Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2025-08-05

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 5
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
431 head
▲ 336 vs last sale 95▲ 153 vs year ago 278 · +55.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 17▲ 19 vs year ago 25 · +76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers sharply higher on a very limited comparison. Very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 6.00-10.00 higher, Slaughter 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 $353.10/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 13 of 34 comparable sales and sits −38.26 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$353.10
43 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.41
vs KY average
+2.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537354.131,90042
Medium and Large 2-3560310.001,7361thin
One grade step is worth $44.13/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale43 hd
353.10
—
KY average24 barns · 1,000 hd
344.69
+8.41
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
+2.53
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
−38.26
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—High1,518198.493,0126thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,302172.052,23924
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,603170.302,7306thin
CowsLean 85-90%High979150.901,4778thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,270220.002,7941thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,1871
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,2841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365463.48/cwt445.00–492.501,6923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435429.16/cwt405.00–452.501,8678
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy481408.55/cwt402.50–415.001,9657
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527365.92/cwt362.50–367.501,9283
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593395.25/cwt380.00–399.002,34426
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618363.82/cwt357.00–377.502,2486
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy633389.20/cwt388.00–392.502,46421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685337.31/cwt325.00–342.502,3116
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723327.81/cwt325.00–335.002,3705
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,4261
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,3811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270360.00/cwt360.00–360.009721
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340389.93/cwt380.00–395.001,3264
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360413.20/cwt405.00–420.001,4884
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388392.08/cwt385.00–397.501,5216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411414.05/cwt380.00–430.001,7029
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6576
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy469386.77/cwt385.00–400.001,81410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474311.54/cwt290.00–332.501,4774
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475366.22/cwt357.50–372.501,7405
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521361.39/cwt352.50–367.001,88325
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536336.11/cwt320.00–342.501,8025
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566365.04/cwt360.00–370.002,0664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571337.23/cwt320.00–347.501,9268
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625364.78/cwt362.50–370.002,28011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0664
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663347.09/cwt340.00–348.002,30160
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9601
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676332.34/cwt315.00–339.002,2476
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723309.62/cwt307.00–315.002,2393
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1001
Heifers750–800Small 1-2755271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0461
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769325.60/cwt324.75–326.002,50478
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772289.11/cwt285.00–292.502,2323
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333433.41/cwt410.00–450.001,4435
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375446.87/cwt430.00–485.001,6764
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422389.48/cwt375.00–397.501,6443
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3428343.94/cwt315.00–360.001,4724
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8202
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2464387.79/cwt372.50–395.001,7997
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6321
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,9382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513359.95/cwt350.00–370.001,8474
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3530315.00/cwt290.00–340.001,6702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2583359.42/cwt347.50–367.502,0955
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,1451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3625302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,8911
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2636322.28/cwt310.00–337.502,05012
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,0571
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,0651
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740242.50/cwt237.50–247.501,7952
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2895258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,3091
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3515257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3261
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,270220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,7941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,1001
Bulls——1,310192.98/cwt190.00–196.002,5282
Bulls——1,775208.00/cwt200.00–219.003,6923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%768128.75/cwt127.50–130.009892
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047150.62/cwt140.00–158.001,5773
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,052165.94/cwt162.00–175.001,7463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300178.78/cwt160.00–193.002,32418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,306151.84/cwt145.00–158.001,9836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,4651
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,606173.36/cwt164.00–181.002,7845

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.