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

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Nov 7
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
← Oct 31Nov 7latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
718 head
▼ 387 vs last sale 1,105▼ 82 vs year ago 800 · −10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 80▼ 12 vs year ago 84 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 59▼ 16 vs year ago 64 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower with spots sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $368.54/cwt on 30 head, down $16.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −79.46 against this barn's trailing median of $447.99.
Average price
$368.54
▼ 16.32 vs prior sale
30 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$296
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$54.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.86
vs KY average
−50.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544377.352,05425
Medium 1-2510330.001,6831thin
Medium and Large 2544323.101,7584thin
One grade step is worth $54.26/cwt here — about $296 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 sale30 hd
368.54
—
KY average22 barns · 642 hd
383.40
−14.86
National average176 barns · 27,740 hd
419.32
−50.78
This barn, trailing median31 sales
447.99
−79.46
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

31 sales
525464403342median 447.9903/0704/2506/2009/1911/07
Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.01, low $356.50, median $447.99 across 31 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—Average1,841159.572,9388thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,509127.441,92221
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,245124.221,54635
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,056111.961,1827thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,500$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,249$2,43812
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,328$2,2442thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,185$2,0501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,300$3,3001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,225$3,3002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,400$3,1013thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2212555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,1772
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,4961
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2302475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4353
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2357370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426407.17/cwt400.00–427.501,7358
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470368.96/cwt360.00–380.001,7345
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508331.19/cwt320.00–342.501,6822
Steers500–550Medium 1-2510330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520401.29/cwt395.00–405.002,0878
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521365.44/cwt350.00–385.001,9047
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580366.54/cwt343.00–372.502,12610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580315.00/cwt300.00–330.001,8272
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9951
Steers600–650Large 1-2607300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2321
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623313.25/cwt306.00–320.001,9522
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673323.34/cwt320.00–330.002,1763
Steers700–750Large 1-2700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9601
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711347.25/cwt347.25–347.252,46975
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1461
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745313.33/cwt310.00–315.002,3343
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4491
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,5742
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2892276.65/cwt270.00–280.002,4683
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2925275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5441
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added934308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,88163
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2974290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,82520
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,117263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,93846
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2217486.73/cwt485.00–490.001,0563
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0772
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3483
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370346.54/cwt335.00–355.001,2826
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374371.71/cwt365.00–382.501,39019
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408351.15/cwt340.00–370.001,43312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424327.29/cwt310.00–330.001,38813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473345.36/cwt330.00–365.001,63416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475304.98/cwt300.00–310.001,4493
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519330.72/cwt315.00–350.001,71645
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572310.37/cwt300.00–335.001,77516
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6102
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6782
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623292.47/cwt280.00–310.001,82212
Heifers650–700Large 1-2655270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7691
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677287.84/cwt280.00–300.001,94910
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2693255.02/cwt250.00–260.001,7672
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1662
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0801
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830268.38/cwt265.00–270.002,2283
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2962237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,2852
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,041262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,72748
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1323
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5751
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368340.16/cwt300.00–375.001,2523
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372406.43/cwt400.00–425.001,5129
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2419371.07/cwt353.00–385.001,5558
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy430397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7093
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy453370.99/cwt370.00–375.001,6815
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2477327.80/cwt320.00–345.001,56419
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full504300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5127
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513328.33/cwt327.50–330.001,6843
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6052
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2554321.67/cwt315.00–330.001,78215
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563296.63/cwt290.00–300.001,6703
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full609280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7057
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619319.35/cwt315.00–325.001,9774
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy633325.52/cwt322.00–333.002,0616
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2678308.98/cwt308.00–310.002,0952
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2714275.90/cwt270.00–300.001,97011
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9641
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1452
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 3985165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,573146.34/cwt143.00–155.002,3023
Bulls——1,908162.63/cwt154.00–169.003,1034
Bulls——2,380187.00/cwt187.00–187.004,4511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,051115.98/cwt112.00–123.001,2195
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068101.91/cwt100.00–104.001,0882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238121.91/cwt118.00–125.001,5098
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240111.72/cwt100.00–115.001,38510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251132.65/cwt127.00–139.001,65917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,484136.21/cwt129.00–156.002,02110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488122.14/cwt118.00–125.001,8178
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645112.32/cwt110.00–115.001,8483
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1852,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2492,437.68/head2,050.00–3,050.002,43812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3282,243.88/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2253,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3633,151.38/head3,000.00–3,275.003,1512
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4753,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.