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Somerset Livestock Auction

Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 31

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194

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Feeder Cattle receipts

456 head

▼ 326 vs last sale 782▲ 456 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

80 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 115▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 90▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold this week were fully steady.

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 $124.65/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −100.35 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.

Average price

$124.65

154 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$14.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

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	523	124.84	652	152
Large 1	525	110.00	578	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.84/cwt here — about $75 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 sale154 hd

124.65

—

KY average25 barns · 5,988 hd

127.43

−2.78

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.00

−100.35

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	—	Average	1,765	86.15	1,520	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	59.13	850	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	54.64	661	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	47.65	481	13

Every lot

59 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	514	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	153.59/cwt	149.00–158.00	596	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	616	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	136.76/cwt	135.00–147.00	662	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	137.06/cwt	134.00–145.00	714	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	567	141.74/cwt	141.00–144.00	804	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	132.19/cwt	131.00–136.00	765	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	130.82/cwt	130.00–132.50	812	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	662	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	880	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	136.51/cwt	133.50–138.00	915	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	966	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	338	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	436	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	126.97/cwt	125.00–135.00	481	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	536	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	127.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	540	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	128.79/cwt	122.00–133.00	613	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	130.28/cwt	128.00–135.00	667	18
Heifers	—	Large 1	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	557	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	741	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	122.67/cwt	119.00–126.00	700	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	118.85/cwt	116.00–121.00	725	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	118.05/cwt	115.00–119.00	806	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	811	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	89.26/cwt	85.50–105.00	750	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	371	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	144.44/cwt	135.00–158.00	552	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	135.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	591	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	129.76/cwt	124.00–135.00	620	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	128.23/cwt	123.00–134.00	677	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	126.49/cwt	120.00–130.00	713	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	775	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	761	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	738	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	595	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	428	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	712	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	456	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,455	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,135	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,449	6
Bulls	—	—	1,898	89.15/cwt	88.00–91.50	1,692	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	905	44.56/cwt	41.00–48.00	403	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	54.85/cwt	53.00–56.00	628	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,150	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	621	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	52.59/cwt	52.00–53.00	620	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	61.66/cwt	61.00–63.00	800	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,351	49.78/cwt	49.00–51.00	673	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,459	58.47/cwt	57.00–61.00	853	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	64.53/cwt	64.00–66.00	1,010	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	5,087	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	7,693	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,088	551.29/cwt	510.00–575.00	5,998	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,188	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,613	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,920	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,675	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,668	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,223	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	963.27/cwt	825.00–1,010.00	12,330	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	14,138	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 →

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

Sat Aug 31, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 456Last week 782Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 115Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 90Year ago 0

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold this week were fully steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	528	123.00–134.00	128.23
19	—	564	120.00–130.00	126.49
19	—	436	130.00–140.00	135.50
12	—	478	124.00–135.00	129.76
8	—	382	135.00–158.00	144.44
4	—	692	110.00	110.00
2	—	745	99.00	99.00
2	—	630	123.00	123.00
2	—	275	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	683	115.00–119.00	118.05
11	—	379	125.00–135.00	126.97
6	—	325	134.00	134.00
5	—	840	85.50–105.00	89.26
4	—	772	105.00	105.00
1	—	240	141.00	141.00
30	—	571	119.00–126.00	122.67
21	—	476	122.00–133.00	128.79
18	—	512	128.00–135.00	130.28
16	—	423	120.00–130.00	127.58
14	—	610	116.00–121.00	118.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	133.00	133.00
4	—	400	134.00	134.00
4	—	330	140.00	140.00
1	—	370	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	149.00–158.00	153.59
3	—	336	153.00	153.00
2	—	755	128.00	128.00
2	—	405	152.00	152.00
27	—	521	134.00–145.00	137.06
9	—	670	133.50–138.00	136.51
9	—	621	130.00–132.50	130.82
9	—	484	135.00–147.00	136.76
8	—	579	131.00–136.00	132.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	567	141.00–144.00	141.74
2	—	662	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	712	64.00	64.00
1	—	595	72.00	72.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	905	41.00–48.00	44.56
5	—	1,178	52.00–53.00	52.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,459	57.00–61.00	58.47
3	—	1,565	64.00–66.00	64.53
2	—	1,150	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,145	53.00–56.00	54.85
5	—	1,351	49.00–51.00	49.78
3	—	1,298	61.00–63.00	61.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,705	84.00–86.00	85.00
5	—	1,898	88.00–91.50	89.15
1	—	1,455	78.00	78.00

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	980	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,188	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	855	595.00	595.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,228	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,088	510.00–575.00	551.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,200	660.00	660.00

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	1	—	1,450	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,280	825.00–1,010.00	963.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	775.00	775.00

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.