Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-04-25

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Apr 25
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
952 head
▲ 349 vs last sale 603▲ 952 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 65▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 40▲ 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 calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifer calves mostly steady. Yearling steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.94/cwt on 282 head.
Average price
$133.94
282 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$27.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.41
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2624134.03836281
Large 1640107.006851thin
One grade step is worth $27.03/cwt here — about $152 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 sale282 hd
133.94
—
KY average27 barns · 6,208 hd
129.53
+4.41
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—Average1,70687.951,5006thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22260.0773410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14157.8065914
CowsLean 85-90%High94343.0440610

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240165.00/cwt165.00–165.003961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260164.20/cwt162.50–165.004273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added298170.00/cwt170.00–170.005073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added360178.00/cwt178.00–178.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372156.88/cwt155.00–160.005848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407158.00/cwt158.00–158.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419153.00/cwt153.00–153.006416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466144.98/cwt138.00–151.0067610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476153.74/cwt146.00–160.0073213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526139.10/cwt131.00–155.0073210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528151.05/cwt140.00–155.0079825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561145.14/cwt137.50–150.0081431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573134.55/cwt125.00–141.0077113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626134.03/cwt132.00–138.008399
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631127.57/cwt126.00–133.008059
Steers—Large 1640107.00/cwt107.00–107.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664130.22/cwt124.00–133.0086525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710121.62/cwt116.00–124.0086427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770118.45/cwt111.00–119.3591274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785116.00/cwt116.00–116.009118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added962100.00/cwt100.00–100.009622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2200157.00/cwt157.00–157.003141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273141.67/cwt139.00–143.003877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added300146.17/cwt139.00–152.504393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329132.07/cwt130.00–138.004354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2366136.81/cwt132.00–142.0050113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added394143.00/cwt143.00–143.005635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411131.13/cwt129.50–138.0053910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added427139.00/cwt139.00–139.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472130.27/cwt130.00–132.0061514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474128.65/cwt120.00–133.0061022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519126.75/cwt126.00–128.0065816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528122.00/cwt118.00–125.0064436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589110.09/cwt109.00–119.006489
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593121.00/cwt121.00–121.007184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622116.09/cwt115.00–118.007228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624109.36/cwt108.00–116.0068221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662110.75/cwt110.75–110.7573314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674104.19/cwt102.00–110.007029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732104.39/cwt100.00–108.0076416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280082.50/cwt82.50–82.506601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added82597.00/cwt97.00–97.0080065
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285156.35/cwt148.00–160.004463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385148.62/cwt145.00–162.5057223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424139.75/cwt134.00–142.005938
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469132.64/cwt130.00–140.0062211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526127.51/cwt125.00–133.0067112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66086.21/cwt85.00–89.001,4314
Bulls——1,79891.42/cwt90.00–93.001,6442
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76835.34/cwt34.00–38.002713
Cows—Lean 85-90%98551.54/cwt51.00–52.005082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03144.25/cwt40.00–48.004565
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09549.00/cwt49.00–49.005371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10655.75/cwt54.00–58.006178
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20057.57/cwt55.00–60.006915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20662.85/cwt60.00–64.007585
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24362.56/cwt60.00–66.007785
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2950950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,0252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,345960.00/cwt960.00–960.0012,9122
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,525865.00/cwt865.00–865.0013,1911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,026872.34/cwt725.00–1,100.008,95013
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,103846.54/cwt700.00–975.009,3374
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,2933
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115866.67/cwt800.00–920.009,6639
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120738.34/cwt660.00–850.008,26910

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.