Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of feeder cattle sold sharply higher with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.30/cwt on 243 head.

Average price

$138.30

243 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.32

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	645	138.30	892	243

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 sale243 hd

138.30

—

KY average28 barns · 2,717 hd

126.98

+11.32

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	—	High	1,791	99.66	1,785	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,308	71.36	934	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	67.26	762	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	50.79	527	7thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	124.57/cwt	115.00–130.00	629	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	460	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	1,105.45/cwt	850.00–1,250.00	13,608	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,650	1,410.00/cwt	1,410.00–1,410.00	23,265	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	841	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	824	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,224	824.05/cwt	700.00–1,050.00	10,086	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,016.18/cwt	835.00–1,210.00	12,550	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,160	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,970	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	1,333.41/cwt	1,200.00–1,385.00	19,201	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	145.60/cwt	130.00–154.00	687	12
Bulls	—	—	1,865	105.63/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,970	8
Bulls	—	—	1,684	93.84/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,580	2
Bulls	—	—	1,603	81.61/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	141.50/cwt	141.00–142.00	857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	401	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	630	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	139.31/cwt	125.00–140.00	919	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	128.99/cwt	120.00–129.50	969	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	734	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	151.82/cwt	143.00–156.00	789	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	131.28/cwt	124.00–135.00	663	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	134.45/cwt	132.00–137.00	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	731	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	123.22/cwt	120.00–124.00	768	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	376	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	519	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,251	69.28/cwt	68.00–72.00	867	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	78.30/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,175	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	137.14/cwt	134.00–140.00	719	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	122.36/cwt	122.00–123.00	770	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	125.57/cwt	115.00–135.00	725	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	151.13/cwt	141.00–156.00	659	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	66.22/cwt	63.00–68.00	760	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	77.95/cwt	74.00–81.50	836	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	58.53/cwt	58.00–59.00	656	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	54.67/cwt	54.00–56.00	601	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	49.17/cwt	48.00–51.00	510	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	745	2

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 Mar 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 574Last week 759Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 120Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 135Year ago 0

Compared to last week: All classes of feeder cattle sold sharply higher with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	505	115.00–130.00	124.57
6	—	631	109.00	109.00
4	—	683	110.00	110.00
8	—	483	135.00	135.00
3	—	365	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	505	124.00–135.00	131.28
6	—	413	132.00–137.00	134.45
3	—	731	105.00	105.00
16	—	623	120.00–124.00	123.22
8	—	376	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	143.00	143.00
1	—	360	165.00	165.00
10	—	673	125.00	125.00
7	—	593	139.00	139.00
2	—	645	115.50	115.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	141.00–142.00	141.50
11	—	401	157.00	157.00
92	—	660	125.00–140.00	139.31
74	—	751	120.00–129.50	128.99
26	—	488	150.50	150.50
15	—	520	143.00–156.00	151.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	472	130.00–154.00	145.60
1	—	790	96.00	96.00
1	—	305	160.00	160.00
9	—	524	134.00–140.00	137.14
8	—	629	122.00–123.00	122.36
21	—	577	115.00–135.00	125.57
18	—	436	141.00–156.00	151.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,231	850.00–1,250.00	1,105.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,650	1,410.00	1,410.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,440	1,200.00–1,385.00	1,333.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,224	700.00–1,050.00	824.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,235	835.00–1,210.00	1,016.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	880	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,100	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	995	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,865	102.00–111.00	105.63
2	—	1,684	93.00–95.00	93.84
2	—	1,603	79.00–85.00	81.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,251	68.00–72.00	69.28
3	—	1,500	78.00–79.00	78.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,147	63.00–68.00	66.22
3	—	1,073	74.00–81.50	77.95
2	—	1,120	58.00–59.00	58.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	54.00–56.00	54.67
3	—	1,038	48.00–51.00	49.17
1	—	850	44.00	44.00

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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Somerset Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle