Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-10-16

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 16
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
685 head
▼ 303 vs last sale 988▼ 336 vs year ago 1,021 · −32.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 115▼ 10 vs year ago 95 · −10.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 50▼ 10 vs year ago 55 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.85/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$147.85
159 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.58
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596147.85881159
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 sale159 hd
147.85
—
KY average27 barns · 5,135 hd
147.27
+0.58
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—Average1,63294.131,53616
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33757.6377018
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16756.616607thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25747.736004thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374167.93/cwt163.50–170.0062811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426149.48/cwt140.00–159.0063714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484162.00/cwt162.00–162.007846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526154.49/cwt148.00–165.008138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535161.00/cwt161.00–161.0086115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576143.46/cwt135.00–149.0082623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627137.40/cwt130.00–152.0086120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657127.25/cwt126.00–128.008368
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,04940
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0446
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0995
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368133.55/cwt132.00–135.004916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415142.00/cwt142.00–142.005895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417137.74/cwt133.00–145.0057417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471134.75/cwt130.00–142.0063536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527136.00/cwt136.00–136.007179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533128.29/cwt126.00–129.0068412
Heifers—Large 1550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556129.48/cwt122.00–140.0072022
Heifers—Small 1-2620105.00/cwt105.00–105.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623121.63/cwt120.00–123.0075813
Heifers—Large 1625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2651121.50/cwt120.00–123.0079110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705121.94/cwt117.00–126.0086011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755122.00/cwt122.00–122.009216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2920107.00/cwt107.00–107.009845
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390163.50/cwt163.50–163.506385
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400154.27/cwt145.00–162.0061711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2481144.19/cwt138.00–153.0069424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523137.01/cwt135.00–139.0071710
Bulls—Small 1-2540122.00/cwt122.00–122.006595
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581127.37/cwt119.00–133.0074015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2637126.29/cwt120.00–129.0080410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673117.00/cwt117.00–117.007876
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44880.52/cwt80.00–81.001,1664
Bulls——1,461101.25/cwt97.00–106.001,4796
Bulls——1,92596.09/cwt95.00–97.001,8506
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11749.72/cwt48.00–53.005553
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20461.77/cwt59.00–65.007444
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21341.45/cwt39.00–44.005032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24363.49/cwt60.00–66.007895
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30054.00/cwt54.00–54.007022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37355.38/cwt54.00–58.0076013
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,8953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,108809.02/cwt800.00–820.008,96411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,8453
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,274853.99/cwt800.00–975.0010,88010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3931,053.50/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0014,6756

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.