Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2025-01-28

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 28
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,314 head
▲ 839 vs last sale 475▲ 655 vs year ago 659 · +99.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 20▲ 21 vs year ago 43 · +48.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 700 lbs steady, over 700 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher, Feeder and yearling heifers 4.00-8.00 higher, Very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $310.11/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −131.14 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.
Average price
$310.11
128 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$54.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.64
vs KY average
−38.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561311.391,747125
Medium and Large 2-3545256.641,3993thin
One grade step is worth $54.75/cwt here — about $348 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale128 hd
310.11
—
KY average25 barns · 1,460 hd
324.74
−14.64
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−38.55
This barn, trailing median31 sales
441.25
−131.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
511452393333median 441.2503/0304/2106/1609/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.13, low $347.22, median $441.25 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,698160.012,7164thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,618135.182,18716
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,345128.791,73233
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low982108.281,06312

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,463$2,4132thin

Every lot

97 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy313340.73/cwt330.00–357.501,0664
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322311.48/cwt300.00–320.001,0036
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370314.44/cwt305.00–322.501,1637
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375376.38/cwt335.00–392.501,41113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426367.89/cwt342.50–385.001,56713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3681
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454314.22/cwt297.50–317.501,42715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy474355.30/cwt322.50–382.501,68421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532321.14/cwt310.00–332.501,70824
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560254.96/cwt250.00–260.001,4282
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564288.79/cwt275.00–297.501,6295
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569310.40/cwt300.00–335.001,76694
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634266.26/cwt265.00–270.001,6884
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637308.48/cwt290.00–319.001,965176
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675248.13/cwt247.50–250.001,6754
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676288.19/cwt280.00–300.001,94850
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681272.18/cwt259.00–279.001,85414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731270.21/cwt253.00–282.501,97547
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7581
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767264.69/cwt255.00–266.002,03013
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815244.81/cwt230.00–252.001,99511
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0831
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9801
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3915201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,8391
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added916254.25/cwt254.25–254.252,32913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy237320.00/cwt320.00–320.007582
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290280.00/cwt280.00–280.008121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320287.38/cwt280.00–295.009203
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3363225.17/cwt220.00–230.008172
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy377313.21/cwt300.00–330.001,1818
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384287.58/cwt280.00–295.001,1046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415257.53/cwt255.00–260.001,0692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430278.18/cwt270.00–290.001,1963
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432318.60/cwt300.00–330.001,37659
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3468256.35/cwt252.50–265.001,2006
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480278.37/cwt270.00–297.501,33613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy482316.14/cwt300.00–330.001,52461
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519299.84/cwt287.50–315.001,55652
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524273.42/cwt257.50–282.501,4337
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572291.92/cwt285.00–325.001,67079
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572279.45/cwt275.00–283.001,59820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605223.78/cwt220.00–227.501,3542
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618282.48/cwt258.00–293.001,74652
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638244.18/cwt242.50–245.001,5586
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666266.01/cwt252.50–270.751,77263
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668207.44/cwt195.00–227.501,3866
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687241.26/cwt236.00–246.001,6577
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721245.26/cwt240.00–248.501,7688
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731230.69/cwt224.00–237.501,6864
Heifers750–800Small 1-2765135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0331
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7545
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7611
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,0654
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2933218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,0343
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265294.72/cwt290.00–300.007812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335351.08/cwt340.00–362.501,1762
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2363303.78/cwt300.00–307.501,1032
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370250.00/cwt250.00–250.009251
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378345.63/cwt327.50–365.001,3062
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418352.01/cwt335.00–360.001,4717
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3427272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1642
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2261
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2453310.04/cwt302.50–317.501,4042
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy474354.85/cwt335.00–367.501,6828
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2517283.34/cwt267.50–292.501,4656
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525299.92/cwt295.00–312.501,57511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578279.54/cwt272.50–292.501,6166
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy617268.76/cwt260.00–277.501,65818
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625255.21/cwt250.00–257.501,59510
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666248.89/cwt240.00–257.501,6589
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3687212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4602
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3700170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2726230.29/cwt221.00–234.001,67212
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755186.39/cwt170.00–203.001,4072
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3945176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6631
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3980160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,580152.91/cwt152.00–154.002,4162
Bulls——1,815167.10/cwt166.00–168.003,0332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91797.03/cwt96.00–98.008903
Cows—Lean 85-90%989109.76/cwt107.00–114.001,0867
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278113.00/cwt105.00–119.001,4445
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325125.29/cwt120.00–129.001,66014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,388137.93/cwt130.00–144.001,91414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,596126.79/cwt124.00–128.002,0244
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,619142.08/cwt130.00–149.002,30010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,658117.48/cwt116.00–119.001,9482
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5552,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2795150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1931

This sale against other markets

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.