Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2026-07-07

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 7
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
125 vs last sale 148 23 vs year ago 296 · 7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
3 vs last sale 22 13 vs year ago 38 · 34.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $434.15/cwt on 46 head, up $25.79 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 30 of 30 comparable sales and sits +31.46 against this barn's trailing median of $402.69.
Average price
$434.15
25.79 vs prior sale
46 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+21.46
vs KY average
+18.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527434.152,28646
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
448405361318median 402.6912/1603/0304/2806/2308/18
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
434.15
KY average14 barns · 381 hd
412.69
+21.46
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
+18.04
This barn, trailing median30 sales
402.69
+31.46
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,792221.333,9663thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,590177.062,8152thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,255175.732,2056thin
CowsLean 85-90%High963171.861,65414

Every lot, as filed

72 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484460.59/cwt435.00–465.002,22914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674351.24/cwt350.00–355.002,3674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760333.72/cwt325.00–338.002,5363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474475.07/cwt465.00–483.002,2528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340463.00/cwt463.00–463.001,5741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569385.78/cwt380.00–390.002,1954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532395.06/cwt380.00–400.002,1024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428454.13/cwt430.00–465.001,94415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700676373.57/cwt370.00–375.002,5257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629388.15/cwt378.00–393.002,4413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550525442.73/cwt430.00–450.002,3243
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425463.00/cwt463.00–463.001,9681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400366455.98/cwt443.00–470.001,6694
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473459.56/cwt440.00–468.002,1744
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650612423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,5893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300265580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,5371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300255490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650622381.28/cwt368.00–393.002,3728
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,4111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550507478.66/cwt478.00–480.002,4273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400363540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750730358.81/cwt345.00–373.002,6192
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500495525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,5992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250215670.00/cwt670.00–670.001,4412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600579427.78/cwt410.00–440.002,4777
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350326544.93/cwt535.00–560.001,7768
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450431538.00/cwt538.00–538.002,3194
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600555453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,5143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550507473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,3989
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600572370.32/cwt360.00–390.002,1183
CowsLean 85-90%979184.42/cwt174.00–192.001,8057
CowsLean 85-90%946159.29/cwt153.00–165.001,5077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590177.06/cwt175.00–179.002,8152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,257180.88/cwt174.00–187.002,2745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8681
Bulls2,120216.00/cwt216.00–216.004,5791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300277566.76/cwt540.00–580.001,5703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250218554.31/cwt530.00–575.001,2082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350315503.65/cwt500.00–510.001,5864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500486520.83/cwt520.00–523.002,5317
Bulls1,255208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,6101
Bulls2,000240.00/cwt240.00–240.004,8001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700673307.59/cwt280.00–340.002,0703
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800750225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650620340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450438478.32/cwt478.00–480.002,0956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500456488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,2255
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500493414.02/cwt410.00–418.002,0412
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475348.87/cwt315.00–380.001,6572
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400360403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,4511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700665259.03/cwt240.00–285.001,7233
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450410417.50/cwt415.00–420.001,7122
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800755305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3031
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550518323.91/cwt318.00–330.001,6782
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450420368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,5461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650626443.10/cwt435.00–450.002,77416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600578455.41/cwt453.00–456.002,6325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600589437.29/cwt435.00–438.002,5764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,4923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600565407.77/cwt400.00–413.002,3045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650629411.92/cwt410.00–418.002,5914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372504.43/cwt493.00–513.001,8763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435462.33/cwt455.00–470.002,0112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550518439.66/cwt415.00–450.002,27724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450420503.00/cwt503.00–503.002,1131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000950309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,9361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800780360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,8081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650600400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,6621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550529470.70/cwt468.00–480.002,4905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700655423.04/cwt418.00–428.002,7712

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.