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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 17

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Feb 10Feb 17Feb 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

412 head

▲ 137 vs last sale 275▼ 73 vs year ago 485 · −15.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 28▼ 16 vs year ago 42 · −38.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 3 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers sharply higher, Feeder heifers steady to 15.00 higher, Very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.24/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +47.99 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.

Average price

$489.24

54 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+24.88

vs KY average

+1.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	489.24	2,715	54

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 sale54 hd

489.24

—

KY average25 barns · 1,340 hd

464.36

+24.88

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+1.89

This barn, trailing median31 sales

441.25

+47.99

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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.13, low $347.22, median $441.25 across 31 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	190.00	2,290	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,710	179.82	3,075	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,638	172.33	2,823	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	150.01	1,906	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,031	136.68	1,410	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,150	190.00	2,185	1thin

Every lot

84 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 1-2Fancy	250	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,163	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,571	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	383	553.03/cwt	487.50–605.00	2,118	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	421	530.83/cwt	475.00–547.50	2,235	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,891	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	446.58/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,112	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	478	491.68/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,350	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	474.08/cwt	435.00–500.00	2,446	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,067	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	421.63/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,374	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	568	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,988	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	574	471.57/cwt	437.50–492.00	2,707	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	362.49/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,204	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	443.37/cwt	422.50–469.00	2,793	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	426.74/cwt	416.00–437.00	2,821	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	390.31/cwt	387.50–391.00	2,635	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	739	377.91/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,793	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	771	357.17/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,754	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	346.31/cwt	344.00–347.50	2,694	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,705	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	910	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,753	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,954	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	215	562.56/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,210	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	263	479.95/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,262	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	277	544.16/cwt	525.00–565.00	1,507	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	330	500.57/cwt	487.50–512.50	1,652	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	434.90/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,579	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	373	497.82/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,857	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	419	492.90/cwt	450.00–512.50	2,065	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	478	470.79/cwt	440.00–492.50	2,250	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	393.56/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,881	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	488	366.90/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,790	4
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	529	421.31/cwt	395.00–432.50	2,229	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,859	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	432.57/cwt	400.00–439.00	2,435	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	372.59/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,105	4
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	565	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,992	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	346.35/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,161	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	390.14/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,470	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	633	311.23/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,970	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	321.01/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,135	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	690	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,470	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	715	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,417	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,545	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	790	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,232	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	340	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,819	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	381	563.18/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,146	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	514.91/cwt	492.50–555.00	2,188	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	434.90/cwt	432.50–437.50	1,861	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	440.32/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,047	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	473	476.02/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,252	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	401.23/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,086	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	395.96/cwt	394.00–400.00	2,237	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	573	356.12/cwt	332.50–370.00	2,041	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	583	424.34/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,474	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	348.93/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,174	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	625	411.78/cwt	395.00–422.50	2,574	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,111	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,344	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	335.56/cwt	322.50–347.50	2,446	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 2	970	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,522	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,150	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,185	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,580	190.73/cwt	190.00–192.00	3,014	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,113	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	987	127.79/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,261	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,095	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,118	168.02/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,878	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,786	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,550	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	153.69/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,941	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,166	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,595	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,536	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,647	174.99/cwt	166.00–187.00	2,882	5
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,205	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,290	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	3,229	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,321	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 Feb 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 412Last week 275Year ago 485

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 28Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	442.50	442.50
1	400–450	425	445.00	445.00
5	450–500	473	430.00–455.00	446.58
1	500–550	520	397.50	397.50
3	550–600	563	420.00–425.00	421.63
2	600–650	608	360.00–365.00	362.49
5	650–700	675	387.50–391.00	390.31
3	750–800	778	344.00–347.50	346.31
1	800–850	805	336.00	336.00
6	900–950	923	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	516	435.00–500.00	474.08
15	550–600	574	437.50–492.00	471.57
23	600–650	630	422.50–469.00	443.37
14	650–700	661	416.00–437.00	426.74
21	700–750	739	365.00–380.00	377.91
6	750–800	771	355.00–362.50	357.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
1	900–950	910	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	465.00	465.00
4	350–400	383	487.50–605.00	553.03
7	400–450	421	475.00–547.50	530.83
15	450–500	478	475.00–515.00	491.68
21	550–600	568	526.00	526.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	475.00–485.00	479.95
2	350–400	363	420.00–450.00	434.90
3	450–500	478	380.00–407.50	393.56
1	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	565	360.00–380.00	372.59
5	600–650	624	340.00–352.50	346.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	529	395.00–432.50	421.31
28	550–600	563	400.00–439.00	432.57
12	600–650	633	377.50–397.50	390.14
2	650–700	690	358.00	358.00
6	700–750	715	338.00	338.00
25	750–800	754	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	365.00–372.50	366.90
1	500–550	535	347.50	347.50
1	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	633	310.00–312.50	311.23
5	650–700	665	320.00–322.50	321.01
1	750–800	790	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	565	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	560.00–565.00	562.56
3	250–300	277	525.00–565.00	544.16
2	300–350	330	487.50–512.50	500.57
14	350–400	373	470.00–510.00	497.82
4	400–450	419	450.00–512.50	492.90
18	450–500	478	440.00–492.50	470.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	428	432.50–437.50	434.90
2	450–500	465	430.00–450.00	440.32
2	500–550	520	400.00–402.50	401.23
3	550–600	565	394.00–400.00	395.96
2	600–650	623	340.00–357.50	348.93
1	650–700	665	352.50	352.50
5	700–750	729	322.50–347.50	335.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	573	332.50–370.00	356.12
1	600–650	630	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	850	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	535.00	535.00
3	350–400	381	550.00–570.00	563.18
3	400–450	425	492.50–555.00	514.91
7	450–500	473	470.00–485.00	476.02
5	550–600	583	417.50–435.00	424.34
4	600–650	625	395.00–422.50	411.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	970	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	158.00	158.00
2	—	1,580	190.00–192.00	190.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	165.00–171.00	168.02
1	—	1,160	154.00	154.00
1	—	995	110.00	110.00
6	—	987	121.00–135.00	127.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,305	166.00	166.00
3	—	1,263	151.00–158.00	153.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,647	166.00–187.00	174.99
1	—	1,595	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	190.00	190.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	220.00	220.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,230	262.50	262.50

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.