Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-01-04

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 4
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,002 head
▲ 1,194 vs last sale 808▲ 2,002 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 90▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 68▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend from last week due to holiday break.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.16/cwt on 568 head.
Average price
$143.16
568 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.51
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2683143.16977568
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 sale568 hd
143.16
—
KY average3 barns · 1,422 hd
141.65
+1.51
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—Average1,67584.541,4168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35454.6674013
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10751.5057016
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02242.0943014

Every lot

78 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2282170.40/cwt170.00–172.5048113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329170.00/cwt170.00–170.005597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370169.13/cwt160.00–174.0062624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added411170.00/cwt169.00–172.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424157.77/cwt153.00–166.0066919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462157.55/cwt151.00–167.0072815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531154.89/cwt151.50–159.0082211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536150.39/cwt146.00–156.0080628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563149.80/cwt143.50–151.5084365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569146.82/cwt144.00–154.0083513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626143.40/cwt140.00–146.0089843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642134.06/cwt132.00–139.0086112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670138.86/cwt135.00–140.0093052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673132.51/cwt132.00–133.008922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753139.80/cwt133.00–140.251,05351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759134.43/cwt133.50–135.001,0208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2817131.00/cwt129.00–133.501,0709
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823137.03/cwt136.60–137.501,128128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2889125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2901127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,037124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,29449
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263129.21/cwt126.00–136.003407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added313143.00/cwt143.00–143.0044814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328131.03/cwt125.00–134.0043015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added361139.94/cwt138.00–141.0050511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369127.97/cwt124.00–136.0047222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421130.30/cwt125.00–134.0054927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added467135.18/cwt135.00–136.0063111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480130.90/cwt122.00–135.0062835
Heifers—Small 1-2513117.46/cwt115.00–120.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516131.79/cwt131.00–133.0068031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525124.97/cwt120.00–130.0065619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578122.18/cwt122.00–125.0070616
Heifers—Small 1-2580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588130.04/cwt127.00–131.0076525
Heifers—Small 1-2611110.00/cwt110.00–110.006725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630121.56/cwt120.00–123.0076627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638126.43/cwt124.00–128.0080770
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657125.00/cwt125.00–125.008216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663120.51/cwt120.00–121.007992
Heifers—Small 1-2665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718131.10/cwt122.00–132.00941169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765120.00/cwt120.00–120.009184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added813118.00/cwt118.00–118.009596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2905115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2222150.00/cwt150.00–150.003334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2297167.50/cwt165.00–170.004974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325155.58/cwt153.00–160.005067
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369151.18/cwt144.00–160.0055845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2411144.61/cwt139.00–148.0059428
Bulls—Small 1-2495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2496137.71/cwt137.00–142.006837
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524134.18/cwt124.00–140.0070316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566132.56/cwt121.00–142.0075017
Bulls—Small 1-2573116.93/cwt114.00–120.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622127.90/cwt123.00–130.0079620
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2656126.19/cwt122.00–132.0082823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705104.00/cwt104.00–104.007331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2788122.11/cwt107.00–124.009629
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48479.77/cwt78.00–81.001,1844
Bulls——1,86689.30/cwt85.00–94.001,6664
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93245.94/cwt45.00–47.004286
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08146.69/cwt45.00–48.005058
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08939.21/cwt39.00–40.004278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10352.99/cwt51.00–54.005843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15058.31/cwt57.00–60.006715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22554.44/cwt53.00–56.006675
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37149.71/cwt46.00–52.006824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49759.90/cwt58.00–64.008974
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,037517.04/cwt500.00–525.005,3623
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,082575.35/cwt450.00–660.006,22512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,136757.45/cwt690.00–825.008,6054
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,191673.11/cwt650.00–825.008,0179
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,195617.01/cwt575.00–675.007,3735

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.