Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-01-29

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 29
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,000 head
▲ 316 vs last sale 684▼ 73 vs year ago 1,073 · −6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 85▲ 68 vs year ago 55 · +123.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 80▲ 2 vs year ago 75 · +2.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.81/cwt on 403 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −81.19 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$143.81
403 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.96
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539143.81775403
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 sale403 hd
143.81
—
KY average24 barns · 6,367 hd
141.85
+1.96
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−81.19
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—High1,806104.831,8938thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30474.4997220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37273.351,00720
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10068.2575020

Every lot

69 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added300231.00/cwt231.00–231.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2336173.72/cwt170.00–185.0058411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added361199.86/cwt190.00–210.0072118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377203.74/cwt199.00–207.0076818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419197.95/cwt185.00–200.008297
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422184.09/cwt180.00–190.0077711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487179.56/cwt176.00–187.0087421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520177.31/cwt176.00–179.0092225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520170.59/cwt160.00–175.0088731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573173.74/cwt171.50–179.0099632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580152.00/cwt152.00–152.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613164.89/cwt160.00–167.001,01118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618155.00/cwt155.00–155.009587
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657155.11/cwt154.00–155.751,01930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675145.00/cwt145.00–145.009792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728148.13/cwt146.00–149.501,07810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770147.33/cwt142.00–151.001,13431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural810149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,19425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,052136.85/cwt136.85–136.851,44048
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225148.00/cwt148.00–148.003333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2262152.66/cwt150.00–155.0040011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2312145.00/cwt145.00–145.004525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added386150.09/cwt146.00–158.0057915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394150.63/cwt145.00–153.0059322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425147.40/cwt143.00–151.0062629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429151.59/cwt150.00–153.0065011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471147.81/cwt135.00–154.0069636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524148.68/cwt145.00–150.0077927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526139.97/cwt132.00–147.0073654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574138.42/cwt136.00–142.0079521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added596142.00/cwt142.00–142.008465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616137.15/cwt131.00–140.5084532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630146.39/cwt134.00–148.7592280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653141.28/cwt139.00–142.0092321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679132.95/cwt125.00–139.0090320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732127.51/cwt126.00–130.009338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0353
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235159.00/cwt159.00–159.003743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2282182.00/cwt182.00–182.005133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320165.00/cwt165.00–165.005285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2366185.09/cwt175.00–192.5067716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433168.07/cwt143.00–182.0072831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471166.46/cwt145.00–180.0078467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531164.73/cwt160.00–175.0087522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577155.61/cwt145.00–165.0089820
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626141.71/cwt139.00–148.0088735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665140.11/cwt138.00–144.0093213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2726130.73/cwt129.50–132.0094910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2882121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0675
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-291590.00/cwt90.00–90.008244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2990109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,770115.23/cwt113.00–117.002,0403
Bulls——1,82898.59/cwt95.00–100.001,8025
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01961.37/cwt55.00–68.0062510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12557.84/cwt51.00–65.006512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18075.13/cwt70.00–78.0088710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31579.63/cwt77.00–89.001,04711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33971.16/cwt68.00–74.009537
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36570.16/cwt68.00–74.0095811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38177.25/cwt74.00–79.001,0679
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,062794.41/cwt725.00–965.008,4379
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,086838.82/cwt800.00–885.009,11012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1821,065.66/cwt900.00–1,175.0012,59613
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,316982.95/cwt920.00–1,020.0012,9368
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2910900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1903
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2011,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,2117

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.