Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-08-07

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 7
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
791 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 843▼ 236 vs year ago 1,027 · −23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 87▼ 78 vs year ago 167 · −46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 97▼ 20 vs year ago 95 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.62/cwt on 311 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −85.38 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$139.62
311 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$24.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.28
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544139.86761308
Large 1655115.007533thin
One grade step is worth $24.86/cwt here — about $8 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 sale311 hd
139.62
—
KY average25 barns · 5,341 hd
140.90
−1.28
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−85.38
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—High1,725102.391,76610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41169.3897914
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21568.9583810
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00151.895199thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2220160.00/cwt160.00–160.003525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265155.00/cwt155.00–155.004114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318161.88/cwt159.00–165.005156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369170.16/cwt162.00–174.0062813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431167.52/cwt166.00–170.0072210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added441176.00/cwt176.00–176.007765
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472164.12/cwt157.00–170.0077522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519157.35/cwt153.00–163.0081716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543165.34/cwt164.00–166.0089821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567150.82/cwt149.00–153.0085513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632157.50/cwt157.00–158.0099510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639144.98/cwt138.00–148.0092616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668154.69/cwt154.00–155.001,03316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0012
Steers—Large 1705122.00/cwt122.00–122.008602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added835134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235155.00/cwt155.00–155.003643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2264151.30/cwt149.00–155.003998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319149.16/cwt145.00–152.0047617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added340164.00/cwt164.00–164.005587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372149.18/cwt145.00–152.0055516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417152.00/cwt152.00–152.006347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423141.66/cwt136.00–149.0059930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470137.52/cwt131.00–143.0064631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478148.11/cwt146.00–150.0070819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519142.39/cwt129.00–149.0073929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566140.98/cwt139.00–143.0079813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575134.14/cwt127.00–145.0077132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615132.00/cwt132.00–132.008123
Heifers—Large 1655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663131.35/cwt125.00–134.0087110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725119.00/cwt119.00–119.008633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added736137.18/cwt135.00–137.501,01068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765111.00/cwt111.00–111.008495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2888109.00/cwt109.00–109.009684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2980100.00/cwt100.00–100.009803
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2333163.00/cwt163.00–163.005434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381153.27/cwt151.00–155.0058420
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422154.39/cwt145.00–165.0065219
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471148.05/cwt139.00–155.0069719
Bulls—Large 1-2505139.00/cwt139.00–139.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527138.86/cwt130.00–147.0073216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567142.60/cwt130.00–148.0080931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2631136.77/cwt133.00–142.0086311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662134.54/cwt129.00–143.0089123
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 372889.02/cwt87.00–93.006483
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65897.67/cwt94.00–100.001,6195
Bulls——1,791107.10/cwt104.00–114.001,9185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00151.89/cwt50.00–56.005199
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14863.18/cwt60.00–65.007256
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31677.60/cwt70.00–86.001,0214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33968.53/cwt68.00–70.009187
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45060.48/cwt60.00–61.008772
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49574.13/cwt73.00–76.001,1085
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,182910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,7562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2571,008.82/cwt950.00–1,100.0012,6817
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3061,089.07/cwt960.00–1,235.0014,22310
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,325.93/cwt1,100.00–1,500.0017,9004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5461,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0024,7364

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.