Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend from last week due to holiday break.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.16/cwt on 568 head.

Average price

$143.16

568 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.51

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	683	143.16	977	568

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 sale568 hd

143.16

—

KY average3 barns · 1,422 hd

141.65

+1.51

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,675	84.54	1,416	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,354	54.66	740	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,107	51.50	570	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,022	42.09	430	14

Every lot, as filed

78 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	559	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,111	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	150.39/cwt	146.00–156.00	806	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	169.13/cwt	160.00–174.00	626	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	157.77/cwt	153.00–166.00	669	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,144	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	132.51/cwt	132.00–133.00	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	170.40/cwt	170.00–172.50	481	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	134.06/cwt	132.00–139.00	861	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	131.00/cwt	129.00–133.50	1,070	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	126.19/cwt	122.00–132.00	828	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	144.61/cwt	139.00–148.00	594	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	151.18/cwt	144.00–160.00	558	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	59.90/cwt	58.00–64.00	897	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	54.44/cwt	53.00–56.00	667	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	45.94/cwt	45.00–47.00	428	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	39.21/cwt	39.00–40.00	427	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	127.90/cwt	123.00–130.00	796	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	130.90/cwt	122.00–135.00	628	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	121.56/cwt	120.00–123.00	766	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	130.30/cwt	125.00–134.00	549	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	127.97/cwt	124.00–136.00	472	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	134.43/cwt	133.50–135.00	1,020	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	124.97/cwt	120.00–130.00	656	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	122.18/cwt	122.00–125.00	706	16
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	513	117.46/cwt	115.00–120.00	603	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	611	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	157.55/cwt	151.00–167.00	728	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	146.82/cwt	144.00–154.00	835	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,191	673.11/cwt	650.00–825.00	8,017	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	757.45/cwt	690.00–825.00	8,605	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	617.01/cwt	575.00–675.00	7,373	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	575.35/cwt	450.00–660.00	6,225	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	517.04/cwt	500.00–525.00	5,362	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	122.11/cwt	107.00–124.00	962	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	137.71/cwt	137.00–142.00	683	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	155.58/cwt	153.00–160.00	506	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	167.50/cwt	165.00–170.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	333	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	129.21/cwt	126.00–136.00	340	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	131.03/cwt	125.00–134.00	430	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	46.69/cwt	45.00–48.00	505	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	49.71/cwt	46.00–52.00	682	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	52.99/cwt	51.00–54.00	584	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	58.31/cwt	57.00–60.00	671	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	495	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	604	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	573	116.93/cwt	114.00–120.00	670	2
Bulls	—	—	1,484	79.77/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,184	4
Bulls	—	—	1,866	89.30/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	134.18/cwt	124.00–140.00	703	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	132.56/cwt	121.00–142.00	750	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	313	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	448	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	130.04/cwt	127.00–131.00	765	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	131.79/cwt	131.00–133.00	680	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	126.43/cwt	124.00–128.00	807	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	131.10/cwt	122.00–132.00	941	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	285	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	411	170.00/cwt	169.00–172.00	699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	154.89/cwt	151.50–159.00	822	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	143.40/cwt	140.00–146.00	898	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,037	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,294	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	753	139.80/cwt	133.00–140.25	1,053	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	138.86/cwt	135.00–140.00	930	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	149.80/cwt	143.50–151.50	843	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	821	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	959	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	361	139.94/cwt	138.00–141.00	505	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	135.18/cwt	135.00–136.00	631	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	823	137.03/cwt	136.60–137.50	1,128	128

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

Sat Jan 4, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,002Last week 808Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 90Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 68Year ago 0

No Trend from last week due to holiday break.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	329	170.00	170.00
5	—	889	125.00	125.00
28	—	536	146.00–156.00	150.39
24	—	370	160.00–174.00	169.13
19	—	424	153.00–166.00	157.77
4	—	960	120.00	120.00
4	—	901	127.00	127.00
2	—	673	132.00–133.00	132.51
13	—	282	170.00–172.50	170.40
12	—	642	132.00–139.00	134.06
9	—	817	129.00–133.50	131.00
8	—	759	133.50–135.00	134.43
15	—	462	151.00–167.00	157.55
13	—	569	144.00–154.00	146.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	411	169.00–172.00	170.00
11	—	531	151.50–159.00	154.89
43	—	626	140.00–146.00	143.40
49	—	1,037	124.75	124.75
51	—	753	133.00–140.25	139.80
52	—	670	135.00–140.00	138.86
65	—	563	143.50–151.50	149.80
128	—	823	136.60–137.50	137.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	656	122.00–132.00	126.19
28	—	411	139.00–148.00	144.61
45	—	369	144.00–160.00	151.18
20	—	622	123.00–130.00	127.90
9	—	788	107.00–124.00	122.11
7	—	496	137.00–142.00	137.71
7	—	325	153.00–160.00	155.58
4	—	297	165.00–170.00	167.50
4	—	222	150.00	150.00
1	—	705	104.00	104.00
16	—	524	124.00–140.00	134.18
17	—	566	121.00–142.00	132.56
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	122.00	122.00
2	—	573	114.00–120.00	116.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	480	122.00–135.00	130.90
27	—	630	120.00–123.00	121.56
27	—	421	125.00–134.00	130.30
22	—	369	124.00–136.00	127.97
4	—	765	120.00	120.00
2	—	905	115.00	115.00
2	—	663	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
19	—	525	120.00–130.00	124.97
16	—	578	122.00–125.00	122.18
7	—	263	126.00–136.00	129.21
15	—	328	125.00–134.00	131.03
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
6	—	665	115.00	115.00
6	—	513	115.00–120.00	117.46
5	—	611	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	313	143.00	143.00
25	—	588	127.00–131.00	130.04
31	—	516	131.00–133.00	131.79
70	—	638	124.00–128.00	126.43
169	—	718	122.00–132.00	131.10
2	—	285	140.00	140.00
2	—	440	135.00	135.00
6	—	657	125.00	125.00
6	—	813	118.00	118.00
11	—	361	138.00–141.00	139.94
11	—	467	135.00–136.00	135.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,497	58.00–64.00	59.90
5	—	1,225	53.00–56.00	54.44
4	—	1,371	46.00–52.00	49.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	932	45.00–47.00	45.94
8	—	1,089	39.00–40.00	39.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,081	45.00–48.00	46.69
3	—	1,103	51.00–54.00	52.99
5	—	1,150	57.00–60.00	58.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,484	78.00–81.00	79.77
4	—	1,866	85.00–94.00	89.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,191	650.00–825.00	673.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,136	690.00–825.00	757.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,195	575.00–675.00	617.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,082	450.00–660.00	575.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,037	500.00–525.00	517.04

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

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