Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-05-23

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, May 23
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
▼ 630 vs last sale 999▲ 369 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 77▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 85▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All classes of cattle sold fully steady on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.42/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −71.18 against this barn's trailing median of $206.60.
Average price
$135.42
116 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.63
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532135.42721116
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 sale116 hd
135.42
—
KY average25 barns · 2,164 hd
130.79
+4.63
This barn, trailing median17 sales
206.60
−71.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

17 sales
237211184158median 206.6003/1404/2506/1308/0810/31
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $223.27, low $172.06, median $206.60 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,692100.331,69710
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35161.2482810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16660.7370810
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15547.8955312

Every lot

51 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2220185.34/cwt180.00–192.004083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290184.66/cwt184.00–185.005366
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322167.39/cwt155.00–175.005398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392166.98/cwt162.00–172.0065510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431180.00/cwt180.00–180.007763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485141.00/cwt141.00–141.006843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575136.81/cwt135.00–140.0078711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631127.60/cwt126.00–132.0080510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685134.00/cwt134.00–134.009188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785116.00/cwt116.00–116.009112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825115.00/cwt115.00–115.009492
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270155.00/cwt155.00–155.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319151.46/cwt149.00–155.004837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380139.81/cwt129.00–147.0053114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added412141.50/cwt141.50–141.505834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426133.34/cwt130.00–140.0056810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468132.03/cwt126.00–139.0061823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533126.68/cwt125.00–127.0067512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541129.50/cwt129.50–129.507013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572118.13/cwt118.00–119.0067616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695104.00/cwt104.00–104.007231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787104.00/cwt104.00–104.008184
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275170.00/cwt170.00–170.004681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305137.00/cwt137.00–137.004183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373154.38/cwt145.00–162.0057617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2409146.94/cwt145.00–154.006019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485141.00/cwt141.00–141.006844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522136.40/cwt128.00–142.0071226
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575132.91/cwt116.00–157.0076420
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2614127.74/cwt120.00–130.0078425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2659122.43/cwt105.00–130.008076
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725108.00/cwt108.00–108.007831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2810103.00/cwt103.00–103.008342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-293585.00/cwt85.00–85.007952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3231
Bulls——1,63298.73/cwt98.00–99.001,6114
Bulls——1,763104.88/cwt103.50–106.501,8495
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85038.18/cwt35.00–41.003252
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,06857.57/cwt57.00–58.006154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15257.90/cwt57.00–59.006675
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18063.56/cwt63.00–65.007505
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20047.63/cwt44.00–51.005725
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23252.03/cwt51.00–54.006415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54063.69/cwt62.00–67.009816
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,040.69/cwt950.00–1,125.0011,5003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,2651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,147868.87/cwt725.00–1,025.009,9667
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0016,5751

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.