Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2020-06-13

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 13
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
909 head
▲ 342 vs last sale 567▲ 154 vs year ago 755 · +20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 65▼ 54 vs year ago 97 · −55.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 55▼ 57 vs year ago 90 · −63.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.43/cwt on 264 head.
Average price
$130.43
264 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.83
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2757130.43988264
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 sale264 hd
130.43
—
KY average29 barns · 5,748 hd
134.26
−3.83
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
Bulls—High1,826104.971,9178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44269.931,0086thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,04867.0270211
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01350.185087thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—323166.95/cwt165.00–168.005393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—717123.00/cwt123.00–123.008822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—202191.00/cwt191.00–191.003864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—780123.00/cwt123.00–123.009594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—856119.81/cwt111.00–122.001,0265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—479165.05/cwt160.00–170.007917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—926110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0198
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—626141.11/cwt140.00–143.008839
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—256184.76/cwt180.00–186.0047310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—428160.97/cwt160.00–163.0068914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—507153.99/cwt148.00–156.0078114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—385166.33/cwt159.00–174.0064019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—1,032105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—866115.00/cwt115.00–115.009964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—825117.00/cwt117.00–117.009659
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—729125.17/cwt124.50–126.0091211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2681,233.64/cwt935.00–1,425.0015,6432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—752116.00/cwt116.00–116.008725
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—611130.66/cwt125.00–133.007987
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—313166.70/cwt155.00–170.005228
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—519141.98/cwt139.00–145.0073712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—566143.91/cwt138.00–155.0081514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—370163.03/cwt155.00–168.0060315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—676129.60/cwt125.50–135.0087616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—420156.36/cwt149.00–159.0065727
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—476146.83/cwt136.00–152.0069930
BullsSmall 1-2—395155.00/cwt155.00–155.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—965100.00/cwt100.00–100.009651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,075105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—687118.39/cwt117.00–120.008138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—232162.00/cwt162.00–162.003769
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—862117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,01364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—309159.00/cwt159.00–159.004915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—572135.00/cwt135.00–135.007724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473137.91/cwt130.00–143.0065221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—421142.00/cwt139.00–148.0059821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—610119.99/cwt110.00–124.0073220
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01751.10/cwt49.00–53.005203
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19559.51/cwt58.00–61.007112
CowsLean 85-90%—82539.48/cwt39.00–40.003262
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43370.22/cwt69.00–72.001,0063
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52575.95/cwt75.00–77.001,1582
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30057.00/cwt57.00–57.007411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21075.04/cwt72.00–77.009084
CowsBoner 80-85%—96565.02/cwt64.00–66.006274
CowsBoner 80-85%—94259.01/cwt58.00–61.005563
Bulls——1,826109.76/cwt109.00–111.002,0044
Bulls——1,826100.18/cwt94.00–104.001,8294
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,194907.13/cwt725.00–950.0010,83111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,346985.91/cwt900.00–1,050.0013,27011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,165835.00/cwt835.00–835.009,7283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—912115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,05366
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—985112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,10360
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—773125.00/cwt125.00–125.0096611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—504137.80/cwt134.00–144.0069519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—793110.47/cwt108.00–111.5087617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—322142.44/cwt134.00–155.0045917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—572127.70/cwt119.00–130.0073016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—388148.22/cwt138.00–155.0057516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—857106.23/cwt105.00–111.0091010

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.