Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2026-02-24

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 24
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
363 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 412▼ 185 vs year ago 548 · −33.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 26▼ 39 vs year ago 59 · −66.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers mostly steady, Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, 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 $424.33/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 32 of 34 comparable sales and sits +32.97 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.
Average price
$424.33
60 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,296
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$500
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$86.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.24
vs KY average
−6.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542430.132,32956
Medium and Large 2-3533343.181,8294thin
One grade step is worth $86.95/cwt here — about $500 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 sale60 hd
424.33
—
KY average26 barns · 1,779 hd
412.10
+12.24
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
−6.08
This barn, trailing median34 sales
391.36
+32.97
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—Average2,130191.234,0732thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,215157.411,9137thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,665152.002,5312thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,083146.901,5925thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,9251thin

Every lot

62 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3200360.00/cwt360.00–360.007201
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy288550.65/cwt525.00–575.001,5862
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,5841
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy326564.26/cwt535.00–600.001,8396
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy358538.67/cwt535.00–542.501,9282
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5791
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411542.93/cwt520.00–552.502,2315
Steers400–450Small 1-2415330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,2611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy462541.61/cwt510.00–546.002,50218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512501.58/cwt450.00–512.502,5689
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1331
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573477.50/cwt450.00–485.002,73640
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,6301
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659413.15/cwt395.00–421.002,72310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,5102
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added736368.99/cwt360.00–378.002,7166
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8846
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,8951
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy240660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,5843
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,7192
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy322495.49/cwt470.00–515.001,5953
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368496.58/cwt452.50–515.001,82717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2471
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426510.01/cwt500.00–525.002,1739
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470372.29/cwt367.50–377.501,7502
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,9434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy481466.86/cwt447.00–485.002,24623
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3508343.66/cwt337.50–350.001,7462
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9381
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532436.07/cwt400.00–446.002,32046
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3558342.70/cwt327.50–357.501,9122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594405.35/cwt400.00–406.002,4089
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626404.34/cwt380.00–413.002,53124
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,5354
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,7644
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2902302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,7292
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,8841
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430517.05/cwt492.50–530.002,2233
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433431.92/cwt415.00–440.001,8703
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy471519.51/cwt500.00–535.002,44712
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy521459.54/cwt422.50–490.002,3944
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy552456.15/cwt440.00–462.502,51811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2607355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1552
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy627407.68/cwt380.00–416.002,55611
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780321.58/cwt310.00–330.002,5083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,130191.23/cwt187.00–197.004,0732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033152.49/cwt148.00–156.001,5752
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098171.02/cwt164.00–178.001,8782
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15587.50/cwt87.50–87.501,0111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213152.98/cwt147.00–159.001,8565
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220168.49/cwt161.00–175.002,0562
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,2541
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,720164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,8211
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251

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.