Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-01-18

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 18
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,149 head
▼ 620 vs last sale 1,769▲ 1,149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 108▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 52▲ 55 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 fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.85/cwt on 358 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −98.15 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$126.85
358 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$16.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.27
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567127.55723339
Large 1520118.506168thin
Small 1-2540111.2760111thin
One grade step is worth $16.28/cwt here — about $122 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 sale358 hd
126.85
—
KY average28 barns · 7,850 hd
125.58
+1.27
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−98.15
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—Low1,68377.851,31011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42154.0476825
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13947.7654415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07641.2644410

Every lot

77 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 1-2220175.00/cwt175.00–175.003851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2321165.57/cwt165.00–170.005319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377174.81/cwt174.00–175.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added439172.59/cwt172.00–175.007585
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443145.47/cwt140.00–147.006449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468151.21/cwt148.00–153.007089
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485162.01/cwt160.00–163.007863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524155.98/cwt150.00–161.0081720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530143.76/cwt140.00–150.0076214
Steers—Large 1550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571146.59/cwt143.00–150.0083727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571134.74/cwt131.00–140.0076921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612134.17/cwt132.00–135.008216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635138.62/cwt136.50–141.0088014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680136.09/cwt132.00–143.0092527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713132.00/cwt132.00–132.009413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added744136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,01610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750131.00/cwt131.00–131.009831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2277131.19/cwt123.00–135.003639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added286140.00/cwt140.00–140.004003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324129.79/cwt129.00–133.004215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added330138.00/cwt138.00–138.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383134.60/cwt134.00–135.0051615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385141.98/cwt140.00–143.0054726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435137.50/cwt137.50–137.505984
Heifers—Small 1-2435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439126.35/cwt125.00–130.0055529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468138.72/cwt136.50–140.0064918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474125.67/cwt119.00–130.0059652
Heifers—Large 1508120.00/cwt120.00–120.006106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528131.92/cwt130.00–133.0069722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529124.55/cwt121.50–130.0065914
Heifers—Small 1-2547105.00/cwt105.00–105.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555130.83/cwt128.00–134.007269
Heifers—Large 1555114.00/cwt114.00–114.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574125.91/cwt120.00–130.0072316
Heifers—Small 1-2591114.00/cwt114.00–114.006746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617125.01/cwt123.50–127.5077124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639119.69/cwt118.00–120.0076512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683118.11/cwt117.00–119.008079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687124.00/cwt124.00–124.008524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760117.00/cwt117.00–117.008891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2885105.99/cwt104.00–107.009383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added902120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,08761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275152.00/cwt152.00–152.004184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2316160.50/cwt158.00–165.005076
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2376153.72/cwt151.00–160.0057810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419152.02/cwt145.00–161.0063749
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467145.48/cwt143.00–152.0067919
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524128.32/cwt124.00–132.006727
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2562130.32/cwt129.50–132.007329
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625125.00/cwt125.00–125.0078114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650122.00/cwt121.00–125.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805109.00/cwt109.00–109.008775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288294.69/cwt93.00–98.008353
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 353580.00/cwt80.00–80.004287
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60172.44/cwt68.00–76.001,1605
Bulls——1,73178.72/cwt78.00–79.001,3634
Bulls——1,79089.66/cwt87.50–91.501,6052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99045.05/cwt44.00–46.004462
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09539.09/cwt37.00–40.004286
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10544.00/cwt44.00–44.004862
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11447.79/cwt46.00–49.005325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15051.86/cwt51.00–53.505964
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15345.00/cwt44.00–46.005196
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40150.27/cwt49.00–51.007047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41957.07/cwt53.50–63.0081015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48047.65/cwt47.00–48.007053
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2982855.00/cwt855.00–855.008,3962
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2641,114.54/cwt1,075.00–1,150.0014,0889
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,351967.38/cwt825.00–1,050.0013,06912
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,042556.36/cwt515.00–610.005,7977
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,0003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,270936.39/cwt875.00–1,000.0011,8927
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,293749.40/cwt725.00–790.009,6908
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,375785.00/cwt785.00–785.0010,7943

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.