Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2025-06-10

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 10
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
235 head
▼ 208 vs last sale 443▼ 6 vs year ago 241 · −2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 21▲ 2 vs year ago 23 · +8.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers 2.00-4.00 higher, Feeder heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for 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 $323.40/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −67.96 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$323.40
34 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$61.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.21
vs KY average
−17.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536330.611,77230
Medium and Large 2-3537269.331,4474thin
One grade step is worth $61.28/cwt here — about $325 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 sale34 hd
323.40
—
KY average24 barns · 1,121 hd
340.61
−17.21
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−17.52
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
−67.96
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—Low1,392191.542,6654thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,819154.022,8014thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,314149.011,95913
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,092132.071,4423thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,090221.002,4091thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295465.00/cwt445.00–485.001,3722
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6362
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,6091
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426419.22/cwt417.50–427.501,78610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3438305.11/cwt285.00–325.001,3362
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482385.86/cwt385.00–387.501,8603
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523345.81/cwt345.00–346.001,8095
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531385.48/cwt380.00–387.502,04710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8451
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590360.41/cwt359.00–377.502,12613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615349.18/cwt340.00–351.002,1476
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2057
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,4354
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added920270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy283442.39/cwt430.00–455.001,2522
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320260.00/cwt260.00–260.008321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375250.00/cwt250.00–250.009381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431364.07/cwt350.00–372.501,5698
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3467306.81/cwt300.00–332.501,4335
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469368.46/cwt367.50–370.001,7285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528264.10/cwt259.00–275.001,3943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530332.26/cwt328.00–352.501,76125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563329.20/cwt327.00–335.001,8534
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631341.48/cwt340.00–342.502,1555
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6494
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,9708
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1471
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,1081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4052
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371421.23/cwt400.00–445.001,5634
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418418.42/cwt405.00–423.001,7494
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3435322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4031
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3487355.87/cwt350.00–360.001,7333
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9111
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9821
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519352.87/cwt350.00–360.001,8317
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3524314.44/cwt270.00–335.001,6484
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580305.66/cwt260.00–330.001,7735
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy607330.80/cwt325.00–335.002,0083
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy660315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0792
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3695250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7381
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy701286.34/cwt284.00–287.502,0073
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2736249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8334
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3760210.07/cwt200.00–220.001,5972
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8481
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3810217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7581
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2818236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9303
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Large 3615265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6301
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,090221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,4091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,098195.08/cwt194.00–196.002,1422
Bulls——1,265170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1511
Bulls——2,105206.00/cwt206.00–206.004,3361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2301
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125138.11/cwt132.00–144.001,5542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294141.02/cwt135.00–146.001,8255
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,319158.86/cwt150.00–172.002,0957
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6621
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,3061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,895157.02/cwt154.00–159.002,9763

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.