Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2026-07-11

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 11
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
← Jun 27Jul 11Jul 18 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
882 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 784▼ 78 vs year ago 960 · −8.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 37▲ 0 vs year ago 80 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 18▲ 18 vs year ago 54 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to the market closure last week in observance of the July 4th holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $447.99/cwt on 46 head, up $7.28 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 15 of 30 comparable sales and sits −2.23 against this barn's trailing median of $450.22.
Average price
$447.99
▲ 7.28 vs prior sale
46 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$374
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$64.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.29
vs KY average
−11.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566460.612,60532
Medium and Large 2540435.032,3484thin
Large 1-2528425.222,2453thin
Large 2581422.502,4553thin
Medium and Large 2-3563396.272,2314thin
One grade step is worth $64.34/cwt here — about $374 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 sale46 hd
447.99
—
KY average25 barns · 762 hd
462.28
−14.29
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
−11.49
This barn, trailing median30 sales
450.22
−2.23
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—High1,696214.653,64115
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,483180.992,68330
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,276172.202,19812
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,022151.611,54913
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,350215.002,9031thin

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 (5-8 yrs)1,128$3,1442thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$3,0173thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,388$3,0132thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,7634thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,265$2,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$2,6532thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,065$2,4252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,215$2,3001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,670$4,9001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,310$5,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,294$3,91816
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,033$3,2305
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,265$3,1001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,183$5,2012thin

Every lot

132 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,7831
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405532.00/cwt532.00–532.002,1552
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421508.31/cwt490.00–520.002,1405
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463494.67/cwt470.00–505.002,2905
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,0951
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy512502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,5735
Steers500–550Large 1-2528425.22/cwt415.00–430.002,2453
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533441.70/cwt440.00–445.002,3543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3563396.27/cwt385.00–400.002,2314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568437.69/cwt430.00–450.002,48610
Steers550–600Large 2581422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,4553
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,69615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635423.14/cwt420.00–425.002,6876
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3431
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664393.56/cwt380.00–400.002,6138
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735383.75/cwt383.75–383.752,82175
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781351.61/cwt340.00–357.502,7469
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added828348.50/cwt348.50–348.502,88659
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added957339.25/cwt339.25–339.253,24750
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,006310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,1194
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,022321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,28156
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,052314.25/cwt314.25–314.253,30649
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2187640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,1972
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3218494.94/cwt490.00–500.001,0792
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,4341
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2276475.77/cwt470.00–495.001,3134
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328436.25/cwt425.00–440.001,4315
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2329454.05/cwt450.00–460.001,4946
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8002
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375464.09/cwt440.00–470.001,74013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434437.83/cwt430.00–455.001,90021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy436490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1365
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463456.23/cwt455.00–460.002,1128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473434.37/cwt420.00–450.002,05523
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9001
Heifers450–500Large 1-2482404.93/cwt400.00–415.001,9523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527406.51/cwt395.00–411.002,14215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,21810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530365.59/cwt350.00–380.001,9387
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560344.87/cwt330.00–360.001,9312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy580410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580379.22/cwt370.00–395.002,19912
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9071
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620368.01/cwt355.00–375.002,2826
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628323.74/cwt320.00–327.502,0332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636385.50/cwt385.50–385.502,45280
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655364.15/cwt360.00–370.002,38512
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673304.94/cwt290.00–325.002,0523
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2705300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1151
Heifers700–750Large 1-2740307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,2761
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3765300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2951
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4772
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2141
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3875275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4061
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,030283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,91548
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,187225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,67114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2150780.00/cwt780.00–780.001,1703
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2-3180680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,2241
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2270600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6202
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3272510.26/cwt450.00–550.001,3885
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3322464.16/cwt450.00–470.001,4956
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7762
Bulls300–350Large 1-2340470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370459.67/cwt430.00–487.501,7016
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380514.35/cwt500.00–525.001,95511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420490.03/cwt475.00–500.002,0585
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3422432.69/cwt400.00–460.001,82610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450478.33/cwt475.00–485.002,1523
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3472430.06/cwt400.00–445.002,0309
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2500370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3516372.49/cwt335.00–390.001,92213
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530416.43/cwt400.00–430.002,20718
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3568350.05/cwt340.00–370.001,9887
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571388.61/cwt380.00–400.002,2199
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613365.98/cwt360.00–370.002,2436
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3628342.53/cwt335.00–350.002,1512
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2662366.13/cwt365.00–368.002,42416
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3673316.32/cwt300.00–345.002,1294
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4681
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740295.01/cwt290.00–300.002,1833
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2541
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2854260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2205
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3945240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2681
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,5371
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,5762
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,350215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,9031
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,583239.26/cwt229.00–250.003,7873
Bulls——1,701187.25/cwt178.00–194.003,1854
Bulls——1,736219.12/cwt210.00–225.003,8048
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%908134.28/cwt125.00–140.001,2196
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003167.49/cwt164.00–171.001,6803
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043152.45/cwt152.00–153.001,5902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193186.46/cwt177.00–200.002,2245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,289168.03/cwt165.00–170.002,1665
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,370178.91/cwt175.00–182.002,4512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477183.85/cwt179.00–200.002,71522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498173.11/cwt165.00–177.002,5938
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,630134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1841
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,6704,900.00/head4,900.00–4,900.004,9001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28953,175.00/head3,175.00–3,175.003,1752
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29412,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8503
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9452,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1283,143.90/head2,900.00–3,400.003,1442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,652.75/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2652,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3883,012.61/head2,800.00–3,300.003,0132
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29082,676.03/head2,600.00–2,750.002,6762
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1163,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1403,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1783,437.06/head3,000.00–4,000.003,4373
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 11,1903,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2653,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3105,100.00/head5,100.00–5,100.005,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,3123,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3204,225.00/head4,150.00–4,300.004,2252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3604,105.54/head4,000.00–4,300.004,1063
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6054,955.30/head4,900.00–5,000.004,9552
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1835,201.27/head5,000.00–5,400.005,2012

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
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