Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2025-06-24

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 24
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 204 vs last sale 297▼ 373 vs year ago 466 · −80.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 56▼ 9 vs year ago 28 · −32.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $330.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −111.25 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.
Average price
$330.00
3 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−35.85
vs KY average
−39.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560340.001,9041thin
Medium and Large 2-3592325.001,9242thin
One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale3 hd
330.00
—
KY average25 barns · 630 hd
365.85
−35.85
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−39.58
This barn, trailing median31 sales
441.25
−111.25
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—Low1,184171.722,0333thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,335165.002,2032thin
CowsLean 85-90%High955161.001,5381thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,633160.982,6292thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,135$1,9742thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3592325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9242
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618313.74/cwt312.50–315.001,9392
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8431
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764285.88/cwt270.00–297.002,1847
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,3811
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2858287.69/cwt285.00–293.002,4689
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy292392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,1462
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2362375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471328.18/cwt322.50–335.001,5466
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8773
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4431
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620320.50/cwt320.50–320.501,9873
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8121
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225377.50/cwt377.50–377.508491
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3285350.00/cwt350.00–350.009981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,4541
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6661
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490328.71/cwt325.00–332.501,6112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8591
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3567279.79/cwt260.00–317.501,5863
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7391
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3685262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7981
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8871
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2900227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,0431
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3908176.07/cwt168.00–184.001,5992
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,3841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,048161.08/cwt158.00–164.001,6882
Bulls——1,455193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,8081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,5381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,2032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,633160.98/cwt160.00–162.002,6292
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,974.01/head1,950.00–2,000.001,9742
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8841

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.