Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2019-06-29

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 29
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
768 vs last sale 1,077 309 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
70 vs last sale 105 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
30 vs last sale 63 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers fully steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.06/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 95.94 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$129.06
87 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.71
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547129.0670687
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale87 hd
129.06
KY average26 barns · 4,783 hd
126.35
+2.71
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−95.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,54686.981,3455thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38164.028846thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10059.746573thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98945.274484thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2695115.00/cwt115.00–115.007991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373153.97/cwt149.00–157.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335155.23/cwt152.00–157.005204
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477142.04/cwt135.00–148.006784
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630114.93/cwt110.00–125.007245
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429146.05/cwt140.00–151.006276
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528135.34/cwt128.00–139.007156
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569134.63/cwt133.00–136.0076611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335142.00/cwt142.00–142.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680116.00/cwt116.00–116.007891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2865105.00/cwt105.00–105.009081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373139.59/cwt135.00–142.005213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2751110.39/cwt100.00–113.008295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2634119.14/cwt118.00–123.007556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420133.76/cwt129.00–139.0056211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724114.44/cwt110.00–120.0082911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470132.54/cwt128.00–142.0062316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528135.28/cwt128.00–140.0071432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467141.40/cwt140.00–144.006603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425150.72/cwt150.00–153.006414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636136.50/cwt135.00–138.008686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532149.39/cwt140.00–155.0079523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added569148.50/cwt148.50–148.508457
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,020650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,6301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,350835.00/cwt835.00–835.0011,2731
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,168916.88/cwt865.00–950.0010,7093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,3241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,5311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,199911.27/cwt750.00–1,025.0010,92612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075875.94/cwt785.00–950.009,4162
Bulls1,27586.94/cwt86.00–88.001,1082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10059.74/cwt58.00–61.006573
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39363.07/cwt62.00–64.008792
CowsLean 85-90%80040.00/cwt40.00–40.003201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35266.66/cwt65.50–68.509013
Bulls1,96592.02/cwt90.00–94.001,8082
CowsLean 85-90%1,07853.04/cwt51.00–55.005722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44558.00/cwt58.00–58.008381
CowsLean 85-90%1,00035.00/cwt35.00–35.003501
Bulls1,25077.00/cwt77.00–77.009631

How this sale compares

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.