Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2025-11-11

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 11
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 420▲ 3 vs year ago 398 · +0.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 37▼ 42 vs year ago 63 · −66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 lower, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows steady, No test on slaughter bulls, 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 $340.17/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 11 of 33 comparable sales and sits −52.72 against this barn's trailing median of $392.90.
Average price
$340.17
88 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$57.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.64
vs KY average
−23.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545351.301,91371
Medium and Large 2-3579293.701,69917thin
One grade step is worth $57.60/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale88 hd
340.17
—
KY average24 barns · 1,472 hd
329.53
+10.64
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−23.79
This barn, trailing median33 sales
392.90
−52.72
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

33 sales
448394341287median 392.9003/0304/2807/0709/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.15, low $301.16, median $392.90 across 33 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—Low1,855176.003,2651thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,655153.002,5322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,376141.041,9405thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,047131.011,3729thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$2,1001thin

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420388.74/cwt387.50–390.001,6332
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425347.41/cwt345.00–350.001,4762
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy461414.99/cwt412.50–420.001,9133
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482392.24/cwt387.50–393.001,8917
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503349.98/cwt345.00–355.001,7602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519382.36/cwt370.00–391.001,98420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577360.46/cwt350.00–366.002,08011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added592370.62/cwt370.50–372.502,19416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607322.63/cwt319.00–330.001,9583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3613262.17/cwt250.00–285.001,6073
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added642344.05/cwt343.00–352.502,20915
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666344.79/cwt343.00–347.002,29611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2544
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,0631
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,2704
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,6314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320359.63/cwt350.00–365.001,1515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0681
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391383.05/cwt372.50–385.001,49811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3400328.75/cwt325.00–332.501,3152
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420355.63/cwt355.00–357.501,4944
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy422371.68/cwt370.00–375.001,5683
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480361.03/cwt355.00–367.501,73313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy481369.53/cwt369.50–370.001,77714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483339.44/cwt335.00–345.001,6394
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528341.63/cwt325.00–347.501,80425
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530294.26/cwt280.00–312.501,5603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541360.50/cwt360.50–360.501,95026
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564365.50/cwt365.50–365.502,06111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578334.22/cwt322.50–345.001,9329
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3589293.58/cwt286.00–320.001,72914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615252.38/cwt237.50–267.501,5522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617325.52/cwt322.50–335.002,00812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631346.72/cwt343.50–355.002,18816
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,26733
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3671262.91/cwt242.50–290.001,7647
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9672
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2288388.39/cwt375.00–402.501,1192
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3340321.25/cwt302.50–340.001,0922
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3378327.05/cwt305.00–350.001,2362
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3408332.59/cwt310.00–357.501,3573
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420411.96/cwt402.50–425.001,7307
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6472
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480307.21/cwt290.00–352.501,4754
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3518308.85/cwt287.50–330.001,6002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524355.97/cwt342.50–367.501,8656
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582341.65/cwt340.00–345.001,9883
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3583288.70/cwt277.50–300.001,6832
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3638274.71/cwt250.00–300.001,7532
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685317.98/cwt315.00–327.502,1786
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2728305.02/cwt300.00–310.002,2212
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3751256.83/cwt230.00–272.501,9294
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,855176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,2651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1172
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028143.48/cwt141.00–148.001,4754
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118125.71/cwt121.00–129.001,4053
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,431144.80/cwt140.00–152.002,0724
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,2081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,755164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,8781
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2802,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2970180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7461

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.