Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.47/cwt on 330 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −100.53 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.

Average price

$124.47

330 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.25

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	548	124.47	683	330

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 sale330 hd

124.47

—

KY average28 barns · 7,912 hd

123.21

+1.25

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.00

−100.53

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	1,741	88.07	1,533	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	53.37	787	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,188	51.98	618	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	975	41.13	401	9thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1-2Value Added	—	521	128.78/cwt	127.00–131.00	671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,143	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	128.25/cwt	127.00–132.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	647	142.60/cwt	141.00–143.00	923	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	977	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,182	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	374	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	161.85/cwt	151.00–175.00	583	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	111.16/cwt	110.00–117.00	789	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	930	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	967	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	145.72/cwt	140.00–148.00	683	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	114.26/cwt	105.00–117.00	954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	857	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	754	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	578	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	933	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,129	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,362	904.34/cwt	800.00–1,035.00	12,317	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	870	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,127	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	157.54/cwt	153.00–162.00	819	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,710	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	158.67/cwt	151.00–168.00	601	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	121.66/cwt	115.00–125.00	743	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	378	136.17/cwt	134.00–139.00	515	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,058	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,132	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	48.42/cwt	47.00–50.00	536	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	42.71/cwt	41.00–44.00	413	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	32.27/cwt	30.00–35.00	275	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	61.06/cwt	60.00–62.00	946	2
Bulls	—	—	1,833	93.30/cwt	87.00–95.50	1,710	3
Bulls	—	—	1,701	85.83/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,460	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	157.70/cwt	152.00–160.00	456	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	772.89/cwt	650.00–860.00	9,599	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	51.66/cwt	49.00–53.00	753	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	145.06/cwt	142.00–150.00	743	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	60.37/cwt	59.00–62.00	825	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	49.96/cwt	47.00–52.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	127.34/cwt	119.00–133.00	624	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	120.86/cwt	111.00–128.00	693	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	130.49/cwt	125.00–141.00	749	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	157.33/cwt	155.00–162.00	670	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	19,955	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,239	701.02/cwt	575.00–760.00	8,686	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	158.59/cwt	156.00–162.00	436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	121.74/cwt	119.00–124.50	750	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	128.26/cwt	120.00–133.00	664	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	901	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	134.22/cwt	123.00–142.00	703	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	125.77/cwt	124.00–128.00	904	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	126.89/cwt	125.00–129.00	851	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	147.11/cwt	144.00–155.00	693	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	126.58/cwt	121.00–133.00	534	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	129.03/cwt	126.00–134.00	480	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	772	123.77/cwt	121.50–127.00	956	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	849	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	141.26/cwt	139.00–145.00	811	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	419	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	111.99/cwt	106.00–120.00	749	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	108.00/cwt	104.00–109.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	133.52/cwt	133.00–134.00	642	12

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 Dec 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,115Last week 547Year ago 1,702

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 85Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 88Last week 55Year ago 150

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	521	127.00–131.00	128.78
5	—	636	121.00	121.00
4	—	575	127.00–132.00	128.25
6	—	710	110.00–117.00	111.16
5	—	930	104.00	104.00
6	—	857	104.00	104.00
6	—	754	114.00	114.00
14	—	431	134.00	134.00
14	—	378	134.00–139.00	136.17
13	—	1,058	107.00	107.00
12	—	481	133.00–134.00	133.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	135.00	135.00
4	—	747	122.00	122.00
52	—	490	119.00–133.00	127.34
28	—	573	111.00–128.00	120.86
11	—	616	119.00–124.50	121.74
48	—	518	120.00–133.00	128.26
48	—	422	121.00–133.00	126.58
8	—	877	112.00	112.00
8	—	372	126.00–134.00	129.03
11	—	316	132.50	132.50
9	—	669	106.00–120.00	111.99
5	—	787	104.00–109.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	647	130.00	130.00
2	—	755	120.00	120.00
1	—	985	116.00	116.00
34	—	360	151.00–175.00	161.85
30	—	512	142.00–150.00	145.06
5	—	275	156.00–162.00	158.59
3	—	918	119.50	119.50
16	—	719	124.00–128.00	125.77
14	—	671	125.00–129.00	126.89
27	—	471	144.00–155.00	147.11
20	—	574	139.00–145.00	141.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	647	141.00–143.00	142.60
13	—	977	121.00	121.00
5	—	374	179.00	179.00
7	—	933	121.00	121.00
40	—	870	129.50	129.50
10	—	520	153.00–162.00	157.54
12	—	772	121.50–127.00	123.77
10	—	849	125.50	125.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	469	140.00–148.00	145.72
5	—	835	105.00–117.00	114.26
18	—	379	151.00–168.00	158.67
9	—	611	115.00–125.00	121.66
7	—	289	152.00–160.00	157.70
3	—	650	122.00	122.00
18	—	574	125.00–141.00	130.49
40	—	426	155.00–162.00	157.33
5	—	770	117.00	117.00
48	—	524	123.00–142.00	134.22

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)	7	—	1,362	800.00–1,035.00	904.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,260	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,200	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,242	650.00–860.00	772.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,239	575.00–760.00	701.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,535	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	47.00–50.00	48.42
3	—	967	41.00–44.00	42.71
3	—	852	30.00–35.00	32.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	60.00–62.00	61.06
9	—	1,457	49.00–53.00	51.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	45.00	45.00
3	—	1,367	59.00–62.00	60.37
9	—	1,136	47.00–52.00	49.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,833	87.00–95.50	93.30
7	—	1,701	84.00–88.00	85.83

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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