Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-10-17

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 17
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,021 head
▲ 394 vs last sale 627▼ 308 vs year ago 1,329 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 55▼ 98 vs year ago 193 · −50.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 25▼ 76 vs year ago 131 · −58.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $125.10/cwt on 299 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −99.90 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$125.10
299 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$20.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.54
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559125.31700294
Large 1412118.004863thin
Small 1-2455105.004782thin
One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $222 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 sale299 hd
125.10
—
KY average24 barns · 4,910 hd
124.56
+0.54
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−99.90
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—High1,73184.001,45413
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54455.3385416
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22751.7063423
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12643.2448716

Every lot

67 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 1-2210153.00/cwt153.00–153.003213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2288160.12/cwt155.00–164.004619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2346162.36/cwt160.00–172.005625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364162.64/cwt155.00–170.0059218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433148.26/cwt147.00–155.0064211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481139.48/cwt139.00–140.006718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490146.00/cwt146.00–146.007155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502151.00/cwt151.00–151.007583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532137.72/cwt133.00–143.0073314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560142.50/cwt142.50–142.507986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575130.93/cwt123.00–136.0075322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618136.11/cwt132.50–137.5084123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625129.00/cwt129.00–129.008063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675131.23/cwt130.00–132.0088618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679126.85/cwt122.00–130.0086113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717125.00/cwt120.00–129.0089614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769129.61/cwt125.00–130.0099713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added924125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,15722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,023118.75/cwt118.75–118.751,21510
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295136.00/cwt136.00–136.004012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317132.78/cwt117.00–143.0042115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374134.82/cwt125.00–142.005045
Heifers—Large 1375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429126.42/cwt125.00–129.005429
Heifers—Small 1-2455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470125.82/cwt121.00–135.0059156
Heifers—Large 1485114.00/cwt114.00–114.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487131.00/cwt131.00–131.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523127.53/cwt124.00–129.5066722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538124.32/cwt123.00–125.0066919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563118.61/cwt115.00–121.0066827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567125.51/cwt125.00–126.007128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609124.51/cwt124.00–125.0075812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620116.34/cwt114.00–122.0072110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654117.45/cwt111.00–121.0076814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666128.21/cwt120.00–129.7585481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725107.31/cwt106.00–110.007786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815105.00/cwt105.00–105.008562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325153.00/cwt153.00–153.004975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368154.00/cwt154.00–154.005679
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424146.11/cwt142.00–150.0062014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479136.80/cwt132.00–145.0065541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525128.67/cwt122.00–142.0067629
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567128.93/cwt125.00–139.0073119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626122.96/cwt118.50–127.0077023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669117.12/cwt112.00–119.007848
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710110.16/cwt102.00–115.0078216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286994.12/cwt93.00–95.008187
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295593.00/cwt93.00–93.008882
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68182.02/cwt80.00–83.001,3798
Bulls——1,81087.17/cwt85.00–88.501,5785
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88831.10/cwt30.00–32.002764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14546.00/cwt46.00–46.005272
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17445.61/cwt43.00–47.005359
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23356.74/cwt56.00–57.007004
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23551.19/cwt49.00–52.0063217
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30052.33/cwt51.00–53.006803
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51451.67/cwt49.00–54.007827
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56758.17/cwt56.00–61.509129
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,7813
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,148745.24/cwt725.00–760.008,55516
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,266702.89/cwt695.00–710.008,8996
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,339833.72/cwt785.00–925.0011,1645
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,220900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,9802
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4201,059.27/cwt925.00–1,125.0015,0423
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5901,185.00/cwt1,185.00–1,185.0018,8422

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.