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Somerset Livestock Auction

Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, May 14

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

846 head

▲ 361 vs last sale 485▲ 260 vs year ago 586 · +44.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

155 head

▲ 90 vs last sale 65▲ 101 vs year ago 54 · +187.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

90 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 35▲ 41 vs year ago 49 · +83.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.00/cwt on 292 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −66.00 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.

Average price

$159.00

292 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$33.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.33

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	490	159.34	781	289
Small 1-2	570	126.00	718	3thin

One grade step is worth $33.34/cwt here — about $63 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale292 hd

159.00

—

KY average26 barns · 5,052 hd

152.66

+6.33

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.00

−66.00

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,681	122.93	2,067	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	91.22	1,096	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,623	90.31	1,465	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	67.78	667	20

Every lot

59 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	202.50/cwt	202.00–203.00	684	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	810	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	192.64/cwt	180.00–202.00	817	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	445	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	899	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	192.24/cwt	175.00–205.00	915	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	197.35/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,020	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,021	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	182.69/cwt	175.00–193.00	1,043	28
Steers	—	Large 1	595	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	916	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	177.33/cwt	169.00–182.00	1,075	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	159.87/cwt	159.00–162.00	983	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	162.72/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,087	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	149.41/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,080	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,200	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	132.52/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,044	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,072	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,258	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	186.35/cwt	185.00–187.00	522	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	172.31/cwt	166.00–178.00	557	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	171.46/cwt	160.00–176.50	645	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	168.93/cwt	163.00–177.00	731	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	156.10/cwt	149.00–164.00	738	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	150.97/cwt	145.00–158.00	779	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	160.91/cwt	158.00–166.00	838	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	561	155.83/cwt	155.00–159.00	874	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	144.36/cwt	130.00–155.00	810	26
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	718	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	898	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	701	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	974	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,055	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	993	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,061	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	181.57/cwt	160.00–198.00	670	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	173.14/cwt	165.00–188.00	817	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	168.74/cwt	159.00–180.00	889	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	165.42/cwt	162.00–169.00	956	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	151.42/cwt	145.00–155.00	939	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	153.55/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,026	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	129.97/cwt	119.00–140.00	923	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	118.46/cwt	117.00–125.00	939	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,017	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,590	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,606	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	111.66/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,846	3
Bulls	—	—	1,696	127.57/cwt	115.00–136.00	2,164	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	782	56.91/cwt	52.00–60.00	445	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	67.70/cwt	65.00–69.00	623	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,100	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	825	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	102.34/cwt	92.00–115.00	1,226	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	82.37/cwt	80.00–83.00	999	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	76.96/cwt	76.00–78.00	962	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	93.16/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,484	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,683	85.02/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,431	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,326	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,920	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	854.73/cwt	755.00–925.00	8,633	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,133	961.18/cwt	925.00–1,065.00	10,890	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,137	1,115.31/cwt	965.00–1,250.00	12,681	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,337	1,388.73/cwt	1,100.00–1,600.00	18,567	20

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

Sat May 14, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 846Last week 485Year ago 586

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 65Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 35Year ago 49

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	920	65.00–69.00	67.70
5	—	782	52.00–60.00	56.91
6	—	1,250	76.00–78.00	76.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,683	83.00–88.00	85.02
1	—	1,700	78.00	78.00
21	—	1,593	90.00–94.00	93.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,213	80.00–83.00	82.37
11	—	1,198	92.00–115.00	102.34
1	—	1,100	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,653	106.00–114.00	111.66
12	—	1,696	115.00–136.00	127.57
1	—	1,590	101.00	101.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	521	158.00–166.00	160.91
38	—	561	155.00–159.00	155.83
5	—	701	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	280	185.00–187.00	186.35
3	—	738	143.00	143.00
3	—	660	136.00	136.00
3	—	770	129.00	129.00
14	—	323	166.00–178.00	172.31
26	—	561	130.00–155.00	144.36
3	—	915	116.00	116.00
32	—	473	149.00–164.00	156.10
36	—	433	163.00–177.00	168.93
27	—	376	160.00–176.50	171.46
35	—	516	145.00–158.00	150.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	476	175.00–205.00	192.24
10	—	338	202.00–203.00	202.50
35	—	424	180.00–202.00	192.64
18	—	615	159.00–162.00	159.87
6	—	532	192.00	192.00
5	—	800	134.00	134.00
5	—	399	203.00	203.00
4	—	788	130.00–140.00	132.52
5	—	850	148.00	148.00
13	—	723	147.00–151.00	149.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	517	195.00–200.00	197.35
5	—	445	202.00	202.00
32	—	606	169.00–182.00	177.33
28	—	571	175.00–193.00	182.69
11	—	668	160.00–163.00	162.72
8	—	755	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	369	160.00–198.00	181.57
3	—	950	107.00	107.00
29	—	620	145.00–155.00	151.42
11	—	793	117.00–125.00	118.46
11	—	710	119.00–140.00	129.97
10	—	578	162.00–169.00	165.42
19	—	472	165.00–188.00	173.14
27	—	527	159.00–180.00	168.74
5	—	430	175.00	175.00
19	—	668	146.00–160.00	153.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,137	965.00–1,250.00	1,115.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	960	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,133	925.00–1,065.00	961.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,010	755.00–925.00	854.73

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,337	1,100.00–1,600.00	1,388.73

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.