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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 9

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

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Feeder Cattle receipts

470 head

▲ 201 vs last sale 269▼ 82 vs year ago 552 · −14.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 60▼ 7 vs year ago 59 · −11.9%

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 and heifers of high quality that were weaned and vaccinated sold fully steady with very good demand, plainer, fleshier lower quality feeders were 6.00-10.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 8.00-10.00 lower, Moderate 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 $358.30/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 14 of 34 comparable sales and sits −33.06 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.

Average price

$358.30

46 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$50.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.05

vs KY average

−10.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	364.91	2,000	40
Medium and Large 2-3	545	314.26	1,713	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.64/cwt here — about $287 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale46 hd

358.30

—

KY average24 barns · 1,647 hd

363.35

−5.05

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−10.04

This barn, trailing median34 sales

391.36

−33.06

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	—	Low	1,705	191.77	3,270	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,739	161.08	2,801	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	160.15	2,098	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	142.43	1,495	15

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,535	$2,625	1thin

Every lot

87 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	240	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,032	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	290	479.74/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,391	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	305	468.75/cwt	447.50–490.00	1,430	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	396.23/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,486	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	388	434.58/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,686	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	419	435.07/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,823	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	388.65/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,691	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	476	405.82/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,932	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	386.88/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,880	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	398.14/cwt	388.00–407.50	2,038	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	513	315.37/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,618	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,904	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	367.55/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,040	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	334.56/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,940	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	384.40/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,256	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	614	290.91/cwt	280.00–327.50	1,786	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	348.33/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,177	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	641	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,484	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,389	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	666	329.00/cwt	315.00–338.00	2,191	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	679	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,784	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,560	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	726	289.79/cwt	275.00–320.00	2,104	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	343.28/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,719	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	220	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	803	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	225	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	872	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	328	431.19/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,414	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,114	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	378	407.50/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,540	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	390.70/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,477	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1-2	415	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,287	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	360.71/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,515	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	427	409.58/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,749	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	428	328.76/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,407	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	391.00/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,838	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	368.54/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,762	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	322.91/cwt	287.50–350.00	1,544	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	307.43/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,583	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	369.02/cwt	355.00–378.00	1,934	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	317.68/cwt	302.50–345.00	1,779	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,869	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	363.64/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,095	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	601	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,227	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	608	353.22/cwt	346.00–359.50	2,148	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	329.96/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,046	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	638	293.27/cwt	255.00–312.50	1,871	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,161	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,213	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	668	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,737	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	257.69/cwt	230.00–285.00	1,881	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	789	257.75/cwt	220.00–273.00	2,034	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	818	250.13/cwt	245.00–253.00	2,046	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	834	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,736	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	895	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,238	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	285	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,375	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	427	416.13/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,777	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	402.97/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,745	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	396.13/cwt	387.50–402.50	1,878	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	513	386.47/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,983	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	517	336.12/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,738	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	374.13/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,013	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	356.87/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,002	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	320.42/cwt	285.00–332.50	1,874	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,845	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	293.65/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,962	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,913	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,115	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,095	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	232.47/cwt	205.00–257.50	1,790	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	851	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,804	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	937	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,940	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	990	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,059	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,510	1
Bulls	—	—	1,742	195.56/cwt	189.00–200.00	3,407	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	129.58/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,274	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	145.16/cwt	137.00–150.00	1,545	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	162.15/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,861	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	166.04/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,152	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	151.91/cwt	140.00–159.00	2,020	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,294	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,802	165.44/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,981	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,535	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	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 Sep 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 470Last week 269Year ago 552

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 60Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	365.00	365.00
3	350–400	378	380.00–400.00	390.70
2	400–450	420	350.00–372.50	360.71
13	450–500	478	360.00–370.00	368.54
2	550–600	562	332.50	332.50
2	600–650	620	327.50–332.50	329.96
1	650–700	650	332.50	332.50
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	337.50	337.50
2	400–450	428	327.50–330.00	328.76
3	450–500	478	287.50–350.00	322.91
2	500–550	515	300.00–315.00	307.43
4	550–600	560	302.50–345.00	317.68
3	600–650	638	255.00–312.50	293.27
3	650–700	668	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	730	230.00–285.00	257.69
7	750–800	789	220.00–273.00	257.75
3	800–850	818	245.00–253.00	250.13
1	850–900	895	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	524	355.00–378.00	369.02
17	550–600	576	355.00–370.00	363.64
18	600–650	608	346.00–359.50	353.22
3	650–700	651	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	834	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	387.50	387.50
3	300–350	328	410.00–455.00	431.19
3	350–400	378	405.00–410.00	407.50
20	400–450	427	392.50–420.00	409.58
16	450–500	470	380.00–407.50	391.00
22	600–650	601	370.50	370.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	400.00–405.00	402.97
4	450–500	474	387.50–402.50	396.13
3	500–550	538	370.00–377.50	374.13
10	550–600	561	350.00–372.50	356.87
2	650–700	668	290.00–297.50	293.65
4	700–750	723	292.50	292.50
2	750–800	755	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	517	325.00–340.00	336.12
4	550–600	585	285.00–332.50	320.42
1	600–650	620	297.50	297.50
2	700–750	715	267.50	267.50
4	750–800	770	205.00–257.50	232.47
3	850–900	851	212.00	212.00
2	900–950	937	207.00	207.00
1	950–1000	990	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	482.50	482.50
10	400–450	427	410.00–427.50	416.13
2	450–500	455	425.00	425.00
5	500–550	513	380.00–397.50	386.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	380.00–412.50	396.23
2	400–450	435	380.00–397.50	388.65
4	450–500	486	380.00–390.00	386.88
2	500–550	540	352.50	352.50
2	550–600	555	362.50–372.50	367.55
3	600–650	625	345.00–355.00	348.33
1	650–700	650	367.50	367.50
3	700–750	713	359.00	359.00
6	750–800	792	342.00–350.00	343.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	512	388.00–407.50	398.14
17	550–600	587	380.00–385.00	384.40
4	600–650	641	387.50	387.50
37	650–700	679	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	300.00–330.00	315.37
4	550–600	580	315.00–350.00	334.56
5	600–650	614	280.00–327.50	290.91
4	650–700	666	315.00–338.00	329.00
4	700–750	726	275.00–320.00	289.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	430.00	430.00
3	250–300	290	460.00–495.00	479.74
2	300–350	305	447.50–490.00	468.75
5	350–400	388	430.00–455.00	434.58
6	400–450	419	420.00–442.50	435.07
12	450–500	476	402.50–407.50	405.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	169.00	169.00
6	—	1,742	189.00–200.00	195.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,802	163.00–167.00	165.44
1	—	1,550	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,064	137.00–150.00	145.16
1	—	840	100.00	100.00
3	—	983	119.00–134.00	129.58
3	—	1,148	161.00–163.00	162.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,330	140.00–159.00	151.91
14	—	1,296	160.00–174.00	166.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	2,100.00	2,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,535	2,625.00	2,625.00

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.