Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-08-02

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 2
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
853 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 943▲ 382 vs year ago 471 · +81.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 47▲ 6 vs year ago 54 · +11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 38▲ 75 vs year ago 26 · +288.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the feeder market was stronger with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher with a good supply and good demand for weaned calves. Yearling steers appeared stronger as well but with limited head to head comparisons. Cooler weather conditions has helped to increase the premiums buyers are willing to pay for high quality calves, however the discount or price difference for plainer or off colored calves is getting wider. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $372.33/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −77.89 against this barn's trailing median of $450.22.
Average price
$372.33
14 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$384
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$45.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.58
vs KY average
−9.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550375.592,06713thin
Medium and Large 2510330.001,6831thin
One grade step is worth $45.59/cwt here — about $384 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 sale14 hd
372.33
—
KY average24 barns · 470 hd
381.91
−9.58
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−9.35
This barn, trailing median30 sales
450.22
−77.89
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

30 sales
525464403342median 450.2203/0704/2506/2009/1210/31
Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.01, low $356.50, median $450.22 across 30 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—Average1,655190.363,15113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,542172.112,6546thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,169163.731,91427
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,007142.691,43720
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,443164.112,3682thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,091147.961,61412
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,105200.002,2101thin

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)1,246$2,4796
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,261$2,4365
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,218$2,0083thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,007$1,70314
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)760$1,4501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)710$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$2,95814
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,270$2,5317

Every lot

126 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,1061
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335455.79/cwt450.00–460.001,52713
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377434.13/cwt410.00–455.001,6376
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423415.20/cwt410.00–422.501,75611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479363.04/cwt360.00–367.501,7394
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed480427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,0521
Steers450–500Large 1-2486354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,7206
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488376.36/cwt372.50–392.501,8375
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529361.30/cwt355.00–375.001,9116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568401.28/cwt400.00–402.502,2794
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570369.91/cwt360.00–375.002,1083
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623351.62/cwt345.00–360.002,1913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,3076
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672332.39/cwt325.00–347.502,2345
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,4114
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745359.68/cwt350.00–361.002,68056
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2651
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,67666
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860337.74/cwt321.00–341.502,90561
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,160270.11/cwt266.00–273.753,13395
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2213424.82/cwt410.00–440.009052
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2268404.52/cwt400.00–412.001,0845
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1031
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334397.71/cwt395.00–410.001,3289
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,2541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375399.38/cwt387.50–405.001,49810
Heifers350–400Large 1-2390360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410398.35/cwt397.50–400.001,6333
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2420310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421384.60/cwt375.00–392.501,61912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5992
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4841
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476364.81/cwt355.00–374.001,7368
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483341.66/cwt330.00–350.001,65013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,85311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519356.54/cwt350.00–365.001,85015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519324.95/cwt320.00–330.001,6864
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6962
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554351.40/cwt338.00–359.001,94724
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy570267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576315.84/cwt309.00–330.001,8194
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617300.49/cwt293.00–314.001,8545
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8164
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open655307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667291.17/cwt280.00–299.001,9429
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726276.97/cwt270.00–280.002,0115
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added798298.56/cwt298.50–303.002,38368
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0531
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added956273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,61556
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,055230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls41 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2180525.00/cwt525.00–525.009452
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2210475.00/cwt475.00–475.009982
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy215510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,0971
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy261490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2793
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1061
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2288425.03/cwt420.00–435.001,2243
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320385.63/cwt375.00–395.001,2342
Bulls300–350Medium 1-2325385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2511
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2336400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3447
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340450.11/cwt445.00–452.501,5303
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365441.20/cwt440.00–445.001,6104
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4631
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2395413.75/cwt410.00–417.501,6342
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418419.69/cwt417.50–420.001,7548
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3861
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435398.33/cwt395.00–400.001,7333
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435361.74/cwt357.50–367.501,5743
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3452325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466383.63/cwt377.50–397.501,7884
Bulls450–500Medium 1-2468337.54/cwt330.00–345.001,5802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy480351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,6851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483361.51/cwt350.00–370.001,74612
Bulls500–550Large 1-2510322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6451
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523306.63/cwt297.50–315.001,6042
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524342.79/cwt332.00–350.001,79615
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy563367.44/cwt362.50–370.002,0696
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2569334.40/cwt322.50–347.501,90311
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571308.28/cwt305.00–310.001,7603
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy605345.16/cwt340.00–355.002,0887
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629322.22/cwt316.00–334.002,0275
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8041
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy658326.98/cwt318.00–332.502,1524
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9321
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705284.18/cwt275.00–295.002,0033
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy710307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,1801
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1142
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815254.66/cwt250.00–264.002,0754
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fancy830280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3241
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy905170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5391
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,105200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,2101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,397169.96/cwt160.00–177.002,3743
Bulls——1,655201.54/cwt200.00–203.003,3354
Bulls——1,713210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,5972
Bulls——1,820184.67/cwt180.00–190.003,3614
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%978139.27/cwt130.00–146.001,36210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003122.09/cwt120.00–125.001,2253
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,051156.40/cwt150.00–164.001,6447
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153162.63/cwt154.00–168.001,87521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168172.31/cwt170.00–177.002,0135
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418162.66/cwt161.00–164.002,3072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,515144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,1821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,604176.83/cwt170.00–184.002,8364
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,66011
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,0681
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,443164.11/cwt163.00–165.002,3682
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27601,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29521,610.03/head1,550.00–1,625.001,6105
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0371,754.63/head1,750.00–1,800.001,7559
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2182,008.07/head1,975.00–2,050.002,0083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2462,479.41/head2,450.00–2,600.002,4796
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2612,436.00/head2,300.00–2,625.002,4365
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1203,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2143,050.03/head2,750.00–3,250.003,0506
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2452,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,531.11/head2,300.00–2,700.002,5317
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2962,934.69/head2,750.00–3,300.002,9356
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27101,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.