Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2019-07-06

Somerset Livestock Auction

Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 6

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194

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Feeder Cattle receipts

250 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 309▲ 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 35▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 33▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.52/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −93.48 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.

Average price

$131.52

82 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$19.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	481	132.47	638	78
Small 1-2	430	113.00	486	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.47/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale82 hd

131.52

—

KY average1 barns · 82 hd

131.52

+0.00

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.00

−93.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	High	1,793	90.39	1,621	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,364	64.30	877	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	59.34	723	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,079	49.17	531	14

Every lot

45 lots · USDA AMS · Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	260	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	442	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	525	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	628	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	632	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	143.32/cwt	142.00–144.00	695	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	135.28/cwt	133.00–140.00	698	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	136.64/cwt	133.00–138.00	840	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	888	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	285	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	331	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	143.80/cwt	142.00–145.00	496	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	357	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	525	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	140.93/cwt	136.00–145.00	536	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	133.55/cwt	125.00–142.00	638	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	127.83/cwt	122.00–134.00	656	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	125.61/cwt	124.00–129.00	718	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	124.75/cwt	124.00–125.50	786	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	482	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	560	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	137.14/cwt	133.00–143.00	586	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	656	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	131.76/cwt	129.00–135.00	701	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,763	88.18/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,555	5
Bulls	—	—	1,843	94.07/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,734	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	315	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	47.87/cwt	45.00–51.00	500	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	761	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,170	54.08/cwt	51.00–55.00	633	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	59.51/cwt	59.00–60.00	719	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	694	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,311	62.01/cwt	58.00–64.00	813	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	67.46/cwt	64.00–71.50	969	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,960	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	724.15/cwt	690.00–775.00	6,684	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,327	908.09/cwt	860.00–960.00	12,050	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,072	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,772	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,207	846.60/cwt	835.00–875.00	10,218	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,406	1,139.37/cwt	1,000.00–1,360.00	16,020	6

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 →

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

Sat Jul 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 309Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 35Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 33Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	158.00	158.00
2	—	615	130.00	130.00
4	—	386	145.00	145.00
8	—	486	135.00	135.00
10	—	427	133.00–143.00	137.14
11	—	532	129.00–135.00	131.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	124.00–125.50	124.75
3	—	715	116.00	116.00
4	—	650	113.00	113.00
5	—	345	142.00–145.00	143.80
6	—	415	135.00	135.00
10	—	380	136.00–145.00	140.93
11	—	572	124.00–129.00	125.61
14	—	478	125.00–142.00	133.55
15	—	513	122.00–134.00	127.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	357	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	116.00	116.00
2	—	575	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	170.00	170.00
1	—	305	172.00	172.00
1	—	705	126.00	126.00
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
6	—	615	133.00–138.00	136.64
3	—	516	133.00–140.00	135.28
3	—	485	142.00–144.00	143.32
2	—	427	148.00	148.00
2	—	395	159.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	35.00	35.00
5	—	1,170	51.00–55.00	54.08
8	—	1,045	45.00–51.00	47.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	53.00	53.00
1	—	1,170	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,208	59.00–60.00	59.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,436	64.00–71.50	67.46
11	—	1,311	58.00–64.00	62.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,843	92.00–96.00	94.07
5	—	1,763	87.00–89.00	88.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,327	860.00–960.00	908.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	923	690.00–775.00	724.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	870	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,406	1,000.00–1,360.00	1,139.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,207	835.00–875.00	846.60

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,072	725.00	725.00

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.