Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2026-01-31

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 31
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
268 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 462▼ 438 vs year ago 706 · −62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 44▼ 19 vs year ago 46 · −41.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 31▼ 44 vs year ago 46 · −95.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison with no sale last week due to weather. Good demand for feeder classes on a lighter supply due to extreme cold and poor road conditions.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $425.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −25.22 against this barn's trailing median of $450.22.
Average price
$425.00
4 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,431
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs KY average
−59.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2572425.002,4314thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
425.00
—
KY average1 barns · 4 hd
425.00
+0.00
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
−59.10
This barn, trailing median30 sales
450.22
−25.22
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—Low1,220155.001,8911thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,690178.503,0172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,154157.661,82011
CowsLean 85-90%Average946117.151,10810

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)1,410$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,125$1,3501thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy208740.00/cwt740.00–740.001,5392
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,8201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,1841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,3031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787355.50/cwt355.50–355.502,79870
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2980312.50/cwt312.50–312.503,0631
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,147274.00/cwt274.00–274.003,14346
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4361
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6652
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411429.77/cwt410.00–440.001,7664
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0843
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0791
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added886307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,72060
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,156254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,93648
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3230385.00/cwt385.00–385.008861
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2250550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,3751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy355540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9172
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2357500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468413.90/cwt410.00–420.001,9375
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1402
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,220155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,8911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87885.99/cwt84.00–90.007553
Cows—Lean 85-90%924130.87/cwt127.00–135.001,2094
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,085181.15/cwt170.00–192.001,9652
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144162.97/cwt154.00–168.001,8646
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220142.08/cwt140.00–144.001,7332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3481
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,8061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,2301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1251,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4102,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.