Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-07-17

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 17
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▼ 573 vs last sale 1,143▼ 42 vs year ago 612 · −6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 133▲ 26 vs year ago 63 · +41.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 145▲ 53 vs year ago 37 · +143.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. 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 $149.50/cwt on 276 head.
Average price
$149.50
276 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.21
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2718149.501,074276
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 sale276 hd
149.50
—
KY average25 barns · 6,802 hd
148.30
+1.21
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—High1,708103.441,76611
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20670.5985114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40168.5496012
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12658.7966213

Every lot

59 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 1-2313168.92/cwt167.00–171.005296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360165.00/cwt165.00–165.005946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added411178.00/cwt178.00–178.007326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427165.30/cwt160.00–175.0070616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483150.48/cwt139.00–159.007277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488168.23/cwt167.50–168.5082122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521153.11/cwt147.00–158.0079817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568156.24/cwt150.00–166.0088717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585167.43/cwt167.00–171.009799
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613158.61/cwt151.00–163.0097217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629148.30/cwt147.00–150.009337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666148.96/cwt146.00–155.009926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710135.00/cwt135.00–135.009591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769138.37/cwt132.00–140.001,0645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1006
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added940138.35/cwt137.85–138.851,300121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372145.71/cwt145.00–147.005426
Heifers—Large 1415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429140.95/cwt135.00–145.0060524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431150.61/cwt150.00–152.0064913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477149.63/cwt147.00–151.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522140.32/cwt130.00–145.0073245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572133.91/cwt122.00–145.0076641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630128.66/cwt126.00–130.0081117
Heifers—Small 1-272095.00/cwt95.00–95.006844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760117.00/cwt117.00–117.008892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235165.00/cwt165.00–165.003881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2273160.00/cwt160.00–160.004376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315165.08/cwt160.00–168.005209
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2352154.36/cwt151.00–161.005439
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432149.24/cwt145.00–161.0064522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476148.77/cwt142.00–153.0070816
Bulls—Small 1-2500102.00/cwt102.00–102.005104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515144.94/cwt143.00–148.0074610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572143.81/cwt131.00–150.0082320
Bulls—Small 1-2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624138.35/cwt130.00–143.0086316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673134.08/cwt125.00–140.0090223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730121.00/cwt121.00–121.008833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820105.00/cwt105.00–105.008612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59398.77/cwt96.00–103.001,5735
Bulls——1,803107.33/cwt104.00–110.001,9356
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94548.87/cwt47.00–50.004624
Cows—Boner 80-85%97564.00/cwt64.00–64.006241
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,05065.14/cwt64.00–66.006842
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19368.22/cwt66.00–71.008144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20067.67/cwt67.00–69.008126
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21659.19/cwt58.00–61.007205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24474.04/cwt69.00–81.009217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47169.22/cwt67.00–73.001,01810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2941705.54/cwt675.00–710.006,6396
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2996788.54/cwt760.00–825.007,8547
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7704
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1461,137.76/cwt855.00–1,295.0013,03913
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3851,180.63/cwt1,000.00–1,350.0016,3526
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3951,367.16/cwt1,150.00–1,600.0019,07214

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.