Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2026-02-07

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 7
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
695 head
▲ 427 vs last sale 268▼ 366 vs year ago 1,061 · −34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 27▼ 47 vs year ago 90 · −52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 2▼ 24 vs year ago 49 · −49.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday no trends on the feeder market due to mostly single head comparisons from the previous week, however the feeder market appeared firm with a good supply and good demand for weaned and value added groups. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady with a limited supply and good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $396.81/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 22 of 34 comparable sales and sits +10.13 against this barn's trailing median of $386.68.
Average price
$396.81
89 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$481
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$74.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.78
vs KY average
−34.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553404.042,23678
Medium and Large 2547351.471,9247thin
Large 1-2585340.001,9892thin
Medium and Large 2-3532330.001,7562thin
One grade step is worth $74.04/cwt here — about $481 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale89 hd
396.81
—
KY average15 barns · 287 hd
393.03
+3.78
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−34.73
This barn, trailing median34 sales
386.68
+10.13
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—Low1,545165.132,5513thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,166164.101,91413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,450161.672,3446thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,066138.991,48212

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,055$2,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,179$2,6225
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,118$2,2245
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,220$2,1503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,167$1,9353thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)985$1,8501thin

Every lot

111 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,2422
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1351
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy292600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7522
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3503
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,0441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7682
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365582.98/cwt565.00–600.002,1282
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375438.11/cwt430.00–455.001,6433
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384485.53/cwt470.00–500.001,8644
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420473.68/cwt465.00–480.001,9894
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440498.14/cwt490.00–515.002,19213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440406.67/cwt400.00–420.001,7893
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0846
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477401.96/cwt380.00–407.501,91710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy493472.51/cwt470.00–475.002,3292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525377.43/cwt370.00–380.001,9824
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,5008
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538420.29/cwt410.00–425.002,26116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562403.70/cwt400.00–415.002,2694
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,5329
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0993
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611419.59/cwt405.00–430.002,5647
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636383.94/cwt370.00–390.002,4424
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674388.07/cwt384.00–395.002,6168
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694378.21/cwt375.00–379.002,6255
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4552
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723362.93/cwt347.00–367.002,6246
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,7002
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,027295.00/cwt295.00–295.003,0306
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,065306.00/cwt306.00–306.003,25949
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2192510.00/cwt510.00–510.009792
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,1391
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3235370.00/cwt370.00–370.008702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy267500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3353
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270467.98/cwt455.00–475.001,2645
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0781
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318417.95/cwt400.00–430.001,3295
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy327500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6353
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333464.81/cwt460.00–470.001,5482
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340382.68/cwt370.00–395.001,3012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367422.02/cwt420.00–422.501,5495
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy383458.79/cwt450.00–470.001,7578
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2391403.38/cwt400.00–405.001,5773
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422430.21/cwt417.50–435.001,81516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6361
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427450.02/cwt440.00–452.501,92217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy462430.33/cwt417.50–440.001,98822
Heifers450–500Large 1-2462380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7562
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7784
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484407.29/cwt390.00–412.501,97127
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513433.46/cwt425.00–440.002,22421
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521386.41/cwt370.00–400.002,0137
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7562
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541355.05/cwt350.00–360.001,9216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568405.74/cwt385.00–410.002,30536
Heifers550–600Large 1-2585340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9892
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593364.38/cwt350.00–375.002,16114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628350.64/cwt345.00–355.002,2028
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9842
Heifers650–700Large 1-2695290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0161
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,41570
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711288.73/cwt285.00–290.002,0534
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0021
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open740317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,3461
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open755315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3781
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1581
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added871311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,70958
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7061
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325470.15/cwt465.00–475.001,5282
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5051
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2418469.66/cwt450.00–475.001,96310
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8271
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy457440.98/cwt425.00–445.002,0159
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490402.02/cwt400.00–410.001,9705
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8621
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515415.15/cwt410.00–420.002,1382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515376.01/cwt360.00–385.001,9366
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy551402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,2154
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3567300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7015
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2588376.37/cwt367.50–385.002,2136
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3102
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640375.37/cwt372.50–377.502,4027
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2652367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3962
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2351
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2865235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0331
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,050210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,2051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,345150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0181
Bulls——1,645172.70/cwt170.00–175.002,8412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050138.44/cwt131.00–147.001,4549
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157159.94/cwt155.00–167.001,8518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,173158.48/cwt157.00–160.001,8592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194175.93/cwt174.00–180.002,1014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468164.00/cwt155.00–172.002,4085
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29851,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0152,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0552,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0701,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0901,981.48/head1,925.00–2,050.001,9812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1372,385.04/head2,350.00–2,450.002,3853
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,127.78/head1,900.00–2,350.002,1282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,728.07/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7284
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2202,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1503
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,068199.42/cwt180.00–217.502,1306

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.