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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 4

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

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Feeder Cattle receipts

750 head

▲ 202 vs last sale 548▼ 296 vs year ago 1,046 · −28.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

61 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 59▲ 7 vs year ago 54 · +13.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 1▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers fully steady, Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher, 600-700 lbs 8.00-10.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady, Good demand for a mostly Fancy offering of feeders and yearlings. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.84/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −92.41 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.

Average price

$348.84

120 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

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

$85.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.86

vs KY average

−0.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	350.26	1,931	118
Medium and Large 2-3	555	265.00	1,471	2thin

One grade step is worth $85.26/cwt here — about $461 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 sale120 hd

348.84

—

KY average24 barns · 1,192 hd

324.98

+23.86

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−0.44

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.25

−92.41

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,854	170.72	3,164	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,663	134.73	2,241	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,293	131.40	1,699	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,022	120.00	1,227	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,102	169.71	1,870	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$2,225	1thin

Every lot

83 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,113	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	317.61/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,318	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	436	364.76/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,590	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	481	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,227	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	492	348.25/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,713	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	302.91/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,496	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	525	333.22/cwt	302.50–348.00	1,749	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,458	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	558	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,023	80
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	314.22/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,760	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,483	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	286.18/cwt	282.50–288.00	1,703	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,485	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,684	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	303.08/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,882	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	676	301.09/cwt	282.50–310.00	2,035	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	263.73/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,812	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	712	275.21/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,959	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,832	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,877	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	815	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,054	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,947	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	918	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,222	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	925	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,730	3
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2-3	1,088	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,002	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	990	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,179	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	438	313.89/cwt	305.00–332.50	1,375	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	465	325.51/cwt	303.00–337.50	1,514	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	281.28/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,333	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	507	309.54/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,569	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	262.61/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,360	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	276.18/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,577	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	291.67/cwt	287.50–303.00	1,698	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	269.01/cwt	252.50–287.00	1,676	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	627	291.83/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,830	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,557	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,785	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	239.61/cwt	237.00–247.50	1,593	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	723	272.98/cwt	261.00–284.00	1,974	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,764	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	823	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,973	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	198.53/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,823	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	940	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,622	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	876	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	345	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,147	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	382.74/cwt	350.00–407.50	1,627	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,395	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	301.52/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,426	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	492	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,685	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	520	315.58/cwt	297.50–335.00	1,641	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	576	306.14/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,763	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,513	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	630	280.08/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,765	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,794	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,585	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,599	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,874	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,646	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	800	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,440	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,102	169.71/cwt	167.50–172.50	1,870	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,520	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,356	1
Bulls	—	—	1,748	164.84/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,881	3
Bulls	—	—	1,962	176.28/cwt	170.00–186.00	3,459	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	109.61/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,030	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	123.59/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,242	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	132.00/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,535	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	125.73/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,579	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	140.44/cwt	131.00–151.00	1,819	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	115.79/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,557	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,900	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,735	139.60/cwt	133.00–147.00	2,422	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Stockyards - Flemingsburg, KY

Tue Mar 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 750Last week 548Year ago 1,046

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 59Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	287.50	287.50
4	450–500	474	280.00–285.00	281.28
4	500–550	518	260.00–270.00	262.61
10	550–600	571	260.00–285.00	276.18
3	600–650	638	244.00	244.00
4	650–700	665	237.00–247.50	239.61
4	750–800	772	228.50	228.50
2	900–950	918	197.00–200.00	198.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	507	290.00–313.00	309.54
41	550–600	582	287.50–303.00	291.67
17	600–650	623	252.50–287.00	269.01
1	650–700	655	272.50	272.50
15	700–750	723	261.00–284.00	272.98
65	800–850	823	239.75	239.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	438	305.00–332.50	313.89
19	450–500	465	303.00–337.50	325.51
32	600–650	627	290.00–294.00	291.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	675	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	940	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	436	350.00–367.50	364.76
3	450–500	492	342.50–360.00	348.25
80	550–600	558	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	415	310.00–322.50	317.61
5	450–500	494	300.00–315.00	302.91
1	500–550	510	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	595	282.50–288.00	286.18
1	600–650	610	276.00	276.00
3	650–700	687	257.00–269.00	263.73
1	700–750	730	251.00	251.00
9	750–800	763	246.00	246.00
1	800–850	825	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	481	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	545	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	565	262.50	262.50
1	600–650	600	247.50	247.50
3	900–950	925	187.00	187.00
5	1050–1100	1,088	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	525	302.50–348.00	333.22
8	550–600	560	300.00–322.50	314.22
23	600–650	621	297.50–310.00	303.08
50	650–700	676	282.50–310.00	301.09
7	700–750	712	266.00–279.00	275.21
1	800–850	815	252.00	252.00
61	900–950	918	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	332.50	332.50
2	350–400	385	397.50	397.50
4	400–450	425	350.00–407.50	382.74
2	450–500	492	342.50	342.50
4	500–550	520	297.50–335.00	315.58
4	550–600	576	297.50–315.00	306.14
4	600–650	630	270.00–290.00	280.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	695	228.00	228.00
1	750–800	780	211.00	211.00
1	800–850	800	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	307.50	307.50
1	350–400	395	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	447	312.00	312.00
3	450–500	473	290.00–307.50	301.52
1	600–650	610	248.00	248.00
1	650–700	690	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	730	219.00	219.00
1	750–800	765	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	167.50–172.50	169.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,256	120.00–129.00	125.73
6	—	1,345	110.00–119.00	115.79
16	—	1,295	131.00–151.00	140.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	940	104.00–116.00	109.61
2	—	1,005	120.00–127.00	123.59
2	—	1,163	131.00–133.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,735	133.00–147.00	139.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,748	160.00–168.00	164.84
6	—	1,962	170.00–186.00	176.28
1	—	1,520	155.00	155.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	2,225.00	2,225.00

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.