Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-03-05

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Mar 5
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,666 head
▲ 1,273 vs last sale 393▼ 43 vs year ago 1,709 · −2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 69▲ 50 vs year ago 125 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 45▲ 60 vs year ago 85 · +70.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle weighing over 600 pounds sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.89/cwt on 693 head.
Average price
$173.89
693 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$971
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.61
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558173.89971693
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 sale693 hd
173.89
—
KY average20 barns · 5,585 hd
163.28
+10.61
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—Low1,925107.972,07914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41580.451,13937
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19480.0395521
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18958.4669514

Every lot

64 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 1-2328187.02/cwt180.00–202.5061320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added330205.00/cwt205.00–205.0067717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372187.99/cwt178.00–195.0069933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425179.63/cwt169.00–182.5076332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428191.52/cwt184.00–197.0082051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471184.13/cwt178.00–192.0086745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476186.81/cwt170.50–190.0088931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520189.72/cwt183.00–195.5098755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524173.01/cwt157.00–182.0090787
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564184.81/cwt175.00–192.501,04272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574163.38/cwt158.00–170.0093831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608169.53/cwt158.00–175.001,03196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613163.33/cwt156.00–166.001,00119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730152.55/cwt152.00–153.001,11425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775144.25/cwt143.00–145.001,11813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2803139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added817136.34/cwt136.00–138.001,1146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2891132.78/cwt132.00–133.001,18318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added970127.21/cwt125.00–128.001,23419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,010118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,19214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2256142.76/cwt140.00–145.0036525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added322172.58/cwt171.00–174.0055613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328162.96/cwt155.00–168.0053538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376164.78/cwt150.00–175.0062034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385175.68/cwt175.00–176.0067622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added413173.58/cwt165.00–176.0071724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430167.32/cwt153.00–176.0071926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462167.26/cwt163.00–170.0077361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474158.84/cwt150.00–167.0075372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520161.60/cwt159.00–165.0084038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520145.79/cwt142.00–148.007588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571149.77/cwt145.00–152.0085542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621148.87/cwt146.00–152.0092423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621140.81/cwt132.00–145.008749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662132.98/cwt123.00–139.0088022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787125.00/cwt125.00–125.009844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,05613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,038116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2043
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2319175.10/cwt155.00–185.0055951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384177.65/cwt165.00–194.0068299
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424177.76/cwt160.00–191.00754122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468176.80/cwt165.00–191.0082770
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514168.38/cwt162.00–182.0086576
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565171.46/cwt160.00–185.0096930
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615141.00/cwt141.00–141.008671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673141.20/cwt139.00–155.0095022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758123.65/cwt119.00–130.0093712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,69590.75/cwt87.00–95.001,5382
Bulls——1,957116.18/cwt112.00–123.002,2747
Bulls——1,973103.37/cwt101.00–105.002,0395
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15052.46/cwt50.00–59.006037
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16575.95/cwt75.00–77.0088514
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22764.45/cwt64.00–65.007917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25188.19/cwt84.00–96.001,1037
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32576.30/cwt74.00–82.001,01118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50184.39/cwt79.00–96.001,26719
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040755.00/cwt755.00–755.007,8522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065935.00/cwt935.00–935.009,9582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1441,209.54/cwt1,035.00–1,400.0013,83710
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1721,084.49/cwt900.00–1,200.0012,71023
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3461,331.13/cwt1,300.00–1,400.0017,9179

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.