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Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Name: Flemingsburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, May 5

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195

← Apr 28May 5May 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

348 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 320▲ 31 vs year ago 317 · +9.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 27▼ 16 vs year ago 45 · −35.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder and yearling steers and heifers 10.00-15.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, Very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower, Slaughter 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 $434.06/cwt on 25 head, up $32.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +42.70 against this barn's trailing median of $391.36.

Average price

$434.06

▲ 32.10 vs prior sale

25 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.53

vs KY average

+6.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	434.06	2,361	25

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 sale25 hd

434.06

—

KY average25 barns · 1,064 hd

414.53

+19.53

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

+6.16

This barn, trailing median34 sales

391.36

+42.70

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	—	Average	1,745	206.93	3,611	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,665	176.92	2,946	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,340	173.36	2,323	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,020	155.84	1,590	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	189.00	2,372	1thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	527.56/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,625	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	405	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,843	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	421	540.10/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,274	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	506.61/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,189	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	469	532.79/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,499	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,450	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,466	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	520.64/cwt	497.50–535.00	2,697	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,753	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	479.97/cwt	472.50–487.50	2,726	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	431.62/cwt	400.00–449.00	2,525	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,522	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,520	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,767	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,641	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	701	389.23/cwt	387.00–392.00	2,729	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,664	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,034	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	506.27/cwt	505.00–507.50	1,823	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	540.11/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,025	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	382	398.77/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,523	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	414	495.04/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,049	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,037	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	463	497.92/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,305	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,127	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	408.38/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,899	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	455.01/cwt	451.00–459.00	2,334	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	426.27/cwt	415.00–428.00	2,404	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,331	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	376.92/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,318	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	432.40/cwt	428.00–433.00	2,677	93
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,155	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	755	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,416	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,781	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	293	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,553	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,730	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,060	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	418	353.76/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,479	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	423	514.14/cwt	512.50–517.50	2,175	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	468.98/cwt	465.00–473.00	1,984	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1-2	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	468	531.65/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,488	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	431.94/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,030	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	481.78/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,288	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	522	403.85/cwt	377.50–435.00	2,108	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	475.08/cwt	467.50–480.00	2,546	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	462.43/cwt	457.50–467.50	2,603	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	563	417.55/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,351	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	640	396.25/cwt	395.00–397.50	2,536	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	672	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,352	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,503	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,434	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	320.05/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,596	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,255	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,372	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	199.63/cwt	198.00–202.00	3,294	4
Bulls	—	—	1,872	216.66/cwt	213.00–219.00	4,056	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	137.83/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,392	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	154.73/cwt	148.00–163.00	1,571	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,032	168.96/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,744	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,165	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	174.92/cwt	169.00–181.00	2,349	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,665	176.92/cwt	174.00–183.00	2,946	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,228	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 May 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 348Last week 320Year ago 317

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 27Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	505.00–507.50	506.27
3	400–450	440	463.00	463.00
1	450–500	465	457.50	457.50
1	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	590	395.00	395.00
4	600–650	615	370.00–387.50	376.92
2	750–800	762	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	513	451.00–459.00	455.01
13	550–600	564	415.00–428.00	426.27
93	600–650	619	428.00–433.00	432.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	380.00–415.00	398.77
3	450–500	465	380.00–425.00	408.38
1	600–650	620	347.50	347.50
2	750–800	755	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	535.00–545.00	540.11
8	400–450	414	490.00–510.00	495.04
7	450–500	463	485.00–500.00	497.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	530.00	530.00
3	350–400	368	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	423	465.00–473.00	468.98
8	450–500	475	460.00–490.00	481.78
9	500–550	536	467.50–480.00	475.08
2	550–600	563	457.50–467.50	462.43
1	700–750	705	355.00	355.00
1	750–800	760	340.00	340.00
3	800–850	811	315.00–330.00	320.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	418	352.50–355.00	353.76
2	450–500	470	415.00–450.00	431.94
9	500–550	522	377.50–435.00	403.85
5	550–600	563	400.00–425.00	417.55
2	650–700	672	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	775	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	385	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	423	512.50–517.50	514.14
3	450–500	468	530.00–535.00	531.65
2	600–650	640	395.00–397.50	396.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	518	497.50–535.00	520.64
2	550–600	555	496.00	496.00
1	600–650	615	410.00	410.00
2	650–700	670	413.00	413.00
9	700–750	701	387.00–392.00	389.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	455.00	455.00
8	550–600	585	400.00–449.00	431.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	535.00–550.00	540.10
13	450–500	469	525.00–550.00	532.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	525.00–530.00	527.56
5	400–450	432	500.00–510.00	506.61
1	450–500	490	500.00	500.00
5	500–550	511	482.50	482.50
2	550–600	568	472.50–487.50	479.97
1	600–650	630	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	695	380.00	380.00
5	700–750	726	367.00	367.00
3	800–850	845	359.00	359.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,343	169.00–181.00	174.92
1	—	1,320	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	168.00–171.00	168.96
3	—	1,015	148.00–163.00	154.73
2	—	1,010	136.00–140.00	137.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,665	174.00–183.00	176.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,650	198.00–202.00	199.63
3	—	1,872	213.00–219.00	216.66

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	—	825	270.00	270.00

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.