Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-01-25

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 25
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
627 head
▼ 993 vs last sale 1,620▼ 976 vs year ago 1,603 · −60.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 95▼ 89 vs year ago 158 · −56.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 26▲ 6 vs year ago 36 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Good quality feeder steers 650 lbs and under were 3.00 to 6.00 higher or greater in spots with strong demand, while the yearling steers were mostly steady. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher across the weight breaks with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady 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 $291.34/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −95.34 against this barn's trailing median of $386.68.
Average price
$291.34
145 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$331
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$44.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.74
vs KY average
−13.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564293.821,658137
Medium and Large 2533248.851,3278thin
One grade step is worth $44.97/cwt here — about $331 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale145 hd
291.34
—
KY average25 barns · 1,540 hd
280.60
+10.74
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
−13.08
This barn, trailing median34 sales
386.68
−95.34
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—High1,546156.672,42311
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,461143.262,09411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,240138.411,71622
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,041126.171,31324

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,273$1,9775
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,197$1,8273thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,055$1,5502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)925$1,2501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)965$1,6501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)875$1,6501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,238$2,1902thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,010$1,5001thin

Every lot

110 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2195375.00/cwt375.00–375.007311
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255365.00/cwt365.00–365.009311
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,1871
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1671
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4483
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2151
Steers400–450Medium 1-2415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420315.00/cwt300.00–330.001,3232
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6792
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461349.57/cwt339.00–357.501,6129
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4043
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy471371.76/cwt367.50–377.501,7519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523316.75/cwt305.00–325.001,65741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542336.29/cwt332.50–337.501,8238
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555327.06/cwt320.00–334.001,8152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573304.80/cwt290.00–312.001,7474
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580274.16/cwt272.50–275.001,5903
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617306.17/cwt295.00–315.001,88912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618278.78/cwt272.50–285.001,7232
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9746
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679267.51/cwt265.00–270.001,8164
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680241.93/cwt230.00–250.001,6453
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732260.52/cwt250.00–265.001,9076
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added734272.02/cwt271.50–280.001,99732
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772252.81/cwt250.00–257.501,9523
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added786264.56/cwt264.50–265.002,07935
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8291
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2863220.84/cwt220.00–222.501,9063
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1971
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,021210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2190345.00/cwt345.00–345.006562
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008552
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295272.50/cwt272.50–272.508041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333330.06/cwt327.50–332.501,0992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0222
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340285.00/cwt285.00–285.009691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366298.81/cwt290.00–305.001,0944
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375329.12/cwt320.00–339.001,2344
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380272.20/cwt265.00–280.001,0342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400297.50/cwt287.50–305.001,1903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433275.03/cwt270.00–280.001,1912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472265.11/cwt255.00–275.001,2514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476285.49/cwt280.00–292.001,35912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy479297.50/cwt295.00–301.001,42513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520257.62/cwt253.00–270.001,3406
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,54613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527279.69/cwt267.50–285.001,47419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573222.53/cwt215.00–230.001,2752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575264.37/cwt257.50–277.501,5209
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576299.22/cwt282.50–300.001,72496
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open615267.62/cwt265.00–270.001,64617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624248.56/cwt240.00–260.001,5515
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683231.13/cwt227.50–240.001,57911
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708231.25/cwt230.00–232.501,6372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open726245.66/cwt240.00–248.001,7837
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open759244.76/cwt240.00–246.001,85825
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open861226.67/cwt220.00–230.001,9526
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8251
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2900140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2601
Heifers900–950Large 1-2940160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2297300.00/cwt300.00–300.008912
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2300347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,0431
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0481
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368301.24/cwt300.00–302.501,1092
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386318.16/cwt312.50–320.001,2284
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424355.97/cwt354.00–360.001,5099
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434301.84/cwt294.00–310.001,3104
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2442342.57/cwt327.50–347.501,5146
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy476335.81/cwt330.00–345.001,5985
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476314.45/cwt305.00–325.001,4976
Bulls450–500Large 1-2480290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3921
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2611
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5042
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525310.09/cwt300.00–315.001,62810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563269.25/cwt265.00–277.501,5169
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582293.42/cwt287.50–305.001,70811
Bulls550–600Large 1-2595255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5171
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4642
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5511
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671257.31/cwt245.00–265.001,7274
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768229.50/cwt229.00–230.001,7632
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2838218.76/cwt217.50–220.001,8332
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2870162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4141
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,9241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,305158.89/cwt152.00–163.002,0744
Bulls——1,430141.23/cwt140.00–144.002,0204
Bulls——2,023174.31/cwt168.00–180.003,5263
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85891.43/cwt80.00–100.007842
Cows—Lean 85-90%935112.02/cwt110.00–116.001,0473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056135.40/cwt130.00–140.001,43013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,122124.84/cwt120.00–129.001,4016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205136.58/cwt132.00–143.001,64611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252153.84/cwt148.00–162.501,9266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302123.92/cwt120.00–127.001,6135
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,331149.95/cwt145.00–159.001,9964
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,536139.43/cwt136.00–144.002,1427
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2382,189.90/head2,125.00–2,250.002,1902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9251,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1971,826.50/head1,700.00–1,925.001,8273
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2731,976.65/head1,700.00–2,200.001,9775
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28751,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29651,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

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.