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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 28

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

390 head

▲ 224 vs last sale 166▼ 306 vs year ago 696 · −44.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 41▼ 4 vs year ago 55 · −7.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 2 vs year ago 3 · −66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers 8.00-12.00 lower, Feeder heifers 12.00-15.00 lower, Good demand for the high quality weaned and vaccinated part of the offering and moderate to lite demand for the plainer fleshier off colored part of the offering. 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 $336.04/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −55.32 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.

Average price

$336.04

35 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$26.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.50

vs KY average

−38.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	336.80	1,861	34
Medium and Large 2-3	542	310.00	1,680	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.80/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale35 hd

336.04

—

KY average25 barns · 1,605 hd

348.54

−12.50

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−38.85

This barn, trailing median34 sales

391.36

−55.32

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	1,708	191.33	3,269	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,608	160.47	2,580	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,332	148.91	1,984	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,033	134.52	1,390	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,115	149.00	1,661	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,327	206.50	2,740	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,455	168.00	2,444	1thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$1,925	1thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,034	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,684	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	421	413.74/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,742	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1-2	445	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	890	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	378.75/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,704	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,683	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	513	302.72/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,553	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	356.96/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,860	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	387.11/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,028	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	361.58/cwt	342.50–367.50	2,061	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	622	301.87/cwt	270.00–312.50	1,878	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	638	349.89/cwt	348.00–357.50	2,232	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	336.43/cwt	333.00–337.50	2,150	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	333.05/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,181	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,209	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,400	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	320.68/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,479	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	310.65/cwt	303.00–318.00	2,550	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	860	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,468	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	235	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	682	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	278	298.72/cwt	297.50–300.00	830	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	346.42/cwt	340.00–352.50	980	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	359.39/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,200	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	366	310.67/cwt	270.00–335.00	1,137	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	348.66/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,314	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	426	364.36/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,552	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	427	301.86/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,289	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	343.60/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,502	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	480	362.93/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,742	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	344.26/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,659	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	308.09/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,494	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	341.70/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,743	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	328.36/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,681	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	542	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,680	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	341.14/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,927	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	332.45/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,935	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	322.50/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,983	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,125	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	692	278.50/cwt	265.00–296.00	1,927	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	750	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,800	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	820	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,804	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	210	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	683	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	250	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	838	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	364.27/cwt	357.50–372.50	1,166	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	325	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,081	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	368	433.28/cwt	397.50–447.50	1,594	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	411	416.18/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,710	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	381.50/cwt	367.50–392.50	1,679	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	461	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,867	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	346.64/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,640	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	380.46/cwt	362.50–385.00	1,807	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	513	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,590	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	515	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,962	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	348.57/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,820	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,946	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	266.25/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,651	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	311.64/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,948	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	661	251.34/cwt	226.00–267.50	1,661	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	243.72/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,721	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	723	223.43/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,615	3
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,327	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,740	9
Steers	—	Select	1,455	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,444	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,540	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,818	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	3,168	1
Bulls	—	—	1,985	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,831	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,478	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	129.03/cwt	121.00–134.00	1,292	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,172	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	142.00/cwt	137.00–150.00	1,559	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	146.43/cwt	137.00–154.00	1,887	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,301	131.22/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,707	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	161.49/cwt	155.00–173.00	2,245	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,608	160.47/cwt	154.00–167.00	2,580	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,115	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,661	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	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 Oct 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 166Year ago 696

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 41Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	510	341.00–345.00	341.70
13	550–600	565	340.00–342.50	341.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	340.00–352.50	346.42
6	300–350	334	345.00–370.00	359.39
7	350–400	377	340.00–350.00	348.66
16	400–450	437	335.00–352.50	343.60
6	450–500	482	335.00–350.00	344.26
5	500–550	512	320.00–335.00	328.36
10	550–600	582	327.50–335.00	332.45
6	600–650	615	310.00–325.00	322.50
9	650–700	681	312.00	312.00
1	700–750	700	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	290.00	290.00
2	250–300	278	297.50–300.00	298.72
4	350–400	366	270.00–335.00	310.67
8	400–450	427	280.00–322.50	301.86
3	450–500	485	285.00–320.00	308.09
1	500–550	542	310.00	310.00
5	650–700	692	265.00–296.00	278.50
2	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	750	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	820	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	426	360.00–367.50	364.36
12	450–500	480	360.00–365.00	362.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	357.50–372.50	364.27
5	400–450	440	367.50–392.50	381.50
15	450–500	475	362.50–385.00	380.46
7	500–550	522	345.00–350.00	348.57
3	550–600	556	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	625	310.00–315.00	311.64
2	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
4	700–750	706	240.00–245.00	243.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	325.00	325.00
1	250–300	250	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	325	332.50	332.50
6	450–500	473	327.50–360.00	346.64
3	500–550	513	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	620	260.00–272.50	266.25
5	650–700	661	226.00–267.50	251.34
3	700–750	723	220.00–230.00	223.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	397.50–447.50	433.28
14	400–450	411	402.50–422.50	416.18
5	450–500	461	405.00	405.00
3	500–550	515	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	397.50	397.50
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	450	377.50–380.00	378.75
8	500–550	521	340.00–367.50	356.96
7	550–600	570	342.50–367.50	361.58
4	600–650	639	333.00–337.50	336.43
6	650–700	655	330.00–339.00	333.05
3	700–750	725	331.00	331.00
3	750–800	773	320.00–321.00	320.68
4	800–850	821	303.00–318.00	310.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	524	377.50–392.50	387.11
16	600–650	638	348.00–357.50	349.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	495	340.00	340.00
4	500–550	513	280.00–315.00	302.72
1	550–600	595	320.00	320.00
6	600–650	622	270.00–312.50	301.87
4	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	715	309.00	309.00
1	850–900	860	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	437.50	437.50
4	400–450	421	410.00–420.00	413.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	116.00	116.00
7	—	1,001	121.00–134.00	129.03
1	—	960	154.00	154.00
5	—	1,098	137.00–150.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	154.00–167.00	160.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,390	155.00–173.00	161.49
11	—	1,289	137.00–154.00	146.43
7	—	1,301	126.00–135.00	131.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	198.00	198.00
1	—	1,985	193.00	193.00
1	—	1,540	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,327	206.50	206.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	149.00	149.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,925.00	1,925.00

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.