Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2026-05-02

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, May 2
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,000 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 790▲ 16 vs year ago 984 · +1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 106▲ 20 vs year ago 55 · +36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 41▼ 9 vs year ago 85 · −10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mixed with a good quality offering. Feeder steers 350 lbs and under appeared lower with a lite test, while the 400-600 lbs steers were steady to 3.00 lower with a good supply and good demand for long weaned and harder conditioned calves. Feeder heifers 300-600 lbs were unevenly steady ranging from 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower in spots with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers and heifers 650 lbs and over were 6.00 to 8.00 higher or greater in spots with a good supply and strong demand. Slaughter cows were steady with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $481.69/cwt on 19 head, up $16.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 30 comparable sales and sits +31.47 against this barn's trailing median of $450.22.
Average price
$481.69
▲ 16.76 vs prior sale
19 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$329
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$45.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.01
vs KY average
+0.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545488.882,66316thin
Medium and Large 2526443.332,3333thin
One grade step is worth $45.55/cwt here — about $329 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 sale19 hd
481.69
—
KY average25 barns · 1,147 hd
471.68
+10.01
National average169 barns · 10,621 hd
481.02
+0.67
This barn, trailing median30 sales
450.22
+31.47
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—High1,688207.633,50516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,416178.062,52110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225174.202,13320
CowsLean 85-90%High1,010151.451,53017
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,010147.001,4851thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,670170.002,8391thin

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,232$3,2368
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$3,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,317$3,0002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,325$2,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,245$2,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)955$1,9632thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,083$1,9172thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)700$2,5003thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)815$2,3632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,155$5,3502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,231$3,97916
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,520$3,5001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)785$2,3504thin

Every lot

130 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed235700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,6451
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288570.25/cwt550.00–612.501,6423
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4031
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy308624.88/cwt610.00–640.001,9252
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335560.15/cwt550.00–570.001,8772
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371532.85/cwt500.00–555.001,9778
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy377619.51/cwt619.00–620.002,3366
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy412600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,4725
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427555.02/cwt550.00–560.002,3703
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435460.23/cwt450.00–470.002,0022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473533.95/cwt530.00–540.002,5265
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490507.21/cwt500.00–510.002,48514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2497430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1372
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2502450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2592
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515525.00/cwt522.50–527.502,7042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541484.40/cwt482.50–490.002,6219
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,7333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575467.48/cwt465.00–470.002,6882
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4731
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616459.50/cwt457.50–477.502,83110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625422.55/cwt415.00–430.002,6414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667443.81/cwt430.00–444.002,96073
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678400.92/cwt385.00–410.002,7185
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added897357.10/cwt357.10–357.103,203120
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added940342.50/cwt342.50–342.503,22057
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added974330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,21454
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,021329.60/cwt329.60–329.603,36559
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,062317.50/cwt317.50–317.503,37248
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2185570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,0551
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2243570.07/cwt560.00–580.001,3853
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2268567.38/cwt555.00–580.001,5212
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287493.37/cwt480.00–500.001,4163
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,8881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325510.07/cwt500.00–520.001,6584
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329467.84/cwt465.00–470.001,5397
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy367526.46/cwt510.00–535.001,93210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371497.81/cwt487.50–500.001,8476
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390460.00/cwt450.00–470.001,7944
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420469.00/cwt455.00–480.001,9706
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy428500.82/cwt490.00–510.002,14431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464451.12/cwt430.00–470.002,09319
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472483.05/cwt475.00–485.002,28010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479411.73/cwt400.00–420.001,9725
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510447.04/cwt435.00–455.002,2808
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9804
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522415.34/cwt400.00–425.002,16812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573396.40/cwt390.00–410.002,2713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8742
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614323.13/cwt320.00–335.001,9845
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632353.12/cwt345.00–365.002,2328
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675339.60/cwt327.50–345.002,2925
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0763
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3041
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4031
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819316.88/cwt305.00–320.002,59513
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added864321.85/cwt321.85–321.852,78162
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2945290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,7411
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,100210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,3101
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,102275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,03147
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2Fancy185750.00/cwt750.00–750.001,3881
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2195590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,1511
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,3001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2279601.84/cwt585.00–620.001,6794
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3290400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3312450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4042
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2323553.57/cwt530.00–585.001,7884
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6152
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335613.29/cwt602.50–617.002,0557
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365591.44/cwt575.00–600.002,1593
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365481.78/cwt465.00–500.001,7582
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378533.03/cwt520.00–550.002,01513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2402456.64/cwt450.00–470.001,8363
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed426581.12/cwt570.00–585.002,4764
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy436537.56/cwt530.00–540.002,34410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436499.92/cwt495.00–510.002,1807
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475512.51/cwt500.00–524.002,4342
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2479483.02/cwt470.00–490.002,3148
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485447.47/cwt435.00–455.002,1708
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy527488.42/cwt475.00–490.002,5749
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527431.84/cwt420.00–450.002,27617
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563432.55/cwt420.00–437.502,4356
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy571454.94/cwt450.00–465.002,5986
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2621418.38/cwt405.00–425.002,59811
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665402.39/cwt395.00–410.002,6762
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725345.77/cwt342.00–353.002,5073
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6301
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2880305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6841
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,7271
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,010230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3231
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,165214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,4931
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,322174.94/cwt170.00–185.002,3133
Bulls——1,654205.14/cwt195.00–211.003,3937
Bulls——1,911226.89/cwt218.00–240.004,3366
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%954145.12/cwt137.00–152.001,3847
Cows—Lean 85-90%958120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1502
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072164.86/cwt158.00–174.001,7678
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201168.34/cwt160.00–177.002,02215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295191.76/cwt184.00–200.002,4835
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,379173.59/cwt166.00–178.002,3947
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502188.50/cwt184.00–196.002,8313
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4851
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,670170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,8391
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,340217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,9081
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29352,751.34/head2,100.00–3,200.002,7513
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29605,000.00/head5,000.00–5,000.005,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0683,098.75/head3,000.00–3,300.003,0993
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2304,942.36/head4,100.00–5,200.004,9425
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3505,700.00/head5,700.00–5,700.005,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3704,150.00/head4,150.00–4,150.004,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4103,847.87/head3,750.00–3,950.003,8482
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5203,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6704,776.95/head4,500.00–5,000.004,7772
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28701,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29803,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0831,917.21/head1,800.00–2,050.001,9172
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2323,236.05/head2,700.00–3,800.003,2368
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2452,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3173,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3252,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5003
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 27201,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29102,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,9751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27852,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3504
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2946230.39/cwt190.00–255.002,17910

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.