Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-07-12

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 12
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
960 head
▲ 421 vs last sale 539▲ 235 vs year ago 725 · +32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 41▼ 38 vs year ago 118 · −32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 53▲ 20 vs year ago 34 · +58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market being closed last week for the 4th of July holiday. However buyers were active today and showed good demand for weaned and harder conditioned calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.31/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −53.37 against this barn's trailing median of $386.68.
Average price
$333.31
113 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$68.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.42
vs KY average
−8.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537338.371,81696
Medium and Large 2551306.911,69016thin
Medium and Large 2-3505270.001,3641thin
One grade step is worth $68.37/cwt here — about $453 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale113 hd
333.31
—
KY average25 barns · 1,423 hd
337.73
−4.42
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−8.22
This barn, trailing median34 sales
386.68
−53.37
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—Average1,561194.023,0299thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,498163.562,44916
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,176161.881,90315
CowsLean 85-90%Low992140.811,39631
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,185154.001,8251thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Very Low753100.007532thin

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)1,064$2,3413thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,117$2,2636
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,9751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,9462thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)830$1,4751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)820$1,9253thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)675$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,281$3,01812
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)905$2,6001thin

Every lot

130 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220410.00/cwt410.00–410.009022
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268364.04/cwt357.50–370.009762
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375443.11/cwt440.00–460.001,6626
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380417.53/cwt415.00–420.001,5872
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2397370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4692
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423375.09/cwt370.00–380.001,5872
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy469413.99/cwt412.50–415.001,94213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471385.07/cwt380.00–395.001,81411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474358.97/cwt350.00–370.001,7026
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528380.48/cwt372.50–385.002,0096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532357.56/cwt355.00–362.501,9023
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7724
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3542300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6262
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565348.80/cwt340.00–360.001,97115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2607312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8972
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611370.33/cwt355.00–372.502,2638
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619335.76/cwt325.00–340.002,0786
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659314.69/cwt307.50–320.002,0748
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708323.41/cwt310.00–330.002,2903
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added751350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,62968
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778315.65/cwt310.00–320.002,45618
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2911
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,73863
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,068255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,7235
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2195410.00/cwt410.00–410.008001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220375.00/cwt375.00–375.008251
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2221405.00/cwt405.00–405.008953
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265360.00/cwt360.00–360.009541
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3268345.79/cwt345.00–347.509273
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278381.90/cwt380.00–400.001,06211
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323325.23/cwt315.00–335.001,0502
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326363.16/cwt350.00–370.001,1843
Heifers350–400Large 1-2360315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1341
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368367.57/cwt355.00–375.001,35312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374396.51/cwt390.00–400.001,48315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412375.21/cwt365.00–382.501,54614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3423306.77/cwt300.00–320.001,2983
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6797
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430356.43/cwt355.00–360.001,5337
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458380.71/cwt380.00–385.001,7447
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3468311.44/cwt310.00–313.001,4582
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476340.42/cwt330.00–345.001,62013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478366.03/cwt350.00–372.501,75028
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517359.71/cwt350.00–367.501,86030
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520318.44/cwt300.00–325.001,6566
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532335.43/cwt330.00–347.501,78438
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy545305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562330.60/cwt325.00–345.001,85810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567313.81/cwt305.00–320.001,77917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,70710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2604296.37/cwt295.00–307.501,79013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open609320.19/cwt317.50–323.001,95013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2646255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6473
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670273.37/cwt267.50–277.501,8325
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6621
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open718300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1544
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723258.29/cwt250.00–275.001,8673
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added961266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,55655
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2185430.00/cwt430.00–430.007961
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2218369.66/cwt360.00–380.008062
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3220350.00/cwt350.00–350.007701
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2243398.39/cwt395.00–400.009683
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275359.30/cwt350.00–370.009883
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3295335.00/cwt335.00–335.009881
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2309371.04/cwt360.00–375.001,1477
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315389.40/cwt380.00–400.001,2278
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3320322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,0321
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370384.33/cwt380.00–390.001,42217
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2421389.81/cwt380.00–400.001,64114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430328.65/cwt320.00–337.501,4132
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434363.35/cwt355.00–375.001,57713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3953
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467376.90/cwt370.00–390.001,76013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478351.16/cwt340.00–365.001,67917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy490345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy511355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8143
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2511333.74/cwt325.00–345.001,7059
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519313.54/cwt300.00–320.001,6277
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575314.15/cwt309.00–325.001,8063
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8245
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2626321.01/cwt317.50–335.002,0107
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680295.08/cwt290.00–300.002,0076
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2682275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8762
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8857
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fancy775285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2091
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2785255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0021
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fancy805282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,2741
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0781
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2905219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9821
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2990198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,9601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,383209.03/cwt207.00–211.002,8912
Bulls——1,590182.36/cwt181.00–184.002,9002
Bulls——1,621192.68/cwt190.00–196.003,1235
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80297.15/cwt90.00–100.007793
Cows—Lean 85-90%955122.46/cwt120.00–125.001,1695
Cows—Lean 85-90%964142.33/cwt135.00–145.001,3729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063155.74/cwt150.00–165.001,65614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175158.11/cwt150.00–167.001,85811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178172.24/cwt169.00–174.002,0294
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415175.80/cwt170.00–180.002,4884
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525159.48/cwt150.00–164.002,43212
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%67090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009191
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29052,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1452,702.02/head2,425.00–3,050.002,7022
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1952,211.09/head1,875.00–2,550.002,2112
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3103,003.82/head2,800.00–3,200.003,0042
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3463,396.60/head2,650.00–3,650.003,3976
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-26751,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28201,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9253
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28301,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28851,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,946.27/head1,825.00–2,050.001,9462
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1172,263.03/head2,000.00–2,875.002,2636
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1532,587.15/head2,475.00–2,750.002,5872
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7811

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.