Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2026-02-03

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 438 vs last sale 479▼ 821 vs year ago 862 · −95.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 21▼ 36 vs year ago 54 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to being closed last week for the winter storm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $394.58/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 19 of 34 comparable sales and sits +3.22 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$394.58
6 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,173
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.99
vs KY average
−36.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551394.582,1736thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
394.58
—
KY average9 barns · 84 hd
382.59
+11.99
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−36.96
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
+3.22
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—Average1,491194.252,8974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,318162.802,1465thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,623159.092,5833thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average885159.001,4071thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,0131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,9762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2151
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,0391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,1921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,6911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445435.00/cwt432.50–437.501,9362
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,0412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0351
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,3063
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605268.72/cwt265.00–272.501,6262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635326.25/cwt322.50–330.002,0722
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3220245.00/cwt245.00–245.005391
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3272240.00/cwt240.00–240.006532
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1472
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2590370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1832
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3595347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0681
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,215183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,2231
Bulls——1,260175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,2051
Bulls——1,745209.49/cwt208.00–211.003,6562
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%885159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340178.00/cwt177.00–179.002,3852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,0871
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,2951
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,685162.14/cwt160.00–164.002,7322

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.