Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2026-08-25

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 25
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 212▼ 669 vs year ago 877 · −76.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 19▼ 13 vs year ago 37 · −35.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers sharply lower, Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $347.22/cwt on 54 head, down $57.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −94.03 against this barn's trailing median of $441.25.
Average price
$347.22
▼ 57.66 vs prior sale
54 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$713
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$101.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.62
vs KY average
−23.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573351.092,01350
Medium and Large 2550315.001,7333thin
Medium and Large 2-3520250.001,3001thin
One grade step is worth $101.09/cwt here — about $713 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd
347.22
—
KY average24 barns · 461 hd
385.84
−38.62
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
−23.78
This barn, trailing median31 sales
441.25
−94.03
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
511452393333median 441.2503/0304/2106/1609/0811/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,995214.104,2712thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,603153.002,4533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,299151.341,96613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048132.931,3926thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3300295.00/cwt295.00–295.008851
Steers350–400Small 1-2360330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1881
Steers400–450Small 1-2415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417418.00/cwt411.00–432.501,7436
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462429.99/cwt420.00–437.501,9877
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475392.94/cwt345.00–405.001,8666
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516368.75/cwt367.50–375.001,9036
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526355.69/cwt350.00–360.001,8716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576368.50/cwt367.50–370.002,1235
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592344.41/cwt325.00–348.002,03933
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623318.86/cwt310.00–327.501,9862
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656365.39/cwt359.00–375.002,3975
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,0968
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9881
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735316.67/cwt315.00–323.002,3287
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0642
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,4721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413293.71/cwt287.50–300.001,2132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428365.23/cwt350.00–372.501,5636
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485345.02/cwt335.00–360.001,6734
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7963
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523269.56/cwt250.00–287.501,4102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545323.33/cwt315.00–327.501,7623
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588304.90/cwt295.00–320.001,7933
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,9987
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6201
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659318.43/cwt312.50–322.502,0985
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1222
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3491
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2826220.62/cwt215.00–237.501,8224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265325.00/cwt325.00–325.008611
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2681
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2395397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,5701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436442.61/cwt437.50–447.501,9306
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478328.89/cwt325.00–332.501,5722
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2492392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8671
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535326.99/cwt320.00–340.001,7495
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575287.29/cwt260.00–305.001,6523
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577322.35/cwt317.50–330.001,8603
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4551
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7991
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9871
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730241.48/cwt230.00–252.501,7632
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1141
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9001
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2826265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1895
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2860235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,995214.10/cwt213.00–215.004,2712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%935100.00/cwt100.00–100.009351
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038132.53/cwt130.00–138.001,3763
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118149.99/cwt146.00–154.001,6772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264166.95/cwt164.00–170.002,1104
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307150.85/cwt140.00–160.001,9726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330131.51/cwt124.00–137.001,7493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,603153.00/cwt150.00–155.002,4533

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.