Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-03-12

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Mar 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
▼ 1,503 vs last sale 1,666▼ 1,162 vs year ago 1,325 · −87.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 175▼ 105 vs year ago 140 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to light receipts caused by winter storm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.99/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −56.61 against this barn's trailing median of $206.60.
Average price
$149.99
53 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.21
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496149.9974353
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 sale53 hd
149.99
—
KY average24 barns · 2,081 hd
149.78
+0.21
This barn, trailing median17 sales
206.60
−56.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

17 sales
237211184158median 206.6003/1404/2506/1308/0810/31
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $223.27, low $172.06, median $206.60 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,650104.501,7256thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58880.721,2814thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22280.209806thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12565.347354thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405172.00/cwt172.00–172.006971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465168.00/cwt168.00–168.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516154.60/cwt150.99–160.007985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588149.00/cwt149.00–149.008763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2342153.01/cwt152.00–155.005239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465152.33/cwt151.00–155.007089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523151.00/cwt151.00–151.007903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525141.00/cwt141.00–141.007403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564139.44/cwt139.00–140.007869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added598137.00/cwt137.00–137.0081910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725122.00/cwt122.00–122.008853
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275165.00/cwt165.00–165.004545
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320168.00/cwt168.00–168.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418153.38/cwt147.00–167.006419
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469158.27/cwt150.00–168.0074213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530148.00/cwt148.00–148.007843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569144.45/cwt140.00–149.0082216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610131.31/cwt130.00–135.008014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730128.00/cwt128.00–128.009341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2845110.00/cwt110.00–110.009301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54998.64/cwt96.00–100.001,5284
Bulls——1,853116.23/cwt114.00–119.002,1542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03575.00/cwt75.00–75.007761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15562.12/cwt60.00–64.007173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19376.84/cwt70.00–80.009175
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3241
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65078.96/cwt77.00–81.001,3033

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.