Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2025-03-11

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 11
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
869 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 750▲ 249 vs year ago 620 · +40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 61▲ 30 vs year ago 28 · +107.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 1▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 500 lbs Sharply Higher, 500-600 lbs 12.00-18.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady, Feeder heifers under 500 lbs Sharply Higher, 500-600 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady, Very good demand for all feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 6.00-8.00 lower, Moderate demand for a mostly plain quality offering of slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.15/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −88.22 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$303.15
122 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$378
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.42
vs KY average
−11.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568305.191,734118
Medium and Large 2-3559242.731,3564thin
One grade step is worth $62.46/cwt here — about $378 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale122 hd
303.15
—
KY average25 barns · 1,476 hd
293.72
+9.42
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−11.81
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
−88.22
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

34 sales
448394341287median 391.3603/0304/2807/1409/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.15, low $301.16, median $391.36 across 34 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—Average1,635154.152,5209thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,673140.122,3442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319128.271,69215
CowsLean 85-90%High1,002120.421,20620
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,247175.002,1822thin

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
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)770$1,2351thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)835$1,0001thin

Every lot

85 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312295.00/cwt295.00–295.009202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370415.55/cwt347.50–440.001,53811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431392.10/cwt332.50–416.001,69023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475367.54/cwt340.00–400.001,7467
Steers450–500Small 1-2475257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added501347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,7415
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy559359.75/cwt359.75–359.752,01184
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,84511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568274.98/cwt270.00–280.001,5622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580310.70/cwt309.00–312.501,8022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639316.30/cwt312.00–327.502,02129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668299.65/cwt296.00–327.502,00228
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682276.94/cwt270.00–289.001,88910
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3687244.72/cwt240.00–247.001,6813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2706255.25/cwt249.00–259.001,8024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732261.45/cwt260.00–269.001,9146
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9843
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813241.91/cwt230.00–248.001,9673
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added833259.09/cwt258.50–261.002,15834
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883235.40/cwt230.00–238.002,0793
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9471
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,047232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,4294
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210345.00/cwt345.00–345.007251
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220300.00/cwt300.00–300.006601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310252.50/cwt252.50–252.507831
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy323363.15/cwt347.50–415.001,1737
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy372399.68/cwt365.00–427.501,48713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378310.69/cwt305.00–320.001,1744
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy419342.82/cwt320.00–355.001,43631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472275.73/cwt270.00–290.001,3017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474249.28/cwt242.50–252.501,1824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy478329.05/cwt307.00–338.001,57320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1851
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524315.11/cwt305.00–320.001,65114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528276.12/cwt265.00–285.001,4589
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566279.08/cwt267.50–284.001,58017
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573246.98/cwt232.50–259.001,4153
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581312.46/cwt298.00–313.001,81578
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy604309.75/cwt309.75–309.751,87180
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623254.17/cwt247.50–263.001,5836
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630230.98/cwt230.00–232.001,4552
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633287.83/cwt286.00–294.001,82226
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683251.25/cwt250.00–251.501,7166
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3683231.27/cwt225.00–237.501,5802
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710257.50/cwt252.00–259.001,82828
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,7292
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6711
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Replacement790260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,05417
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821228.53/cwt219.00–230.501,8766
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3905207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,8781
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,8521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278301.49/cwt292.50–310.008382
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280335.00/cwt335.00–335.009381
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy343382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3123
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy374376.26/cwt375.00–380.001,4074
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424371.39/cwt347.50–417.501,5755
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy486367.66/cwt350.00–375.001,78714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy522336.67/cwt320.00–348.001,75710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy575324.65/cwt315.00–332.501,86712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy629281.98/cwt262.50–302.501,7749
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672245.00/cwt242.00–247.001,6468
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5531
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3708224.00/cwt223.00–225.001,5862
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720241.48/cwt237.50–248.001,7393
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7781
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3790202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5961
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,247175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,1822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,462164.50/cwt161.00–167.002,4053
Bulls——1,668141.60/cwt138.00–143.002,3623
Bulls——1,775156.36/cwt153.00–158.002,7753
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%950124.29/cwt123.00–126.001,1813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003110.98/cwt100.00–119.001,11311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025135.80/cwt131.00–141.001,3926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280126.72/cwt122.00–129.001,6226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343114.92/cwt112.00–118.001,5432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,346133.41/cwt131.00–136.001,7967
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,673140.12/cwt131.00–150.002,3442
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900168.41/cwt152.50–187.501,5163
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27701,235.00/head1,235.00–1,235.001,2351
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28351,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001

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.