Sale reports / Kentucky / Flemingsburg Livestock Auction / 2026-10-06

Flemingsburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Flemingsburg, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 6
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2195
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 356▼ 107 vs year ago 310 · −34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 22▼ 23 vs year ago 49 · −46.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers 5.00-8.00 higher, Moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $352.80/cwt on 24 head, up $14.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −53.29 against this barn's trailing median of $406.09.
Average price
$352.80
▲ 14.50 vs prior sale
24 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,936
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.94
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549352.801,93624
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 sale24 hd
352.80
—
KY average25 barns · 719 hd
353.73
−0.94
This barn, trailing median28 sales
406.09
−53.29
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

28 sales
477416355294median 406.0903/0304/2106/0909/0111/03
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $462.78, low $307.58, median $406.09 across 28 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—Low1,514175.812,6626thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,580132.002,0861thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,363123.261,6805thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,055117.601,24012

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,510$2,4232thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2221385.00/cwt385.00–385.008513
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,2371
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3265245.00/cwt245.00–245.006491
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320367.50/cwt350.00–385.001,1762
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,5961
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463394.04/cwt392.50–400.001,8245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511388.18/cwt380.00–392.501,9843
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590356.98/cwt355.00–359.002,1062
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608333.83/cwt327.50–340.002,0302
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2875297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,6031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3220335.00/cwt335.00–335.007371
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3206
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3571
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375393.69/cwt390.00–400.001,4764
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383360.10/cwt355.00–365.001,3792
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426391.83/cwt390.00–397.501,6694
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445349.42/cwt345.00–355.001,5559
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470337.62/cwt330.00–347.501,5873
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515251.93/cwt245.00–265.001,2973
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531352.96/cwt350.00–355.001,8746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538342.57/cwt337.50–347.501,8432
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565313.76/cwt312.50–315.001,7732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579341.83/cwt325.00–345.001,97911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623270.24/cwt250.00–290.001,6842
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624318.08/cwt302.50–327.501,9854
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0971
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2713249.33/cwt230.00–262.501,7783
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2713
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,008234.99/cwt230.00–240.002,3692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225355.00/cwt355.00–355.007991
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy235510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,1991
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy327500.57/cwt455.00–555.001,6373
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335365.22/cwt350.00–380.001,2232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381463.13/cwt452.50–470.001,7658
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2395432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,7081
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy402445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7892
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433421.21/cwt415.00–427.501,8242
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3091
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469419.29/cwt410.00–430.001,9668
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483392.58/cwt387.50–397.501,8962
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy513392.46/cwt390.00–395.002,0132
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521355.84/cwt340.00–365.001,85410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578343.65/cwt330.00–352.501,98612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2636284.53/cwt262.50–295.001,8103
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2637314.42/cwt302.50–320.002,00316
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675313.03/cwt300.00–317.502,1135
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2732260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9032
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,2021
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2793272.41/cwt270.00–285.002,1606
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,2011
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0401
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2945247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,3391
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,2944
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,385185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,5621
Bulls——1,540173.97/cwt170.00–180.002,6795
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%963109.48/cwt109.00–110.001,0542
Cows—Lean 85-90%990139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,082117.02/cwt113.00–123.001,2669
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353126.05/cwt125.00–128.001,7053
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,378119.07/cwt118.00–120.001,6412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,0861
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5102,422.76/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4232

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.