Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-06-11

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 11
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,023 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 1,104▲ 245 vs year ago 778 · +31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 132▲ 51 vs year ago 94 · +54.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 94▲ 40 vs year ago 45 · +88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Yearling steers and heifers sold 3.00 higher. 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 $161.48/cwt on 497 head.
Average price
$161.48
497 head · 749 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.80
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2749161.481,209497
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 sale497 hd
161.48
—
KY average27 barns · 6,456 hd
160.67
+0.80
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—Average1,756126.852,22822
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24994.851,18425
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45287.941,27718
CowsLean 85-90%Average98972.2071413

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,174$1,16113
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,118$92012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,389$1,55917

Every lot

55 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319189.58/cwt185.00–202.0060511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387189.32/cwt185.00–200.0073316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436184.75/cwt179.00–192.0080611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477200.00/cwt200.00–200.009545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485185.96/cwt182.00–190.0090210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525179.55/cwt175.00–190.0094320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533184.28/cwt180.00–194.0098236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572171.90/cwt162.00–186.0098329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603164.26/cwt162.00–167.0099011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626174.17/cwt173.00–178.001,09023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737153.14/cwt150.00–158.001,12910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added876151.98/cwt148.25–154.751,331296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added900135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,020128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3066
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2211161.04/cwt150.00–180.003409
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288176.00/cwt176.00–176.005077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310169.00/cwt169.00–169.005243
Heifers—Small 1-2375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386165.16/cwt155.00–173.0063830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400169.00/cwt169.00–169.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430156.72/cwt142.00–167.0067427
Heifers—Small 1-2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471161.06/cwt155.00–166.0075949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525158.19/cwt156.00–160.0083030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534151.50/cwt146.00–154.0080915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573151.91/cwt151.00–153.0087020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579145.69/cwt139.00–148.0084436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008701
Heifers—Large 1615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669133.08/cwt125.00–140.0089013
Heifers—Small 1-2740117.00/cwt117.00–117.008661
Heifers—Large 1752118.50/cwt118.50–118.508912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2782128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,00112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371173.92/cwt172.50–175.006459
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2409171.46/cwt170.00–188.0070120
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485170.96/cwt169.00–173.0082910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514161.66/cwt155.00–170.0083125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573158.45/cwt151.00–168.0090821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2632149.66/cwt139.00–159.0094613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663149.22/cwt135.00–152.009896
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2836134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2895115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,464116.82/cwt110.00–119.001,7104
Bulls——1,821129.08/cwt121.00–132.502,35118
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95368.29/cwt67.00–75.006519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07181.01/cwt76.00–82.508684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21197.84/cwt91.00–107.001,18519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36885.39/cwt83.50–88.001,1686
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41491.51/cwt88.00–95.001,29410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50083.47/cwt83.00–84.001,2528
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3891,558.97/head1,375.00–1,735.001,55917
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,118919.66/head900.00–975.0092012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1741,161.36/head1,075.00–1,200.001,16113

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.