Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-04-09

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Apr 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
657 head
▼ 397 vs last sale 1,054▼ 1,277 vs year ago 1,934 · −66.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 131▼ 10 vs year ago 95 · −10.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 142▼ 136 vs year ago 188 · −72.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.24/cwt on 294 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −73.76 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$151.24
294 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.78
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523151.24791294
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 sale294 hd
151.24
—
KY average24 barns · 6,331 hd
146.46
+4.78
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−73.76
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—High1,813109.331,98214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44280.601,16314
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28880.271,0347thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11064.947218thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2359191.72/cwt183.00–202.0068844
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381206.00/cwt206.00–206.007854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400200.00/cwt200.00–200.008006
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415195.00/cwt195.00–195.008096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471175.75/cwt169.00–183.0082824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added497195.98/cwt190.00–202.0097416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518169.90/cwt167.00–180.0088026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568171.99/cwt160.00–185.0097719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607162.92/cwt159.00–164.0098916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611170.95/cwt168.00–176.001,0458
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691140.00/cwt140.00–140.009676
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,20932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added944134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,26516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2006
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321174.23/cwt169.00–180.0055939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365170.28/cwt163.00–179.0062229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433164.92/cwt162.00–167.0071431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477164.22/cwt158.00–175.0078339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512151.00/cwt151.00–151.0077314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538137.89/cwt136.00–141.0074224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550146.00/cwt146.00–146.0080311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600146.00/cwt146.00–146.008767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614136.16/cwt130.00–142.0083642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654133.21/cwt130.00–139.0087130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719120.00/cwt120.00–120.0086311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830126.29/cwt125.00–127.001,04814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,143120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415174.00/cwt169.00–179.0072215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462184.00/cwt184.00–184.008505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535166.09/cwt163.00–171.0088924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572160.13/cwt159.00–161.0091612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622153.69/cwt144.00–170.0095615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725132.47/cwt130.00–135.0096010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2763128.97/cwt126.00–132.0098410
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36095.60/cwt91.00–98.001,3003
Bulls——1,906107.76/cwt103.00–111.002,0547
Bulls——1,990122.36/cwt114.00–129.002,4354
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84551.05/cwt50.00–52.004312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11368.11/cwt65.00–71.007583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23878.80/cwt76.00–81.009762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24869.48/cwt69.00–70.008672
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28371.03/cwt69.00–74.009113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30074.38/cwt72.50–76.009672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34888.44/cwt86.00–91.001,1923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37479.71/cwt78.00–81.001,0957
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59584.34/cwt83.00–86.001,3455
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,000985.00/cwt985.00–985.009,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3421,314.04/cwt1,035.00–1,450.0017,6348
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890660.00/cwt660.00–660.005,8741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0861,001.00/cwt885.00–1,125.0010,8715
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,191990.03/cwt920.00–1,250.0011,79114

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.