Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-04-17

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Apr 17
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,147 head
▼ 787 vs last sale 1,934▲ 544 vs year ago 603 · +90.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 95▲ 58 vs year ago 65 · +89.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 188▲ 65 vs year ago 40 · +162.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.58/cwt on 379 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −91.42 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$133.58
379 head · 599 lb average
Value per head Derived
$800
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.47
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2599133.58800379
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 sale379 hd
133.58
—
KY average26 barns · 7,407 hd
139.06
−5.47
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−91.42
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—Low1,714101.261,73614
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17463.5374611
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36863.4586811
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17948.4857112

Every lot

61 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285177.50/cwt177.50–177.505063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324175.39/cwt174.00–176.005687
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366167.78/cwt158.00–175.0061410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430165.44/cwt157.00–175.0071114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472169.94/cwt166.00–174.0080222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525160.76/cwt157.00–165.0084411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581150.18/cwt139.00–168.0087323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622148.96/cwt142.50–157.0092731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676137.00/cwt137.00–137.009265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683142.00/cwt142.00–142.009705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708140.30/cwt139.50–142.0099322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added947123.85/cwt123.85–123.851,17347
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2276145.97/cwt145.00–147.504037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328148.11/cwt145.00–153.004868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368144.10/cwt140.00–148.0053015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418146.19/cwt136.00–155.0061119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480149.53/cwt142.00–155.0071850
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502152.00/cwt152.00–152.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532140.65/cwt130.00–150.0074861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559138.65/cwt137.50–144.0077523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565132.39/cwt125.00–141.0074828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606133.26/cwt130.00–135.0080816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614124.02/cwt122.00–126.0076114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663127.00/cwt127.00–127.0084220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684119.28/cwt118.00–121.0081613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727114.50/cwt110.00–120.0083210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755130.00/cwt130.00–130.009824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785116.50/cwt116.50–116.509157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added809120.35/cwt120.35–120.3597472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293395.00/cwt95.00–95.008864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-299095.00/cwt95.00–95.009413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2307181.00/cwt181.00–181.005565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393170.66/cwt162.00–179.0067111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414167.53/cwt159.00–176.0069410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469154.98/cwt140.00–167.0072741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535140.85/cwt135.00–147.0075418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576144.14/cwt140.00–147.0083017
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624131.95/cwt130.00–142.008236
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655134.99/cwt134.00–136.0088415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2753125.34/cwt119.00–127.0094411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805112.00/cwt112.00–112.009023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42585.46/cwt85.00–86.001,2182
Bulls——1,73397.38/cwt94.00–100.001,6886
Bulls——1,792110.40/cwt108.00–115.001,9786
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12252.29/cwt50.00–54.005876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12552.96/cwt51.00–55.005962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17862.49/cwt62.00–63.007366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19772.66/cwt69.00–75.008703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20337.51/cwt35.00–40.004514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22559.00/cwt59.00–59.007234
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30059.00/cwt59.00–59.007672
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38369.10/cwt67.00–70.009563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50063.67/cwt61.00–66.009554
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0012,1612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,063731.90/cwt725.00–735.007,7806
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,0383
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,227888.61/cwt775.00–1,090.0010,90311
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,158.03/cwt825.00–1,425.0012,6234
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,377.90/cwt1,225.00–1,450.0018,32617

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.