Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-09-27

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Sep 27
● Final153 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
873 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 872▲ 549 vs year ago 324 · +169.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 101▲ 47 vs year ago 37 · +127.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 90▲ 107 vs year ago 15 · +713.3%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.64/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −45.04 against this barn's trailing median of $386.68.
Average price
$341.64
93 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,862
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$47.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.90
vs KY average
−24.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538350.641,88771
Medium and Large 2565319.381,80313thin
Medium and Large 2-3570302.791,7279thin
One grade step is worth $47.85/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale93 hd
341.64
—
KY average25 barns · 1,798 hd
362.54
−20.90
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−24.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
386.68
−45.04
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—Low1,642182.632,99910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,290151.281,95240
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,657150.392,4918thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,018127.131,29416

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,495$3,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$2,8302thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,132$2,8132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,198$2,77910
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,286$2,6195
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,389$2,5746
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,216$2,4657
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,440$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,196$2,4378
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)978$2,2663thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)973$3,47514
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)938$3,4215
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,360$2,3251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,490$3,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,403$3,37516
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,350$2,9935
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,355$2,7001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,080$3,1501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)815$2,5001thin

Every lot

153 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,1631
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3231
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330452.84/cwt445.00–460.001,4942
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy338472.33/cwt465.00–480.001,5962
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375447.88/cwt445.00–455.001,6805
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5992
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3391368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,4393
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9531
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438414.32/cwt400.00–420.001,8157
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473447.57/cwt435.00–460.002,1172
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484409.65/cwt400.00–420.001,98314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485387.53/cwt385.00–390.001,8802
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6171
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509381.73/cwt375.00–390.001,9436
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522398.68/cwt398.00–400.002,08112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551375.00/cwt370.00–380.002,0666
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624353.68/cwt345.00–360.002,2074
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660354.63/cwt352.50–360.002,3417
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2241
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709359.76/cwt359.00–360.002,55117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3737268.37/cwt265.00–270.001,9783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5161
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779341.20/cwt330.00–345.002,6584
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2856319.95/cwt310.00–325.002,7393
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added858346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,96921
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,9121
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,041313.00/cwt313.00–313.003,25849
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200425.00/cwt425.00–425.008501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy212450.00/cwt450.00–450.009542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280402.46/cwt400.00–405.001,1272
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2304351.25/cwt345.00–355.001,0684
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2320305.00/cwt305.00–305.009761
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3122
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328369.56/cwt360.00–382.501,2128
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367370.93/cwt365.00–380.001,36117
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy384395.88/cwt390.00–400.001,5205
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3384323.80/cwt320.00–335.001,2435
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387354.06/cwt350.00–355.001,3705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3418309.82/cwt300.00–320.001,2952
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423332.55/cwt330.00–337.501,4078
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy428388.10/cwt380.00–390.001,66114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435351.04/cwt345.00–367.501,52717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473307.22/cwt300.00–315.001,4532
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477347.89/cwt340.00–360.001,65931
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy479370.73/cwt370.00–372.001,77616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519323.78/cwt320.00–325.001,6804
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520367.09/cwt364.00–375.001,90921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528346.59/cwt335.00–355.001,83029
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3543292.53/cwt285.00–300.001,5882
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570339.79/cwt325.00–350.001,93721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578305.72/cwt300.00–310.001,7677
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585317.42/cwt315.00–320.001,8579
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618282.45/cwt280.00–285.001,7462
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622307.13/cwt300.00–327.501,9104
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623342.70/cwt340.00–347.502,13512
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7692
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,39487
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2701290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0333
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9441
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3768247.56/cwt245.00–250.001,9012
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3833237.39/cwt225.00–250.001,9772
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added966294.25/cwt294.25–294.252,84253
Feeder Cattle · Bulls41 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2187540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,0102
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,1141
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy230558.48/cwt555.00–560.001,2853
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250585.00/cwt580.00–590.001,4632
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278446.52/cwt440.00–450.001,2413
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325465.94/cwt460.00–475.001,5146
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1541
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2328380.05/cwt370.00–385.001,2473
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3671
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy367440.03/cwt425.00–465.001,61513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3418326.45/cwt320.00–340.001,3653
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424420.73/cwt400.00–445.001,78420
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2434376.80/cwt370.00–395.001,63531
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471386.20/cwt370.00–395.001,81915
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477403.64/cwt401.00–410.001,9256
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479353.86/cwt350.00–360.001,6959
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3482323.97/cwt315.00–335.001,5625
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy518389.43/cwt385.00–400.002,0179
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518333.11/cwt320.00–345.001,7268
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525358.77/cwt350.00–372.501,88414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6011
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3566302.21/cwt300.00–315.001,7117
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy571370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1133
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572343.17/cwt335.00–358.001,96316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575324.95/cwt320.00–330.001,8684
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8151
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3614276.38/cwt270.00–285.001,6974
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623336.87/cwt332.50–345.002,0998
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3650295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9181
Bulls650–700Large 1-2660235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5511
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675322.53/cwt315.00–330.002,1774
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3723272.51/cwt270.00–275.001,9702
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2729292.40/cwt290.00–300.002,1324
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3775250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9381
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,1401
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2895245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1931
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2905245.01/cwt242.50–247.502,2172
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,040187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,9501
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9981
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3618310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9167
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7551
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,428170.78/cwt160.00–175.002,4394
Bulls——1,740201.55/cwt200.00–203.003,5072
Bulls——1,808185.01/cwt180.00–190.003,3454
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%835104.34/cwt100.00–110.008712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025121.92/cwt118.00–125.001,2507
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048134.67/cwt130.00–139.001,4116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221143.71/cwt138.00–148.001,75514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265163.15/cwt161.00–165.002,0645
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,342153.50/cwt150.00–160.002,06021
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,651150.88/cwt150.00–154.002,4917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,695147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,4921
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3602,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29782,265.50/head2,050.00–2,550.002,2663
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29852,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1322,813.30/head2,100.00–3,500.002,8132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1962,436.62/head1,800.00–2,850.002,4378
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1982,778.53/head2,550.00–3,000.002,77910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,830.10/head2,650.00–3,000.002,8302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2162,464.88/head2,150.00–2,800.002,4657
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2862,619.36/head1,950.00–3,100.002,6195
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3892,574.05/head2,150.00–3,000.002,5746
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4402,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4953,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29383,420.92/head3,300.00–3,600.003,4215
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29733,474.91/head3,000.00–3,750.003,47514
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,414.71/head2,025.00–2,750.002,4152
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3973,449.80/head2,900.00–3,600.003,45013
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4303,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4903,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5253,792.62/head3,650.00–3,950.003,7932
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28152,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2898183.89/cwt182.50–185.001,6512
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0803,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501

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.