Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2024-03-23

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Mar 23
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
715 head
▼ 310 vs last sale 1,025▼ 216 vs year ago 931 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 136▼ 3 vs year ago 134 · −2.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 127▲ 6 vs year ago 57 · +10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mostly steady on an average quality offering. Today the average feeder cattle prices ranged from 4.00 higher to 4.00 lower as calf quality and dollars per head squeezed the price premiums buyers were willing to pay today. There was a good supply of new crop calves and buyers were active and premiums were seen in spots. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.23/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −137.45 against this barn's trailing median of $386.68.
Average price
$249.23
67 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$503
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$82.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.54
vs KY average
−27.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552257.631,42250
Medium and Large 2561227.611,27616thin
Medium and Large 2-3525175.009191thin
One grade step is worth $82.63/cwt here — about $503 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale67 hd
249.23
—
KY average25 barns · 1,550 hd
259.77
−10.54
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−27.99
This barn, trailing median34 sales
386.68
−137.45
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 500–600 lb

34 sales
446402357313median 386.6803/0705/0207/1109/0510/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.00, low $327.00, median $386.68 across 34 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—High1,731143.862,49026
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,520123.051,87017
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,186118.831,40956
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02096.7598732
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,079160.601,7334thin
SteersSelectAverage1,074185.701,9946thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,151$1,6503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,199$1,47715
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$1,1232thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$1,1052thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)880$1,3335
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)764$1,1694thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,400$2,0501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,178$1,7506
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,373$1,9272thin

Every lot

124 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240335.00/cwt335.00–335.008041
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285337.50/cwt337.50–337.509621
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318357.51/cwt350.00–367.501,1373
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1891
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2092
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423332.75/cwt320.00–340.001,4085
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432312.52/cwt305.00–317.501,35010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475348.20/cwt340.00–360.001,6548
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475288.70/cwt287.50–290.001,3712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485334.59/cwt320.00–338.001,62312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520305.84/cwt302.50–310.001,5903
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533316.67/cwt315.00–326.001,68815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542294.39/cwt277.50–297.501,5966
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577296.96/cwt285.00–300.001,7138
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620293.57/cwt290.00–301.001,82015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630277.51/cwt270.00–282.501,7483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635253.73/cwt252.50–255.001,6112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665277.23/cwt275.00–280.001,8449
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6661
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8226
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,90310
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725247.12/cwt242.00–254.001,7926
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763241.15/cwt235.00–247.501,8402
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8953
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870214.95/cwt210.00–220.001,8703
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2923208.05/cwt204.00–210.001,9203
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2964198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,9146
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2990190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2211300.00/cwt300.00–300.006333
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2243291.19/cwt285.00–297.507082
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245314.00/cwt314.00–314.007691
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260315.98/cwt315.00–317.008222
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278263.17/cwt250.00–270.007323
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313298.74/cwt295.00–300.009354
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy316326.68/cwt317.50–330.001,03214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2352289.95/cwt280.00–295.001,0213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370317.44/cwt310.00–325.001,17521
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385286.75/cwt280.00–290.001,1043
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395250.00/cwt250.00–250.009881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3402230.00/cwt230.00–230.009252
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418295.74/cwt294.00–297.501,2362
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428286.59/cwt275.00–290.001,22712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432266.24/cwt250.00–272.501,1507
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470217.50/cwt200.00–230.001,0224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474275.92/cwt262.50–280.001,30827
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475293.30/cwt282.50–296.001,39315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482256.51/cwt250.00–260.001,2368
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519277.46/cwt272.00–278.001,44011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520257.95/cwt250.00–268.001,34115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525175.00/cwt175.00–175.009191
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530229.87/cwt220.00–240.001,2183
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566230.18/cwt220.00–235.001,30312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587248.34/cwt237.50–257.501,45824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy590190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617230.66/cwt220.00–235.001,4238
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619241.38/cwt240.00–245.001,4947
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636209.46/cwt195.00–215.001,3325
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3401
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2251
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6391
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770213.32/cwt210.00–215.001,6433
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3431
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915172.47/cwt167.50–177.501,5782
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,4451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2215370.00/cwt370.00–370.007961
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220300.23/cwt295.00–305.006612
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3260280.00/cwt280.00–280.007281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2271362.50/cwt362.50–362.509823
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2292332.50/cwt332.50–332.509712
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy308354.28/cwt350.00–370.001,0915
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2322341.23/cwt330.00–347.501,0998
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2337295.45/cwt285.00–305.009965
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370336.08/cwt330.00–342.501,2432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370282.73/cwt275.00–292.501,0463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379312.98/cwt300.00–320.001,1865
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413336.35/cwt334.00–348.001,3896
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415293.16/cwt280.00–306.001,2172
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426324.72/cwt316.00–328.001,38319
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475308.44/cwt295.00–315.001,46521
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy483323.59/cwt320.00–325.001,56310
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489279.21/cwt275.00–290.001,3657
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy503316.67/cwt315.00–320.001,5933
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519294.65/cwt285.00–305.001,52911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2543258.71/cwt250.00–267.501,4052
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570249.93/cwt240.00–262.501,4254
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577276.76/cwt270.00–290.001,5976
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3461
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2628274.39/cwt262.50–280.001,7239
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673229.17/cwt227.50–230.001,5423
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2674257.67/cwt253.00–265.001,7375
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2724231.10/cwt222.50–236.001,6734
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780211.51/cwt210.00–213.001,6502
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2850192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,6361
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2870170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4791
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,048168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,7613
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select1,074185.70/cwt177.00–190.501,9946
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,079160.60/cwt155.00–165.001,7334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,681137.25/cwt130.00–144.002,30715
Bulls——1,798152.88/cwt145.00–160.002,74911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90875.39/cwt70.00–85.006856
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031107.05/cwt102.00–118.001,10413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06096.32/cwt90.00–100.001,02113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171114.91/cwt105.00–120.001,34639
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220127.82/cwt122.00–140.001,55917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,364115.91/cwt112.00–118.001,5815
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,585126.03/cwt120.00–143.001,99812
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1781,749.68/head1,350.00–2,225.001,7506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4002,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2670850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2720800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27951,275.68/head1,150.00–1,425.001,2763
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29201,465.73/head1,175.00–1,625.001,4664
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3731,926.78/head1,675.00–2,150.001,9272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2685875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29201,122.69/head1,100.00–1,150.001,1232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,335.00/head1,335.00–1,335.001,3351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1511,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1991,477.03/head1,225.00–1,800.001,47715

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.