Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $408.37/cwt on 11 head, up $4.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 30 comparable sales and sits +5.67 against this barn's trailing median of $402.69.

Average price

$408.37

▲ 4.95 vs prior sale

11 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

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

$68.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.39

vs KY average

−7.46 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	420.78	2,282	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	352.50	1,904	2thin

One grade step is worth $68.28/cwt here — about $378 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 sale11 hd

408.37

—

KY average25 barns · 987 hd

415.75

−7.39

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

−7.46

This barn, trailing median30 sales

402.69

+5.67

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	1,735	222.82	3,866	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,316	178.30	2,345	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	175.94	2,785	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	986	152.52	1,504	4thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	331.15/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	437.38/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,244	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	474.54/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,264	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,324	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	349.96/cwt	337.50–362.50	2,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	461.28/cwt	460.00–462.50	2,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	455.00/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,290	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	173.53/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,805	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	978	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,502	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	175.94/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,785	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	181.75/cwt	170.00–193.00	2,397	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	161.03/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,090	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	488	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	345	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,863	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,172	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	3,355	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	227.73/cwt	225.00–230.00	4,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	398.74/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	436.53/cwt	420.00–452.50	1,890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	297	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	669	297.04/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,987	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	419.09/cwt	392.50–435.00	1,957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	637	420.48/cwt	420.00–420.50	2,678	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,890	25

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 Jun 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 148Last week 316Year ago 93

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 15Year ago 19

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	500.00	500.00
25	650–700	693	417.00	417.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
1	400–450	400	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	477	470.00–477.50	474.54
5	500–550	546	448.00	448.00
1	600–650	615	385.00	385.00
2	800–850	828	320.00–342.50	331.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	502.50	502.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	595	327.50	327.50
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	427.50	427.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	502.50	502.50
2	500–550	530	430.00	430.00
1	650–700	650	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	713	337.50–362.50	349.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	540.00	540.00
1	400–450	430	505.00	505.00
1	450–500	455	500.00	500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	420.00–452.50	436.53
2	550–600	563	397.50–400.00	398.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	430.00–442.50	437.38
2	550–600	550	422.50	422.50
39	600–650	637	420.00–420.50	420.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	442.50	442.50
2	400–450	425	450.00–460.00	455.00
2	450–500	460	460.00–462.50	461.28
3	550–600	576	397.50	397.50
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
6	450–500	467	392.50–435.00	419.09
1	500–550	510	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	570	345.00	345.00
5	650–700	669	285.00–300.00	297.04
1	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	755	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	535.00	535.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	173.00–174.00	173.53
1	—	815	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,050	143.00	143.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	173.00–182.00	175.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,319	170.00–193.00	181.75
2	—	1,298	160.00–162.00	161.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	213.00	213.00
2	—	1,815	225.00–230.00	227.73

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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