Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2026-02-14

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 14
● Final153 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,273 head
▲ 578 vs last sale 695▲ 541 vs year ago 732 · +73.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 43▲ 72 vs year ago 34 · +211.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 25▼ 47 vs year ago 75 · −62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with spots sharply higher. Good demand and a strong test of good quality feeder cattle on the market this week. Slaughter cattle sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher with good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $456.46/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 17 of 30 comparable sales and sits +6.24 against this barn's trailing median of $450.22.
Average price
$456.46
139 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$586
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$77.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.76
vs KY average
−21.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568460.292,613129
Medium and Large 2531413.172,1948thin
Medium and Large 2-3530382.412,0272thin
One grade step is worth $77.88/cwt here — about $586 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 sale139 hd
456.46
—
KY average25 barns · 1,237 hd
457.22
−0.76
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−21.93
This barn, trailing median30 sales
450.22
+6.24
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—Low1,706193.763,30616
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,564165.552,5898thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275158.432,02040
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low964117.961,13718
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,453166.722,4222thin

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/Aged (>5 yrs)1,471$3,1604thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)815$2,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,167$2,2605
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,185$1,8743thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,455$3,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,073$3,6502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,153$3,0502thin

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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,4461
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,5051
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy273674.72/cwt652.50–700.001,8422
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9802
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy336600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0164
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,3101
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411586.62/cwt545.00–600.002,4114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430431.40/cwt385.00–480.001,8552
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431500.51/cwt475.00–535.002,15714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3458401.64/cwt400.00–405.001,8403
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473464.86/cwt450.00–475.002,1993
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy479527.92/cwt500.00–545.002,52911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511504.08/cwt500.00–510.002,57612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524417.19/cwt400.00–420.002,1867
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528462.55/cwt435.00–477.502,44212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530382.41/cwt377.50–387.502,0272
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570468.08/cwt459.00–474.002,66860
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2331
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590437.63/cwt400.00–448.002,58245
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608372.28/cwt355.00–390.002,2632
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630443.89/cwt436.00–450.002,79718
Steers600–650Large 1-2633395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5002
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636415.45/cwt407.00–427.502,64227
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666419.78/cwt419.00–420.002,79628
Steers650–700Large 1-2675390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6331
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677413.15/cwt400.00–417.502,79715
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2693375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5992
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3801
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727357.19/cwt345.00–370.002,59724
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730382.63/cwt375.00–386.002,79366
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3740300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2201
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added754377.75/cwt377.75–377.752,84870
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769354.61/cwt345.00–360.002,7278
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,92438
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815346.00/cwt330.00–350.002,82031
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,8481
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added873352.46/cwt352.00–353.003,077119
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2901318.34/cwt315.00–320.002,8683
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2935295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,7581
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2957286.62/cwt280.00–290.002,7433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2195500.00/cwt500.00–500.009751
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy230529.13/cwt510.00–550.001,2172
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230475.22/cwt470.00–480.001,0932
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy257536.49/cwt530.00–540.001,3793
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3268402.38/cwt400.00–405.001,0782
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295452.50/cwt440.00–465.001,3352
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy319496.79/cwt487.00–500.001,5854
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323402.14/cwt400.00–410.001,2995
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327456.61/cwt450.00–480.001,49310
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4451
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365420.21/cwt415.00–425.001,5342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375445.91/cwt430.00–470.001,6727
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3414355.39/cwt300.00–385.001,4716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418406.34/cwt400.00–420.001,6996
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427442.47/cwt425.00–462.501,88926
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437482.45/cwt475.00–510.002,10811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475438.00/cwt410.00–475.002,08133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3482368.80/cwt355.00–375.001,7788
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483388.52/cwt375.00–400.001,8773
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522415.34/cwt365.00–430.002,16836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8381
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538427.63/cwt427.00–445.002,30140
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0901
Heifers550–600Large 1-2560350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570317.65/cwt300.00–335.001,8112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578383.54/cwt355.00–410.002,21720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625348.73/cwt342.50–355.002,1808
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630375.34/cwt365.00–384.002,36549
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2647330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1352
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3875
Heifers650–700Large 1-2660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9801
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666344.36/cwt335.00–350.002,29311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2669313.81/cwt300.00–320.002,0994
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1901
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765311.67/cwt310.00–315.002,3843
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,69164
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817303.31/cwt300.00–310.002,4783
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,4422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls40 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2Fancy188712.67/cwt700.00–725.001,3402
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2190570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,0831
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2240500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,6501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3280450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2602
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3811
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2326531.99/cwt520.00–550.001,7344
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330577.42/cwt575.00–580.001,9052
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2376484.71/cwt465.00–520.001,8235
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy391541.14/cwt535.00–545.002,1169
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3411363.98/cwt350.00–380.001,4966
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433481.33/cwt477.50–495.002,0847
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy474464.20/cwt450.00–485.002,20018
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483428.34/cwt420.00–435.002,0693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
Bulls450–500Large 1-2491400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9643
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492401.64/cwt400.00–405.001,9763
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3401
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521422.40/cwt410.00–430.002,2018
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9544
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3533381.73/cwt365.00–390.002,0356
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568404.63/cwt400.00–412.502,29812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy573420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4072
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9121
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy619397.15/cwt390.00–415.002,4586
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630368.00/cwt355.00–380.002,3185
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0802
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666360.77/cwt350.00–370.002,4036
Bulls650–700Large 1-2670325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy673384.72/cwt384.00–385.002,5897
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2707335.05/cwt325.00–340.002,3693
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4921
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2837304.15/cwt297.50–310.002,5463
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3875237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,0781
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5711
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3500285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4251
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3570324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8471
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3615335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0601
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3680250.88/cwt210.00–290.001,7062
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3760260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,470177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,6091
Bulls——1,615184.32/cwt180.00–190.002,9778
Bulls——1,844206.87/cwt203.00–210.003,8157
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90998.51/cwt92.50–103.008956
Cows—Lean 85-90%962117.61/cwt110.00–125.001,1316
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022137.75/cwt130.00–145.001,4086
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211139.84/cwt130.00–145.001,6939
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280158.29/cwt150.00–169.002,02623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,334179.76/cwt170.00–190.002,3988
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,1731
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513179.76/cwt175.00–184.002,7202
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,613162.37/cwt160.00–168.002,6195
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,453166.72/cwt165.00–168.002,4222
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4553,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,013221.57/cwt195.00–247.502,2452
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,048224.77/cwt220.00–230.002,3562
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28152,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1672,260.19/head1,900.00–2,500.002,2605
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,873.70/head1,800.00–2,000.001,8743
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4713,160.28/head1,900.00–3,525.003,1604
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0502,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0704,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0753,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2553,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501

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.