Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-10-18

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 18
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
693 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 704▼ 339 vs year ago 1,032 · −32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 109▼ 66 vs year ago 164 · −40.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 80▲ 7 vs year ago 84 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder and Yearling steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.76/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 13 of 34 comparable sales and sits −35.92 against this barn's trailing median of $386.68.
Average price
$350.76
41 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.83
vs KY average
−47.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536353.961,89638
Medium and Large 2-3540310.251,6753thin
One grade step is worth $43.71/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale41 hd
350.76
—
KY average26 barns · 1,458 hd
368.59
−17.83
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−47.10
This barn, trailing median34 sales
386.68
−35.92
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—Low1,591189.083,00718
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,613165.342,6676thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,299158.652,06235
CowsLean 85-90%High1,013136.001,37850

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)1,332$2,3153thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,135$2,2435
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,156$1,99519
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,242$1,9225
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,099$1,8276
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,081$1,64416
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,044$1,6013thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)950$2,1251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)904$1,94612
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,290$3,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,332$2,9005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,285$2,3397

Every lot

115 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 1-2Fancy245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325357.15/cwt350.00–365.001,1612
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5681
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy373461.34/cwt445.00–500.001,7214
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385397.41/cwt395.00–400.001,5306
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424451.68/cwt425.00–475.001,91510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473419.98/cwt410.00–450.001,98716
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486386.10/cwt380.00–400.001,8764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520401.42/cwt390.00–420.002,08734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577395.17/cwt387.50–420.002,28016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590372.01/cwt355.00–375.002,19518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1863
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666363.19/cwt355.00–380.002,4193
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1762
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,61313
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4031
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2892328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,92611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,7121
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3945280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,6461
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3975280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,7301
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,005321.50/cwt321.50–321.503,23152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy205400.00/cwt400.00–400.008201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265430.13/cwt420.00–440.001,1406
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324364.31/cwt350.00–370.001,1807
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy368420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5465
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373362.50/cwt350.00–370.001,35213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3377335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3282
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425385.53/cwt380.00–400.001,63919
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431361.38/cwt350.00–370.001,55812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3467326.12/cwt300.00–340.001,5238
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476365.66/cwt350.00–372.501,74112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy491385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,89014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520310.38/cwt300.00–320.001,6142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527362.18/cwt350.00–385.001,90921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528335.79/cwt330.00–344.001,7736
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555335.96/cwt330.00–340.001,8655
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558358.35/cwt350.00–370.002,0006
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607316.88/cwt310.00–330.001,92312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0983
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6881
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3659267.82/cwt265.00–300.001,76513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694326.59/cwt310.00–328.002,26712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1862
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1704
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4957
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3830200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6601
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2681
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added845321.75/cwt321.75–321.752,71961
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3855250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1381
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890298.07/cwt290.00–300.002,6535
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy240471.93/cwt445.00–500.001,1332
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295445.00/cwt430.00–460.001,3132
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3305350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315444.64/cwt420.00–480.001,4014
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2964
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3360345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2421
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2366399.34/cwt397.50–400.001,4624
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy377428.78/cwt420.00–435.001,6175
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423424.81/cwt415.00–445.001,79711
Bulls400–450Small 1-2425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3603
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430393.93/cwt370.00–400.001,6945
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3463327.22/cwt300.00–365.001,5156
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482386.87/cwt370.00–393.001,86522
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3503322.61/cwt300.00–345.001,6232
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy513380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9498
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530359.42/cwt350.00–365.001,9057
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0061
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3584330.87/cwt305.00–342.501,9326
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3611274.01/cwt270.00–280.001,6745
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy612360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2032
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617333.45/cwt325.00–345.002,0579
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671328.70/cwt320.00–336.002,2069
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3686267.08/cwt250.00–310.001,8324
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3730270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9711
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2739299.42/cwt285.00–304.002,2137
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3761273.28/cwt270.00–280.002,0803
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765295.25/cwt291.00–312.502,2595
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,1121
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3975215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0961
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,391174.58/cwt163.00–184.002,4284
Bulls——1,525201.00/cwt201.00–201.003,0652
Bulls——1,668191.92/cwt187.00–195.003,20112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%982129.61/cwt120.00–135.001,27321
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031104.94/cwt100.00–115.001,0825
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034144.09/cwt140.00–151.001,49018
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046160.00/cwt154.00–170.001,6746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,289146.63/cwt140.00–153.001,8907
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298163.88/cwt155.00–180.002,12726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355132.74/cwt130.00–135.001,7992
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,613165.34/cwt157.00–177.002,6676
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-28451,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Small 1-29351,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0971,679.74/head1,425.00–2,000.001,68015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0981,576.08/head1,550.00–1,600.001,5762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0991,826.54/head1,650.00–2,300.001,8276
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,242.95/head1,800.00–2,750.002,2435
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1561,995.03/head1,600.00–2,450.001,99519
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2421,922.38/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9225
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3322,314.61/head2,125.00–2,500.002,3153
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2812,775.22/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,338.50/head2,300.00–2,550.002,3397
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2903,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5353,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29041,946.43/head1,800.00–2,150.001,94612
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29502,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,109194.91/cwt174.00–245.002,1627

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.