Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-11-14

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Nov 14
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,261 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 1,270▼ 412 vs year ago 1,673 · −24.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 55▼ 35 vs year ago 125 · −28.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 30▼ 5 vs year ago 55 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.95/cwt on 302 head.
Average price
$139.95
302 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$435
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$30.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.65
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2605140.05847301
Small 1-2375110.004131thin
One grade step is worth $30.05/cwt here — about $435 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 sale302 hd
139.95
—
KY average27 barns · 6,657 hd
137.30
+2.65
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—High1,75489.681,5738thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36656.4977232
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17653.3562722
CowsLean 85-90%High99146.1545811

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2219158.03/cwt150.00–164.003467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339173.93/cwt172.00–189.0059016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367167.33/cwt158.00–178.0061410
Steers—Small 1-2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423149.54/cwt141.00–150.0063319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495142.52/cwt141.00–146.0070513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517146.69/cwt145.00–147.0075813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524139.39/cwt130.00–144.0073015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569139.42/cwt134.00–145.007938
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580135.82/cwt133.00–140.0078832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634131.69/cwt128.00–134.0083517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635138.00/cwt138.00–138.008762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677136.73/cwt132.00–137.5092685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692127.93/cwt123.00–130.0088512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720130.97/cwt128.00–132.0094321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added865128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,11223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2927116.76/cwt110.00–120.001,0826
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2221137.00/cwt137.00–137.003033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2264126.80/cwt125.00–136.0033518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added304143.00/cwt143.00–143.004355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316137.25/cwt133.00–144.0043414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362127.39/cwt118.00–132.0046130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435128.69/cwt125.00–130.0056029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515129.00/cwt129.00–129.006648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523122.49/cwt115.00–123.0064115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575120.18/cwt113.00–125.0069140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601125.25/cwt125.25–125.257537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620116.40/cwt110.00–120.0072227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675116.00/cwt116.00–116.0078312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732116.00/cwt116.00–116.008492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added809117.50/cwt111.50–119.0095134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280143.38/cwt136.00–150.004012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310145.58/cwt130.00–175.0045110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369151.39/cwt141.00–167.0055913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421147.02/cwt135.00–152.0061923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479139.15/cwt126.00–150.0066715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2537135.05/cwt125.00–144.0072522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569128.95/cwt124.00–132.0073417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2631119.47/cwt115.00–128.0075419
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672123.45/cwt115.00–126.008305
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2727108.47/cwt103.00–110.0078911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285194.75/cwt94.00–95.508066
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68086.80/cwt84.00–89.001,4583
Bulls——1,77578.85/cwt78.00–80.001,4002
Bulls——1,81599.77/cwt99.00–101.001,8113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84536.00/cwt36.00–36.003041
Cows—Lean 85-90%93744.87/cwt44.00–46.004205
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07549.46/cwt47.00–51.005325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14047.26/cwt46.00–49.005395
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16953.66/cwt51.00–56.0062714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26762.05/cwt60.00–63.007863
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28056.02/cwt55.00–57.0071718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45462.81/cwt62.00–65.009137
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49951.39/cwt50.00–52.007707
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,039880.20/cwt755.00–975.009,1454
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,058735.00/cwt735.00–735.007,7763
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,0153
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230924.43/cwt845.00–1,075.0011,3706
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,257761.93/cwt735.00–800.009,5775
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4251,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,1002

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.