Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifer calves mostly steady. Yearling steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.94/cwt on 282 head.

Average price

$133.94

282 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$27.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.41

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	624	134.03	836	281
Large 1	640	107.00	685	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.03/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale282 hd

133.94

—

KY average27 barns · 6,208 hd

129.53

+4.41

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	1,706	87.95	1,500	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,222	60.07	734	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	57.80	659	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	943	43.04	406	10

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2Value Added	—	360	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	134.55/cwt	125.00–141.00	771	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	139.10/cwt	131.00–155.00	732	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	144.98/cwt	138.00–151.00	676	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	127.57/cwt	126.00–133.00	805	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	104.19/cwt	102.00–110.00	702	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	110.09/cwt	109.00–119.00	648	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	141.67/cwt	139.00–143.00	387	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	132.07/cwt	130.00–138.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	148.62/cwt	145.00–162.50	572	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	127.51/cwt	125.00–133.00	671	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	132.64/cwt	130.00–140.00	622	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	139.75/cwt	134.00–142.00	593	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	156.35/cwt	148.00–160.00	446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,025	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	12,912	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	865.00/cwt	865.00–865.00	13,191	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	57.57/cwt	55.00–60.00	691	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	55.75/cwt	54.00–58.00	617	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	51.54/cwt	51.00–52.00	508	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,243	62.56/cwt	60.00–66.00	778	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	800	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	104.39/cwt	100.00–108.00	764	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	126.75/cwt	126.00–128.00	658	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	662	110.75/cwt	110.75–110.75	733	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	130.27/cwt	130.00–132.00	615	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	116.09/cwt	115.00–118.00	722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	394	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	427	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	594	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	911	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	300	146.17/cwt	139.00–152.50	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	122.00/cwt	118.00–125.00	644	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	128.65/cwt	120.00–133.00	610	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	109.36/cwt	108.00–116.00	682	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	136.81/cwt	132.00–142.00	501	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	419	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	298	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	962	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	156.88/cwt	155.00–160.00	584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	164.20/cwt	162.50–165.00	427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	396	1
Steers	Large 1	—	640	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	685	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	44.25/cwt	40.00–48.00	456	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	768	35.34/cwt	34.00–38.00	271	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	62.85/cwt	60.00–64.00	758	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	537	1
Bulls	—	—	1,660	86.21/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,431	4
Bulls	—	—	1,798	91.42/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,644	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	872.34/cwt	725.00–1,100.00	8,950	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	866.67/cwt	800.00–920.00	9,663	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	738.34/cwt	660.00–850.00	8,269	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,293	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	846.54/cwt	700.00–975.00	9,337	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	118.45/cwt	111.00–119.35	912	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	145.14/cwt	137.50–150.00	814	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	121.62/cwt	116.00–124.00	864	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	130.22/cwt	124.00–133.00	865	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	151.05/cwt	140.00–155.00	798	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	153.74/cwt	146.00–160.00	732	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	134.03/cwt	132.00–138.00	839	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	131.13/cwt	129.50–138.00	539	10

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 Apr 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 952Last week 603Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 65Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 40Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steer calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifer calves mostly steady. Yearling steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	178.00	178.00
6	—	419	153.00	153.00
3	—	298	170.00	170.00
2	—	962	100.00	100.00
74	—	770	111.00–119.35	118.45
31	—	561	137.50–150.00	145.14
27	—	710	116.00–124.00	121.62
25	—	664	124.00–133.00	130.22
25	—	528	140.00–155.00	151.05
13	—	476	146.00–160.00	153.74
9	—	626	132.00–138.00	134.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	573	125.00–141.00	134.55
10	—	526	131.00–155.00	139.10
10	—	466	138.00–151.00	144.98
9	—	631	126.00–133.00	127.57
8	—	785	116.00	116.00
8	—	372	155.00–160.00	156.88
3	—	260	162.50–165.00	164.20
2	—	407	158.00	158.00
1	—	240	165.00	165.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	674	102.00–110.00	104.19
9	—	589	109.00–119.00	110.09
7	—	273	139.00–143.00	141.67
4	—	329	130.00–138.00	132.07
1	—	800	82.50	82.50
1	—	200	157.00	157.00
36	—	528	118.00–125.00	122.00
22	—	474	120.00–133.00	128.65
21	—	624	108.00–116.00	109.36
13	—	366	132.00–142.00	136.81
10	—	411	129.50–138.00	131.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	825	97.00	97.00
16	—	732	100.00–108.00	104.39
16	—	519	126.00–128.00	126.75
14	—	662	110.75	110.75
14	—	472	130.00–132.00	130.27
8	—	622	115.00–118.00	116.09
5	—	394	143.00	143.00
4	—	593	121.00	121.00
4	—	427	139.00	139.00
3	—	300	139.00–152.50	146.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	385	145.00–162.50	148.62
12	—	526	125.00–133.00	127.51
11	—	469	130.00–140.00	132.64
8	—	424	134.00–142.00	139.75
3	—	285	148.00–160.00	156.35
2	—	565	127.00	127.00

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	2	—	950	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,345	960.00	960.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,525	865.00	865.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,026	725.00–1,100.00	872.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,115	800.00–920.00	866.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,120	660.00–850.00	738.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,105	660.00	660.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,103	700.00–975.00	846.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	55.00–60.00	57.57
5	—	1,243	60.00–66.00	62.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,106	54.00–58.00	55.75
5	—	1,206	60.00–64.00	62.85
1	—	1,095	49.00	49.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	51.00–52.00	51.54
5	—	1,031	40.00–48.00	44.25
3	—	768	34.00–38.00	35.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	85.00–89.00	86.21
2	—	1,798	90.00–93.00	91.42

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