Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2019-10-12

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 12
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,152 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 1,128▲ 1,152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 102▲ 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 75▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter Cows and Bulls mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.64/cwt on 239 head.
Average price
$135.64
239 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$908
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$287
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$21.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.40
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2676136.91926225
Small 1-2555115.1363914thin
One grade step is worth $21.78/cwt here — about $287 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 sale239 hd
135.64
—
KY average28 barns · 6,767 hd
136.04
−0.40
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—Average1,62076.031,23210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46551.7075815
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14146.8453418
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02435.4436315

Every lot

66 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280141.89/cwt139.00–145.003974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004482
Steers—Small 1-2400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433147.62/cwt140.00–154.0063927
Steers—Small 1-2460119.00/cwt119.00–119.005471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485136.16/cwt132.00–141.006609
Steers—Small 1-2519118.83/cwt118.00–119.006176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532137.64/cwt133.00–142.5073229
Steers—Small 1-2550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573140.24/cwt130.00–144.5080416
Steers—Small 1-2605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623134.67/cwt130.00–138.5083913
Steers—Small 1-2659108.22/cwt106.00–109.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674131.31/cwt123.00–136.0088516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725129.00/cwt129.00–129.009351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780133.78/cwt133.75–134.001,04341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810115.00/cwt115.00–115.009321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,17863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,053100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0533
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2207137.61/cwt136.00–141.002853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2311127.88/cwt120.00–134.003989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373120.63/cwt117.00–124.0045017
Heifers—Small 1-2390108.00/cwt108.00–108.004214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433120.83/cwt118.00–126.0052311
Heifers—Small 1-2468109.77/cwt105.00–111.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478122.83/cwt117.00–130.0058724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2507123.68/cwt121.00–125.0062712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583124.71/cwt119.00–128.0072711
Heifers—Small 1-261089.01/cwt88.00–90.005436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640131.00/cwt131.00–131.008383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665122.43/cwt120.00–124.008149
Heifers—Small 1-270088.00/cwt88.00–88.006166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737117.14/cwt114.00–118.008639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2789124.02/cwt116.00–124.2597969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2890113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,01010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2210140.00/cwt140.00–140.002941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2293140.29/cwt140.00–141.004117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305143.00/cwt143.00–143.004364
Bulls—Small 1-2350119.00/cwt119.00–119.004173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432129.59/cwt127.00–140.005605
Bulls—Small 1-2440118.00/cwt118.00–118.005196
Bulls—Small 1-2468105.11/cwt102.00–108.004922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473133.39/cwt128.00–135.0063113
Bulls—Small 1-2515112.00/cwt112.00–112.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531125.56/cwt120.00–131.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560122.30/cwt119.00–124.006856
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2608123.89/cwt123.00–125.007539
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745109.00/cwt109.00–109.008121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2840108.00/cwt108.00–108.009074
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16059.00/cwt59.00–59.006841
Bulls——1,56975.05/cwt72.00–78.001,1785
Bulls——1,79981.52/cwt80.00–85.001,4674
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96428.46/cwt26.00–31.002745
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00636.73/cwt35.00–38.003707
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10841.66/cwt41.00–43.004623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11045.86/cwt44.00–48.0050911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16544.06/cwt42.00–45.005133
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25153.44/cwt51.00–55.006694
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40749.05/cwt47.00–51.006906
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50453.47/cwt51.00–57.008049
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2991463.26/cwt385.00–500.004,5916
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,212754.13/cwt700.00–810.009,1409
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,211890.94/cwt690.00–950.0010,78910
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5901,011.79/cwt990.00–1,035.0016,0876

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.