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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 22

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

214 head

▼ 104 vs last sale 318▼ 553 vs year ago 767 · −72.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 32▼ 17 vs year ago 50 · −34.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady , Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.28/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −79.08 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.

Average price

$312.28

23 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$46.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.61

vs KY average

−27.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	330.50	1,748	14thin
Medium and Large 2-3	569	283.93	1,615	9thin

One grade step is worth $46.57/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale23 hd

312.28

—

KY average25 barns · 1,169 hd

337.89

−25.61

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−27.90

This barn, trailing median34 sales

391.36

−79.08

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,760	205.63	3,619	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,555	153.51	2,387	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,287	153.44	1,975	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,091	140.09	1,528	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,195	200.00	2,390	1thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	275	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,279	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	330	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,345	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,449	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	405	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,347	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	375.50/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,682	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	377.49/cwt	367.50–392.50	1,872	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,781	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,079	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	352.47/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,055	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,937	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	335.87/cwt	333.00–340.00	2,076	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	331.33/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,160	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	305.99/cwt	303.00–307.00	2,356	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,490	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	851	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,502	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	995	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,562	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	756	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	356.96/cwt	342.50–367.00	1,663	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,452	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	331.42/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,727	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	536	281.29/cwt	270.00–317.50	1,508	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,875	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	286.05/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,702	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,986	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	623	257.07/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,602	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,007	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	720	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,836	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	287.51/cwt	286.00–289.00	2,073	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,276	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	815	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,408	26
Heifers	800–850	Small 1-2	835	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,595	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	890	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,287	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,336	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,022	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	433	323.70/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,402	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,700	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,547	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	523	304.07/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,590	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	325.36/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,760	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,753	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	302.43/cwt	295.00–317.50	2,047	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,895	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,131	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,158	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,195	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,390	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,670	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,039	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	213.51/cwt	211.00–215.00	3,822	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	152.04/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,619	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	138.82/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,510	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,380	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,249	158.48/cwt	152.00–172.00	1,979	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	144.19/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,958	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	153.51/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,387	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,776	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 Jul 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 214Last week 318Year ago 767

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 32Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 1

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady , Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
8	450–500	466	342.50–367.00	356.96
12	500–550	521	325.00–340.00	331.42
2	550–600	577	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	613	324.00	324.00
3	650–700	656	306.00	306.00
4	700–750	721	286.00–289.00	287.51
1	800–850	810	281.00	281.00
2	900–950	900	259.50	259.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	800–850	815	295.50	295.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	480	302.50	302.50
4	500–550	536	270.00–317.50	281.29
5	550–600	595	270.00–302.50	286.05
7	600–650	623	250.00–270.00	257.07
1	700–750	720	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	890	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	448	372.50–380.00	375.50
4	450–500	496	367.50–392.50	377.49
2	500–550	520	342.50	342.50
5	550–600	583	345.00–357.50	352.47
7	600–650	618	333.00–340.00	335.87
3	650–700	652	330.00–332.00	331.33
1	700–750	705	290.00	290.00
4	750–800	770	303.00–307.00	305.99
9	800–850	807	308.50	308.50
4	850–900	851	294.00	294.00
1	950–1000	995	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	562	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	610	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	465.00	465.00
1	300–350	330	407.50	407.50
1	400–450	410	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	436	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	541	317.50–335.00	325.36
2	550–600	552	317.50	317.50
6	650–700	677	295.00–317.50	302.43
1	750–800	795	268.00	268.00
1	800–850	830	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	433	315.00–332.50	323.70
2	450–500	495	312.50	312.50
8	500–550	523	292.50–310.00	304.07
1	700–750	715	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,249	152.00–172.00	158.48
6	—	1,358	140.00–148.00	144.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	150.00–154.00	152.04
3	—	1,088	133.00–145.00	138.82
1	—	1,150	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	153.00–154.00	153.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,790	211.00–215.00	213.51
1	—	1,670	182.00	182.00

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	1	—	960	185.00	185.00

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.