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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 15

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

318 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 296▲ 63 vs year ago 255 · +24.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 38▲ 16 vs year ago 16 · +100.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 2 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 6.00-10.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady, Feeder heifers 4.00-6.00 higher, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 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 $360.13/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −83.14 against this barn's trailing median of $443.27.

Average price

$360.13

30 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$529

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

$75.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.61

vs KY average

−12.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	362.64	1,995	29
Medium and Large 2-3	510	287.50	1,466	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.14/cwt here — about $529 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 sale30 hd

360.13

—

KY average24 barns · 955 hd

365.74

−5.61

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

−12.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

443.27

−83.14

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

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.13, low $347.22, median $443.27 across 30 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	—	Low	1,581	192.02	3,036	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	156.00	2,049	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,713	155.47	2,663	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,017	148.86	1,514	9thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,065	195.00	2,077	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,025	206.00	2,112	1thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	270	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,134	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	345	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,423	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	393.73/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,528	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	423	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,491	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,711	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	374.96/cwt	367.50–382.50	1,642	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	388.11/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,778	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	346.38/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,680	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,466	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	356.69/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,876	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	556	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,066	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	353.34/cwt	342.50–358.00	2,042	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,220	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	323.70/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,049	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	692	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,083	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,161	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,446	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	877	318.75/cwt	318.75–318.75	2,795	55
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	925	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,573	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,061	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,578	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	305	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,029	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	383.46/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,449	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	390	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,550	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	429	376.72/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,616	6
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	430	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	892	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	464	379.08/cwt	372.50–381.00	1,759	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	472	318.22/cwt	275.00–335.00	1,502	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,799	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	359.56/cwt	349.00–365.00	1,848	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	331.55/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,896	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	295.11/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,718	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	337.51/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,069	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	318.55/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,975	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	667	271.98/cwt	242.50–286.00	1,814	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	269.98/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,995	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,163	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	239.27/cwt	237.50–241.00	1,962	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,213	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	910	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,661	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,272	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,026	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	295	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,261	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	373	341.72/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,275	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	381.74/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,481	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	386.36/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,596	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,745	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	524	307.03/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,609	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	334.50/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,780	5
Bulls	500–550	Small 1-2	535	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,137	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	326.32/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,893	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	297.31/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,870	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,952	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,937	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,264	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	860	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,531	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,025	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,112	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,065	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,077	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,313	168.78/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,216	2
Bulls	—	—	1,626	192.92/cwt	185.00–200.00	3,137	4
Bulls	—	—	1,700	206.32/cwt	202.00–212.00	3,507	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,195	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	120.17/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,223	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	160.06/cwt	152.00–166.00	1,669	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	147.48/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,789	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	158.44/cwt	151.00–162.00	2,126	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,713	155.47/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,663	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	933	187.85/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,753	2

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 Jul 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 318Last week 296Year ago 255

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 38Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	556	371.50	371.50
18	600–650	628	353.50	353.50
55	850–900	877	318.75	318.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	390.00–397.50	393.73
2	400–450	438	367.50–382.50	374.96
4	450–500	458	380.00–392.50	388.11
10	500–550	526	347.50–367.50	356.69
6	550–600	578	342.50–358.00	353.34
8	600–650	633	310.00–332.50	323.70
1	700–750	735	294.00	294.00
2	800–850	802	305.00	305.00
3	1050–1100	1,061	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	423	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	485	340.00–352.50	346.38
1	500–550	510	287.50	287.50
2	650–700	692	301.00	301.00
1	900–950	925	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	420.00	420.00
1	300–350	345	412.50	412.50
1	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	425	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	375.00–392.50	383.46
6	450–500	493	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
10	550–600	572	317.50–340.00	331.55
2	600–650	620	312.50–325.00	318.55
4	700–750	739	265.00–275.00	269.98
2	750–800	767	282.00	282.00
2	800–850	820	237.50–241.00	239.27
2	850–900	885	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	975	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	514	349.00–365.00	359.56
6	600–650	613	337.00–340.00	337.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	472	275.00–335.00	318.22
1	500–550	545	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	582	280.00–300.00	295.11
1	600–650	605	290.00	290.00
7	650–700	667	242.50–286.00	271.98
1	900–950	910	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	207.50	207.50
1	500–550	545	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	397.50	397.50
6	400–450	429	372.50–382.50	376.72
11	450–500	464	372.50–381.00	379.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	380.00	380.00
4	350–400	388	375.00–395.00	381.74
2	400–450	413	382.50–390.00	386.36
5	500–550	532	327.50–340.00	334.50
4	550–600	580	322.50–337.50	326.32
15	600–650	629	285.00–307.50	297.31
2	650–700	685	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	800	283.00	283.00
1	850–900	870	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	330.00–355.00	341.72
1	450–500	495	352.50	352.50
4	500–550	524	290.00–317.50	307.03
1	600–650	630	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	745	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	860	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	427.50	427.50
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,043	152.00–166.00	160.06
2	—	1,018	118.00–122.00	120.17
1	—	860	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	146.00–149.00	147.48
7	—	1,342	151.00–162.00	158.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,713	152.00–157.00	155.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	160.00–178.00	168.78
4	—	1,626	185.00–200.00	192.92
3	—	1,700	202.00–212.00	206.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	206.00	206.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	933	180.00–196.00	187.85

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.