Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-07-16

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 16
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
718 head
▼ 497 vs last sale 1,215▲ 148 vs year ago 570 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 75▲ 56 vs year ago 89 · +62.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 215▼ 68 vs year ago 90 · −75.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.37/cwt on 326 head.
Average price
$167.37
326 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.30
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2670167.371,122326
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 sale326 hd
167.37
—
KY average25 barns · 6,907 hd
165.07
+2.30
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—Average1,686107.781,81710
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27181.991,0429thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43880.721,16030
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04366.1469018

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,115$9103thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,355$1,38211

Every lot

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422169.37/cwt165.00–189.0071528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477184.65/cwt166.00–189.0088128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526184.07/cwt175.00–190.0096831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562175.10/cwt166.00–177.0098428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574180.82/cwt175.00–185.001,03823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609167.17/cwt165.00–181.001,01822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621180.67/cwt175.00–183.001,12224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0069
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685173.49/cwt168.00–177.501,18812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2701159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,11511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730146.33/cwt145.00–150.001,06815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776156.96/cwt155.00–159.001,21810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777153.32/cwt151.00–158.001,19118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826154.41/cwt150.00–157.001,2757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,000151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,51856
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391164.47/cwt155.00–166.0064321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408156.53/cwt150.00–165.0063926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487154.59/cwt152.00–155.0075321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527149.84/cwt135.00–158.0079015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558160.54/cwt160.00–162.0089619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573147.16/cwt138.00–158.0084338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612146.80/cwt145.00–152.0089823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676140.82/cwt135.00–152.0095229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1254
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255175.00/cwt175.00–175.004465
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433167.20/cwt165.00–175.0072414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468162.95/cwt155.00–175.0076320
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521157.73/cwt150.00–170.0082237
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573146.45/cwt135.00–154.0083925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610147.99/cwt142.00–150.0090327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2664144.41/cwt139.00–150.0095933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0215
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,627102.38/cwt100.00–108.001,6667
Bulls——1,822120.39/cwt116.00–130.002,1943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00862.97/cwt62.00–67.0063514
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05554.00/cwt54.00–54.005701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14071.22/cwt70.00–75.008124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0203
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32369.96/cwt66.00–73.009262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37690.60/cwt87.00–93.001,2475
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43585.31/cwt81.00–90.001,22413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45578.17/cwt74.00–81.001,13715
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3551,382.15/head1,195.00–1,525.001,38211
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115910.00/head910.00–910.009103

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.