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly steady, 600-700 lbs 6.00-10.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers mostly steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and 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 $462.42/cwt on 56 head, down $17.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 29 comparable sales and sits +7.85 against this barn's trailing median of $454.56.

Average price

$462.42

▼ 17.77 vs prior sale

56 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.07

vs KY average

−13.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	462.42	2,468	56

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale56 hd

462.42

—

KY average25 barns · 1,228 hd

462.35

+0.07

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−13.14

This barn, trailing median29 sales

454.56

+7.85

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	1,966	212.70	4,182	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,595	180.00	2,871	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,325	158.92	2,106	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	141.06	1,531	3thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	233.72	2,964	2thin

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
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	860	$2,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1-2Fancy	550–600	563	424.98/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,393	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	660	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	453.94/cwt	442.50–457.50	1,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	338.64/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	314.49/cwt	290.00–318.00	2,642	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	850–900	878	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,941	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	320.14/cwt	318.00–326.00	2,795	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	888	327.75/cwt	327.75–327.75	2,910	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	453.59/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,164	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	420.31/cwt	400.00–426.00	2,345	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	391.75/cwt	357.50–399.00	2,468	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	476.29/cwt	437.50–487.50	2,491	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	572.95/cwt	560.00–595.00	1,851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	387.51/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	429.25/cwt	405.00–442.50	2,657	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	358.80/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,555	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	365.52/cwt	350.00–397.50	2,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	423.97/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,171	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	331.59/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	314.43/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	419.38/cwt	419.00–422.50	2,793	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	420.77/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,462	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	481.26/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,810	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	354.01/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,690	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	400.82/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	382.26/cwt	372.50–392.50	1,567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	386.97/cwt	365.00–417.50	1,633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	417.53/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	303.97/cwt	282.50–315.00	2,015	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	141.06/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,531	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,871	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	167.94/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,213	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	148.39/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,978	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,268	233.72/cwt	232.50–235.00	2,964	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	282.07/cwt	252.50–310.00	1,481	2
Bulls	—	—	2,030	216.12/cwt	206.00–224.00	4,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	275	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	541	449.24/cwt	442.50–452.50	2,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	624	407.66/cwt	401.00–417.00	2,544	7
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	505.62/cwt	492.50–522.50	2,351	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	618.73/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	488.33/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,222	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	349.97/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,327	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	457.03/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,063	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	242.96/cwt	237.50–247.50	2,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	476.86/cwt	462.50–487.50	2,256	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	270	524.54/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	777	372.04/cwt	372.00–372.50	2,891	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	416	515.41/cwt	510.00–517.50	2,144	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	514.83/cwt	482.50–542.50	2,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	493.07/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,864	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	365.62/cwt	357.00–369.50	2,782	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	328.41/cwt	315.00–339.00	2,667	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,189	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

Tue Mar 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 529Last week 363Year ago 750

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 20Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 1Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	475.00	475.00
6	450–500	455	485.00–495.00	488.33
3	500–550	541	442.50–452.50	449.24
2	550–600	563	420.00–430.00	424.98
7	600–650	624	401.00–417.00	407.66
1	650–700	660	400.00	400.00
12	750–800	777	372.00–372.50	372.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	442.50–457.50	453.94
1	450–500	475	422.50	422.50
1	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	575	390.00–410.00	400.82
5	650–700	665	330.00–360.00	349.97
1	700–750	710	342.50	342.50
1	950–1000	970	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	365.00–417.50	386.97
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	670	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	490.00–495.00	493.07
2	450–500	468	445.00–470.00	457.03
3	500–550	543	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	565	387.50	387.50
5	650–700	672	380.00	380.00
3	700–750	728	338.00–340.00	338.64
2	750–800	777	344.00	344.00
5	800–850	812	315.00–339.00	328.41
14	850–900	873	318.00–326.00	320.14
2	900–950	917	334.00	334.00
1	950–1000	960	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	523	437.50–487.50	476.29
8	550–600	585	412.50–440.00	420.77
18	600–650	619	405.00–442.50	429.25
9	650–700	666	419.00–422.50	419.38
26	700–750	712	352.00–365.00	358.80
13	750–800	761	357.00–369.50	365.62
60	850–900	888	327.75	327.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	372.50–392.50	382.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	570.00	570.00
6	300–350	330	580.00–630.00	618.73
4	400–450	430	482.50–542.50	514.83
12	450–500	465	492.50–522.50	505.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	430.00	430.00
7	350–400	376	475.00–500.00	481.26
4	400–450	415	460.00	460.00
9	450–500	477	430.00–460.00	453.59
2	500–550	528	385.00–390.00	387.51
1	550–600	590	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	680	330.00	330.00
6	700–750	717	320.00–337.50	331.59
4	750–800	775	310.00–320.00	314.43
10	800–850	840	290.00–318.00	314.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	878	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	512	407.50–430.00	423.97
21	550–600	558	400.00–426.00	420.31
49	600–650	630	357.50–399.00	391.75
3	650–700	668	350.00–397.50	365.52
6	700–750	705	371.00	371.00
9	750–800	760	350.00–356.00	354.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	500.00–550.00	524.54
3	300–350	323	560.00–595.00	572.95
1	350–400	360	560.00	560.00
18	400–450	416	510.00–517.50	515.41
8	450–500	473	462.50–487.50	476.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	460	415.00–420.00	417.53
2	500–550	525	252.50–310.00	282.07
1	550–600	565	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	663	282.50–315.00	303.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	136.00–149.00	141.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	180.00	180.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,318	163.00–175.00	167.94
6	—	1,333	142.00–157.00	148.39
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	232.50–235.00	233.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	199.00	199.00
4	—	2,030	206.00–224.00	216.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	2,650.00	2,650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	848	237.50–247.50	242.96

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle