Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-01-30

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 30
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,073 head
▼ 347 vs last sale 1,420▲ 31 vs year ago 1,042 · +3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 80▼ 24 vs year ago 79 · −30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 80▲ 20 vs year ago 55 · +36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.67/cwt on 342 head.
Average price
$130.67
342 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$935
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.57
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2715130.67935342
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 sale342 hd
130.67
—
KY average26 barns · 4,989 hd
134.25
−3.57
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—Low2,02291.681,8537thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35254.8974213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27454.3469212
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16347.0054715

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2200160.00/cwt160.00–160.003201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330163.37/cwt158.00–168.005397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375165.48/cwt160.00–170.0062114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413155.51/cwt140.00–165.0064211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460152.00/cwt152.00–152.006992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511140.71/cwt133.00–142.0071917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514151.89/cwt142.00–155.5078116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565143.34/cwt140.00–145.0081012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567138.71/cwt136.00–140.007863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604137.36/cwt134.00–142.0083016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612125.51/cwt121.00–128.007689
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665115.95/cwt110.00–122.007712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667128.43/cwt128.00–128.508577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733127.05/cwt125.50–127.5093122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755119.61/cwt117.00–120.0090316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762123.43/cwt121.00–128.0094122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added811124.79/cwt116.00–127.001,01283
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added874110.36/cwt107.00–117.0096519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added914120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,10455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,005110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2276137.17/cwt130.00–145.003795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322127.76/cwt125.00–132.004119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378137.95/cwt120.00–142.0052119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413137.94/cwt129.00–141.0057023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465139.00/cwt139.00–139.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481129.28/cwt126.00–136.0062234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508133.64/cwt132.00–134.0067917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521126.11/cwt122.00–130.006578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579123.33/cwt120.00–125.0071423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582121.80/cwt116.00–125.0070930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627116.83/cwt113.00–125.007339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637117.00/cwt117.00–117.007454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669116.43/cwt110.00–125.0077922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705109.54/cwt109.00–115.0077211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added779109.45/cwt108.00–112.008538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added841110.50/cwt110.50–110.509293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2867104.00/cwt104.00–104.009024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2918107.85/cwt100.00–116.009904
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2250166.00/cwt166.00–166.004152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393160.00/cwt160.00–160.006293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440150.07/cwt140.00–152.0066014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472138.35/cwt137.00–144.0065310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521135.00/cwt135.00–135.007033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577138.00/cwt138.00–138.007962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760109.00/cwt109.00–109.008282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81790.57/cwt88.00–93.001,6463
Bulls——2,050100.02/cwt98.00–102.002,0503
Bulls——2,55070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,7851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85039.76/cwt35.00–44.003382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,10049.00/cwt49.00–49.005391
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18250.38/cwt48.00–53.005956
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23646.17/cwt43.00–49.005717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26359.77/cwt58.00–62.007554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28051.62/cwt51.00–54.006618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33753.60/cwt52.00–55.007179
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48360.74/cwt60.00–62.009013
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,335900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,0151
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4601,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0016,0603
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2835625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,2192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080898.32/cwt800.00–960.009,70213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,209781.44/cwt725.00–810.009,4489
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0012,3222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,248926.20/cwt700.00–1,000.0011,5595

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.