Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2019-08-10

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 10
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
842 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 681▲ 842 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 71▲ 128 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 95▲ 80 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 sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.62/cwt on 374 head.
Average price
$142.62
374 head · 676 lb average
Value per head Derived
$964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.14
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2676142.62964374
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale374 hd
142.62
—
KY average27 barns · 6,103 hd
142.48
+0.14
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,69387.301,47818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24061.2075942
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11156.1962415
CowsLean 85-90%High91145.584157thin

Every lot

74 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2266160.00/cwt158.00–161.004269
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added283175.00/cwt175.00–175.004954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2316160.52/cwt160.00–162.0050723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added353170.00/cwt170.00–170.006008
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417152.76/cwt144.00–158.0063724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added427159.00/cwt159.00–159.0067918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465147.00/cwt147.00–147.006843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500157.00/cwt157.00–157.007851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535151.28/cwt142.00–154.0080911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573147.47/cwt140.00–153.0084526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574151.28/cwt149.00–156.008689
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605147.00/cwt147.00–147.008895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610143.00/cwt143.00–143.008722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682140.00/cwt140.00–140.0095515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731133.49/cwt130.00–137.5097626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added831134.93/cwt133.25–136.251,121121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added862137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,18754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0099
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2921125.75/cwt125.00–126.001,1584
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290132.00/cwt132.00–132.003835
Heifers—Large 1310120.00/cwt120.00–120.003722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339138.44/cwt135.00–140.0046914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386135.10/cwt130.00–142.0052130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421133.09/cwt130.00–138.0056029
Heifers—Small 1-2425122.00/cwt122.00–122.005195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added443140.00/cwt140.00–140.006206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467130.55/cwt127.00–135.0061026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471141.53/cwt140.00–142.006679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520130.11/cwt125.00–135.0067757
Heifers—Small 1-2545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006593
Heifers—Large 1553122.00/cwt122.00–122.006753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584129.13/cwt122.00–134.0075416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624128.00/cwt128.00–128.0079914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665123.53/cwt120.00–126.0082111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723120.92/cwt115.00–125.0087411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2782117.00/cwt117.00–117.009154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2835111.30/cwt110.00–114.009299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895111.00/cwt111.00–111.009932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-299590.00/cwt90.00–90.008964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2261150.59/cwt145.00–153.003937
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2326152.86/cwt150.00–158.0049814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2372143.88/cwt135.00–154.0053523
Bulls—Small 1-2415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004985
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433142.72/cwt139.00–150.0061828
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475143.36/cwt135.00–151.0068154
Bulls—Small 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522134.58/cwt130.00–137.0070314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566135.66/cwt131.00–138.0076823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621129.23/cwt122.00–135.008037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718118.38/cwt115.00–124.0085016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780114.50/cwt114.00–115.008932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2856106.00/cwt106.00–106.009076
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57079.39/cwt77.00–82.001,2464
Bulls——1,66787.21/cwt85.00–89.001,4549
Bulls——1,83793.78/cwt91.00–98.001,7235
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%73339.04/cwt35.00–42.002862
Cows—Lean 85-90%84044.46/cwt44.00–45.003732
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07850.68/cwt50.00–51.005463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08956.58/cwt54.00–58.0061610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15153.78/cwt53.00–54.006194
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17562.00/cwt62.00–62.007291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20259.73/cwt58.00–62.0071817
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21656.00/cwt52.00–57.006819
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29565.68/cwt64.00–70.0085116
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2854490.23/cwt425.00–525.004,1878
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,004715.58/cwt625.00–800.007,18421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,4062
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,2702
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,082809.54/cwt690.00–1,000.008,75925
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,124885.24/cwt850.00–935.009,95015
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29751,043.33/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0010,1724
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2990675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,6832
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2931,200.53/cwt1,100.00–1,275.0015,5234

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.