Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-08-01

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 1
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
▼ 295 vs last sale 850▼ 126 vs year ago 681 · −18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 35▼ 11 vs year ago 71 · −15.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 60▼ 70 vs year ago 95 · −73.7%
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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 firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.90/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −93.10 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$131.90
152 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$17.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.98
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533132.36705148
Large 1655115.007534thin
One grade step is worth $17.36/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale152 hd
131.90
—
KY average27 barns · 4,483 hd
128.93
+2.98
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−93.10
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—High1,648111.211,83317
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19272.8486811
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,21372.518794thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98754.575386thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315164.00/cwt164.00–164.005174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377152.00/cwt152.00–152.005734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385174.00/cwt174.00–174.006702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2402152.10/cwt150.00–154.0061118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420171.00/cwt171.00–171.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476152.17/cwt145.00–165.0072417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524142.80/cwt139.00–153.507484
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535149.39/cwt145.00–166.0079914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557152.01/cwt149.00–155.0084712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591146.96/cwt145.00–153.008698
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619148.36/cwt145.00–154.0091812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619136.97/cwt134.00–138.5084812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720132.50/cwt132.50–132.509542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2842118.00/cwt118.00–118.009944
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added245167.00/cwt167.00–167.004093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323154.00/cwt154.00–154.004973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389145.23/cwt142.00–152.005656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added411147.83/cwt147.00–148.006086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427134.84/cwt132.00–141.0057614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468134.85/cwt125.00–139.0063116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478141.14/cwt140.00–142.506758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529132.01/cwt128.00–137.0069826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556129.56/cwt121.50–138.0072031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629129.39/cwt129.00–130.008145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632122.27/cwt122.00–124.007737
Heifers—Large 1655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657134.00/cwt134.00–134.008804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684119.82/cwt119.00–122.008207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741116.00/cwt116.00–116.008608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added780110.50/cwt110.50–110.508622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815109.00/cwt109.00–109.008882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2363138.07/cwt136.00–140.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423151.58/cwt144.00–161.006419
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464149.54/cwt144.00–160.0069416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523142.06/cwt135.00–150.0074326
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576140.65/cwt139.00–145.5081013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610132.90/cwt125.00–135.008115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2676128.21/cwt125.00–130.0086714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2727116.64/cwt116.00–118.008483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284091.00/cwt91.00–91.007641
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3661102.00/cwt102.00–102.006749
Dairy Steers—Large 374588.00/cwt88.00–88.006561
Dairy Steers—Large 388892.00/cwt92.00–92.0081711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,360105.76/cwt102.00–108.001,4384
Bulls——1,737112.89/cwt109.00–119.001,96113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92054.77/cwt51.00–58.005042
Cows—Lean 85-90%98544.66/cwt40.00–49.004402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05564.27/cwt62.00–66.006782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12068.00/cwt68.00–68.007621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19077.65/cwt75.00–82.509245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19368.84/cwt68.00–71.008216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23576.02/cwt75.00–77.009392
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26070.00/cwt70.00–70.008821
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,6503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,023874.48/cwt685.00–1,075.008,94610
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120928.64/cwt835.00–975.0010,4014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,0202
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2701,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,0181
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3691,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0015,4011

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.