Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-01-11

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 11
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,769 head
▼ 233 vs last sale 2,002▲ 1,769 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 102▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 42▲ 52 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 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.87/cwt on 486 head.
Average price
$153.87
486 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.58
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532153.87818486
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 sale486 hd
153.87
—
KY average28 barns · 10,261 hd
142.29
+11.58
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—Average1,78078.571,39913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50951.5077715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11245.5650716
CowsLean 85-90%Average96232.4931321

Every lot

73 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 1-2262178.84/cwt169.00–180.0046910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2308163.39/cwt155.00–169.0050329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377164.51/cwt154.00–174.0062041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added386174.27/cwt174.00–175.0067311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416175.00/cwt175.00–175.007289
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417163.11/cwt155.00–173.0068053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466154.40/cwt146.50–163.0072035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470165.09/cwt164.00–176.0077643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519154.06/cwt143.00–160.5080054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522160.91/cwt160.00–165.0084017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561148.38/cwt143.00–160.0083236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621142.00/cwt142.00–142.0088211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632140.50/cwt140.50–140.508882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667135.31/cwt135.00–137.0090313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added686142.00/cwt142.00–142.009745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712135.21/cwt133.00–137.5096319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733141.75/cwt141.75–141.751,03973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787125.00/cwt125.00–125.009842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796131.20/cwt129.00–132.001,04415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2985130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2222132.03/cwt130.00–135.002935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2264136.15/cwt133.00–140.003598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327138.54/cwt132.00–145.0045337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added335144.00/cwt144.00–144.004827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377132.07/cwt121.00–144.0049853
Heifers—Small 1-2415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417128.57/cwt120.00–138.0053654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467128.75/cwt120.00–133.0060139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474134.44/cwt131.50–139.5063737
Heifers—Small 1-2474125.84/cwt125.00–127.005965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519125.78/cwt120.00–129.0065316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541132.00/cwt132.00–132.007145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573124.08/cwt120.00–129.0071172
Heifers—Large 1635114.00/cwt114.00–114.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641124.49/cwt120.00–132.0079810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680122.40/cwt113.00–126.0083239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724114.18/cwt108.00–121.5082711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743126.00/cwt126.00–126.009366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added859125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2886116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0283
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2210163.00/cwt163.00–163.003425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2261160.60/cwt160.00–162.004197
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2338155.99/cwt155.00–157.0052716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2367156.79/cwt145.00–166.0057564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430149.70/cwt144.00–155.0064433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472147.59/cwt141.00–157.0069772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520135.33/cwt130.00–143.0070439
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007679
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625128.69/cwt125.00–135.0080414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2683124.87/cwt120.00–131.0085317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718121.95/cwt118.00–123.0087616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805114.00/cwt114.00–114.009182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71875.26/cwt51.00–84.501,2939
Bulls——1,92086.01/cwt85.00–87.001,6514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85525.89/cwt22.00–28.0022111
Cows—Lean 85-90%95036.65/cwt35.00–39.003486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05141.83/cwt40.00–44.004405
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12746.22/cwt45.00–48.005219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20051.92/cwt51.00–53.006232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27544.41/cwt43.00–46.005664
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32345.47/cwt45.00–46.006022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50450.38/cwt50.00–51.007588
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59055.71/cwt53.00–57.508865
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2932600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,5924
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060475.00/cwt475.00–475.005,0353
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065606.31/cwt575.00–700.006,4573
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,104527.27/cwt460.00–550.005,8214
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,149738.08/cwt650.00–875.008,48116
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,246851.52/cwt825.00–875.0010,6105
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,175675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,9311
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,295975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,6261

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.