Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-02-27

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 27
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
965 head
▲ 673 vs last sale 292▲ 616 vs year ago 349 · +176.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 43▲ 60 vs year ago 75 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 30▲ 20 vs year ago 70 · +28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No tend from last week due to winter storm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.28/cwt on 306 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −92.72 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$132.28
306 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.54
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557132.28737306
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 sale306 hd
132.28
—
KY average29 barns · 6,440 hd
127.74
+4.54
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−92.72
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—Low1,70799.431,69715
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41959.0783814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23257.8571319
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15648.7356310

Every lot

66 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342188.45/cwt187.00–189.0064411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376186.64/cwt180.00–192.0070213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419175.80/cwt171.00–180.0073711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424181.57/cwt178.00–188.007708
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466167.18/cwt161.00–173.0077929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526160.28/cwt155.00–166.0084324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530150.00/cwt150.00–150.007955
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563145.02/cwt135.00–153.0081610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616150.71/cwt144.00–164.0092834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629130.44/cwt120.00–136.0082015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670136.46/cwt131.00–139.0091426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677133.57/cwt127.00–135.0090412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718123.31/cwt122.00–126.0088510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769125.25/cwt125.00–127.0096316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810122.50/cwt122.50–122.509926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2834123.58/cwt123.00–125.001,0317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2856119.18/cwt116.00–120.001,0205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905116.49/cwt114.00–119.001,0546
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270161.00/cwt161.00–161.004355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300143.00/cwt143.00–143.004295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added335151.00/cwt151.00–151.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380149.33/cwt142.00–152.0056715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428143.41/cwt140.00–146.0061426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436150.48/cwt149.00–152.0065618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465141.45/cwt135.00–145.0065836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473149.19/cwt148.00–151.0070615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502143.00/cwt143.00–143.007184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515133.22/cwt125.00–135.0068619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577131.82/cwt128.00–136.0076120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579122.58/cwt122.00–125.0071029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627123.56/cwt112.00–126.0077513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643131.90/cwt130.00–135.0084812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666123.00/cwt116.00–124.0081925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681119.86/cwt117.00–122.0081613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717114.69/cwt90.00–115.7582225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2739113.80/cwt113.00–115.008415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755115.00/cwt115.00–115.008684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795109.00/cwt109.00–109.008672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815109.00/cwt109.00–109.008884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2847105.00/cwt105.00–105.008893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added852108.00/cwt108.00–108.009202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2972100.00/cwt100.00–100.009723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390180.00/cwt180.00–180.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425159.24/cwt149.00–163.006777
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469159.85/cwt150.00–170.0075033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525145.02/cwt140.00–153.0076126
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579142.58/cwt133.00–158.0082624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2627130.50/cwt129.50–135.0081826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68695.19/cwt90.00–97.001,6057
Bulls——1,700108.67/cwt108.00–110.001,8476
Bulls——1,80086.58/cwt85.00–88.001,5582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06045.35/cwt45.00–47.004816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22156.18/cwt54.00–60.0068615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27364.10/cwt62.00–67.008164
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30053.81/cwt51.00–55.007004
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40558.81/cwt57.00–61.0082613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60062.50/cwt62.50–62.501,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,265975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,3344
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2661,277.99/cwt1,050.00–1,400.0016,17920
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,211869.90/cwt850.00–900.0010,5345
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2271,140.35/cwt850.00–1,300.0013,99222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3061,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,0606

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.