Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-05-17

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, May 17
● Final146 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
666 head
▼ 247 vs last sale 913▼ 136 vs year ago 802 · −17.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 73▼ 40 vs year ago 116 · −34.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 89▲ 28 vs year ago 32 · +87.5%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.96/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −69.71 against this barn's trailing median of $386.68.
Average price
$316.96
57 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$58.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.13
vs KY average
−22.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537326.791,75342
Medium and Large 2563292.641,64813thin
Medium and Large 2-3523268.701,4052thin
One grade step is worth $58.09/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale57 hd
316.96
—
KY average26 barns · 1,826 hd
334.09
−17.13
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−22.92
This barn, trailing median34 sales
386.68
−69.71
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—Average1,457182.472,65915
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,504160.552,41412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,154157.461,81629
CowsLean 85-90%High1,009135.341,36615
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,950151.482,9542thin

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)1,175$2,6533thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,277$2,1388
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,258$2,0475
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,180$1,9751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,8802thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,7851thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)910$1,7843thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)733$1,6882thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$1,6501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)845$1,5001thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,450$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,650$3,7751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,272$3,7502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,195$2,8565
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)720$1,8001thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)802$2,1243thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,020$2,1751thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)765$2,1251thin

Every lot

146 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 1-2165525.00/cwt525.00–525.008661
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2962
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3862
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2339403.96/cwt400.00–420.001,3695
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,4674
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380439.61/cwt430.00–450.001,6712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5791
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431398.82/cwt394.00–415.001,7199
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486376.94/cwt367.50–385.001,8324
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0201
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522370.36/cwt360.00–375.001,93315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530321.75/cwt315.00–325.001,7056
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540260.00/cwt250.00–270.001,4042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574341.21/cwt335.00–350.001,9596
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590314.15/cwt307.50–320.001,8533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609339.35/cwt332.50–352.502,0678
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7081
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8951
Steers650–700Large 1670315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672339.60/cwt339.00–340.002,2825
Steers650–700Large 3675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,3541
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2501
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3825200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6501
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4901
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,029254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,61452
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,101239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,63153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers47 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy205475.00/cwt475.00–475.009741
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,0983
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270350.00/cwt350.00–350.009451
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270285.00/cwt285.00–285.007701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy313416.38/cwt400.00–432.001,3032
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315377.50/cwt370.00–385.001,1892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333358.18/cwt350.00–365.001,1933
Heifers300–350Large 1335335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0871
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367382.57/cwt375.00–390.001,40424
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375234.73/cwt225.00–245.008802
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Full380325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382354.96/cwt350.00–360.001,3563
Heifers400–450Medium 2-3415202.44/cwt200.00–205.008402
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424334.91/cwt320.00–345.001,42013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428355.44/cwt350.00–370.001,52116
Heifers400–450Large 1440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy453357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6193
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469316.73/cwt300.00–320.001,4856
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475339.47/cwt330.00–350.001,61222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510307.34/cwt300.00–312.001,5673
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8109
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523268.70/cwt267.50–270.001,4052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531322.75/cwt320.00–340.001,71424
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568311.61/cwt300.00–320.001,7707
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579288.23/cwt285.00–295.001,66910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy580324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8792
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy610310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8911
Heifers600–650Large 1610284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,7322
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6171
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626286.35/cwt275.00–295.001,7937
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5121
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2657236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,5542
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668269.56/cwt260.00–277.501,8016
Heifers650–700Large 1675257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,7381
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6921
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723216.47/cwt200.00–225.001,5653
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy730274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,0001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775245.03/cwt240.00–250.001,8992
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added802263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,10968
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,9842
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8591
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2441
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2945212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,0081
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,031226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,33054
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,100165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2190525.00/cwt525.00–525.009981
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3300300.00/cwt300.00–300.009001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4781
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1841
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374388.64/cwt380.00–400.001,4546
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377368.94/cwt360.00–375.001,3915
Bulls350–400Medium 2-3383242.75/cwt235.00–250.009302
Bulls350–400Large 1385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415386.04/cwt375.00–390.001,6029
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433343.91/cwt320.00–350.001,48913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3472290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473346.28/cwt330.00–355.001,63811
Bulls450–500Large 1495340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6832
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511306.50/cwt300.00–317.001,5666
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515249.34/cwt237.50–260.001,2843
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525329.61/cwt320.00–345.001,73018
Bulls500–550Large 1545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9701
Bulls550–600Large 1572312.63/cwt308.00–320.001,7885
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573327.98/cwt320.00–339.001,87910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575301.67/cwt300.00–310.001,7356
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618310.08/cwt300.00–315.001,9165
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6431
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2715291.71/cwt290.00–295.002,0863
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3760282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1471
Bulls750–800Large 1760278.96/cwt275.00–281.002,1203
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2762270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0572
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3805255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0531
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0301
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2892252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,2522
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2905230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,428191.79/cwt187.00–205.002,7397
Bulls——1,470179.18/cwt174.00–186.002,6346
Bulls——1,523159.71/cwt150.00–167.002,4322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%953103.94/cwt100.00–108.009913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021133.89/cwt130.00–138.001,3675
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025149.83/cwt144.00–154.001,5367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,052124.38/cwt120.00–129.001,3083
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156149.66/cwt140.00–159.001,73010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171168.54/cwt160.00–180.001,97416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460156.11/cwt152.00–159.002,2795
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,571169.34/cwt163.00–175.002,6606
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,950151.48/cwt149.00–154.002,9542
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0552,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2723,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3323,551.02/head2,400.00–4,275.003,5513
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6503,775.00/head3,775.00–3,775.003,7751
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28022,123.75/head1,550.00–2,525.002,1243
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27331,687.88/head1,650.00–1,725.001,6882
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28451,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29101,784.07/head1,550.00–2,050.001,7843
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29601,785.00/head1,785.00–1,785.001,7851
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29701,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1401,879.61/head1,700.00–2,025.001,8802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,652.55/head2,350.00–3,250.002,6533
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2582,047.48/head1,875.00–2,350.002,0475
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2772,138.12/head1,675.00–2,450.002,1388
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27652,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0202,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751

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.