Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2026-03-28

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Mar 28
● Final143 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,239 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 1,113▲ 149 vs year ago 1,090 · +13.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 49▼ 44 vs year ago 103 · −42.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 47▲ 13 vs year ago 87 · +14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher with spots of light weight feeder heifers selling sharply higher. Yearling heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Strong demand for feeder classes this week with a good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $470.53/cwt on 58 head, down $32.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 30 comparable sales and sits +20.31 against this barn's trailing median of $450.22.
Average price
$470.53
▼ 32.28 vs prior sale
58 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$471
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$86.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.77
vs KY average
−7.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543481.082,61447
Medium and Large 2551453.982,5015thin
Medium and Large 2-3553406.672,2503thin
Large 1-2570400.002,2801thin
Medium 1-2543395.002,1432thin
One grade step is worth $86.08/cwt here — about $471 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 sale58 hd
470.53
—
KY average25 barns · 1,354 hd
481.30
−10.77
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−7.56
This barn, trailing median30 sales
450.22
+20.31
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—High1,666199.603,32611
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,479178.492,6404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,217172.072,09530
CowsLean 85-90%Average980138.961,36210
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,813169.753,0782thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,246$3,27122
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,254$3,05910
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,390$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,256$2,5828
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)977$2,3493thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,035$2,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,080$4,2944thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,301$3,95617

Every lot

143 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Fancy185780.00/cwt780.00–780.001,4431
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy267685.84/cwt680.00–690.001,8315
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275657.42/cwt650.00–670.001,8084
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed310710.00/cwt710.00–710.002,2011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy324647.55/cwt645.00–650.002,0984
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330619.03/cwt600.00–630.002,0437
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed385617.53/cwt615.00–620.002,3772
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387502.38/cwt500.00–503.501,9443
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed419603.66/cwt590.00–625.002,52911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426518.46/cwt500.00–530.002,20920
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427563.61/cwt550.00–585.002,4079
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468545.67/cwt537.50–550.002,55414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed472561.91/cwt560.00–570.002,6525
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480515.00/cwt500.00–530.002,47222
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491459.96/cwt450.00–470.002,2585
Steers500–550Medium 1-2505420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,7032
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522485.73/cwt470.00–505.002,53621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540410.00/cwt400.00–420.002,2142
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2541457.48/cwt450.00–460.002,4754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564469.02/cwt460.00–480.002,64520
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569492.48/cwt485.00–500.002,8024
Steers550–600Large 1-2570400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2801
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3201
Steers550–600Medium 1-2580370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1461
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,5961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,82921
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622428.32/cwt400.00–438.002,66432
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,63012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added707384.50/cwt384.50–384.502,71872
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736368.67/cwt365.00–375.002,7136
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,7605
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added865346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,99757
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884333.67/cwt333.50–337.502,95023
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added940310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,91453
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,163277.00/cwt277.00–277.003,22246
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2195645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,2581
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2205590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,2102
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220631.59/cwt620.00–640.001,3893
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3230500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed265705.00/cwt705.00–705.001,8681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy273615.05/cwt600.00–625.001,6796
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273570.29/cwt550.00–580.001,5573
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3318415.35/cwt400.00–430.001,3212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327511.66/cwt500.00–525.001,6736
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328556.35/cwt540.00–580.001,8253
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335465.37/cwt450.00–470.001,5594
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375495.05/cwt472.00–515.001,85614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3377399.60/cwt385.00–415.001,5063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy384533.73/cwt520.00–540.002,05015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed406523.09/cwt520.00–525.002,1244
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3407423.32/cwt420.00–425.001,7233
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415501.86/cwt495.00–510.002,08318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421468.12/cwt450.00–485.001,97118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8281
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2450380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7101
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460375.00/cwt350.00–400.001,7252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8569
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy469463.82/cwt457.50–470.002,17521
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478432.31/cwt410.00–445.002,06618
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508429.21/cwt420.00–438.002,18010
Heifers500–550Large 1-2511375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524407.62/cwt385.00–416.002,13629
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9801
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535326.21/cwt300.00–375.001,7453
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8431
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555411.68/cwt410.00–415.002,2853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583381.16/cwt365.00–405.002,22235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0951
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606384.29/cwt380.00–385.002,3297
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621355.94/cwt345.00–365.002,21018
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633306.63/cwt300.00–320.001,9413
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678353.95/cwt335.00–358.002,40024
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2687330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2672
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717329.02/cwt325.00–335.002,3595
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720344.72/cwt340.00–354.002,48286
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,6002
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782314.91/cwt305.00–320.002,4633
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3805250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0131
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807307.43/cwt300.00–314.002,4817
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added909301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,73655
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2990240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2213630.12/cwt620.00–640.001,3422
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed260680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,7681
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2285600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,9361
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2329560.62/cwt520.00–580.001,8446
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2337440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4835
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,0813
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378542.23/cwt525.00–550.002,0507
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed386601.11/cwt600.00–610.002,3209
Bulls400–450Medium 1-2405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420495.05/cwt480.00–510.002,07910
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424524.95/cwt520.00–550.002,2269
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed425593.09/cwt570.00–610.002,5216
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426453.15/cwt450.00–455.001,9308
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473528.84/cwt510.00–540.002,5016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474481.60/cwt460.00–500.002,28313
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490445.10/cwt435.00–450.002,1813
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1071
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523448.88/cwt435.00–465.002,34816
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527410.25/cwt400.00–420.002,1623
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy528481.22/cwt480.00–490.002,5418
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2540380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0521
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580419.74/cwt400.00–445.002,43413
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630393.35/cwt375.00–405.002,4784
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy664391.85/cwt390.00–395.002,6024
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3670320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1444
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2678382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,5933
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2795320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5441
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2817314.96/cwt312.50–320.002,5733
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2895302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,7072
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2943286.25/cwt285.00–287.502,6992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,213164.99/cwt161.00–170.002,0012
Bulls——1,646194.33/cwt184.00–208.003,1994
Bulls——1,864217.65/cwt212.00–230.004,0575
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%815173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4101
Cows—Lean 85-90%905128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1581
Cows—Lean 85-90%923114.58/cwt110.00–120.001,0583
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062148.97/cwt143.00–157.001,5825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,124153.59/cwt150.00–157.001,7266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230185.39/cwt178.00–201.002,28013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253166.42/cwt160.00–171.002,08511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,479178.49/cwt176.00–180.002,6404
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,813169.75/cwt166.00–174.003,0782
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29772,348.89/head2,200.00–2,550.002,3493
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2463,270.79/head2,900.00–3,500.003,27122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2543,058.74/head2,300.00–3,300.003,05910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2562,582.21/head2,200.00–2,950.002,5828
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3902,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0804,294.44/head4,000.00–4,400.004,2944
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2373,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4007
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3354,350.15/head3,700.00–4,800.004,3509
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4354,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001

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.