Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.25/cwt on 208 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −102.75 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.

Average price

$122.25

208 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.82

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	513	122.25	627	208

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 sale208 hd

122.25

—

KY average16 barns · 1,428 hd

119.43

+2.82

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.00

−102.75

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	1,787	86.93	1,553	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	53.36	791	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	50.45	597	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	40.31	442	13

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	322	134.93/cwt	128.00–139.00	434	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	119.62/cwt	115.00–125.50	745	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	146.59/cwt	140.00–153.00	539	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	127.90/cwt	121.00–134.00	780	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	127.31/cwt	125.00–135.00	866	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	569	126.69/cwt	125.00–127.50	721	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	125.32/cwt	125.00–126.00	634	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	157.02/cwt	154.00–160.00	590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	127.61/cwt	123.00–130.00	336	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	747	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	126.34/cwt	123.00–129.00	537	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	108.76/cwt	108.00–110.00	782	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	116.89/cwt	115.00–118.00	780	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	110.72/cwt	109.50–113.00	859	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	823.22/cwt	725.00–875.00	10,233	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	623.82/cwt	620.00–625.00	7,049	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	52.67/cwt	51.00–54.00	766	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	46.03/cwt	45.00–47.00	547	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	55.34/cwt	54.00–56.00	673	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	51.21/cwt	50.00–52.00	592	4
Bulls	—	—	1,890	90.37/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,708	3
Bulls	—	—	1,725	84.87/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	115.37/cwt	111.00–122.00	662	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	143.96/cwt	140.00–152.00	606	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	127.89/cwt	123.00–133.00	723	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	146.87/cwt	140.00–150.00	689	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	129.42/cwt	121.00–139.00	681	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	140.61/cwt	134.00–145.00	665	59
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	17,723	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	104.31/cwt	100.00–108.00	803	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	130.56/cwt	123.00–136.00	492	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	125.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	605	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	121.86/cwt	118.50–125.00	639	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	907	33.53/cwt	30.00–35.00	304	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	41.07/cwt	39.00–43.00	470	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	152.16/cwt	143.00–155.00	511	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	96.98/cwt	91.00–99.00	856	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	110.17/cwt	109.00–112.00	789	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	810.99/cwt	650.00–875.00	9,018	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	599.24/cwt	550.00–710.00	6,610	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	130.05/cwt	125.00–135.00	736	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	112.82/cwt	109.00–115.00	718	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	57.06/cwt	56.00–58.00	926	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	47.47/cwt	46.00–49.00	559	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 Nov 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 547Last week 1,123Year ago 409

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 125Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 150Year ago 40

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold fully steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	322	128.00–139.00	134.93
8	—	263	123.00–130.00	127.61
6	—	679	109.00–111.00	110.00
11	—	425	123.00–129.00	126.34
8	—	719	108.00–110.00	108.76
20	—	574	111.00–122.00	115.37
11	—	770	100.00–108.00	104.31
21	—	377	123.00–136.00	130.56
31	—	480	120.00–130.00	125.95
38	—	524	118.50–125.00	121.86
1	—	810	96.00	96.00
11	—	636	109.00–115.00	112.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	569	125.00–127.50	126.69
13	—	506	125.00–126.00	125.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	623	115.00–125.50	119.62
12	—	368	140.00–153.00	146.59
10	—	667	115.00–118.00	116.89
6	—	776	109.50–113.00	110.72
16	—	421	140.00–152.00	143.96
24	—	565	123.00–133.00	127.89
34	—	526	121.00–139.00	129.42
59	—	473	134.00–145.00	140.61
14	—	336	143.00–155.00	152.16
4	—	883	91.00–99.00	96.98
5	—	716	109.00–112.00	110.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	610	121.00–134.00	127.90
13	—	680	125.00–135.00	127.31
2	—	700	122.00	122.00
10	—	376	154.00–160.00	157.02
3	—	832	124.00	124.00
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
4	—	855	122.00	122.00
7	—	469	140.00–150.00	146.87
10	—	566	125.00–135.00	130.05

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,243	725.00–875.00	823.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,130	620.00–625.00	623.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,112	650.00–875.00	810.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,103	550.00–710.00	599.24
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,455	51.00–54.00	52.67
3	—	1,623	56.00–58.00	57.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,188	45.00–47.00	46.03
3	—	1,217	54.00–56.00	55.34
4	—	1,156	50.00–52.00	51.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	907	30.00–35.00	33.53
8	—	1,145	39.00–43.00	41.07
2	—	1,178	46.00–49.00	47.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,890	90.00–91.00	90.37
5	—	1,725	80.00–87.00	84.87

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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