Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-02-13

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▼ 469 vs last sale 761▼ 416 vs year ago 708 · −58.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 55▼ 42 vs year ago 85 · −49.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 40▼ 25 vs year ago 55 · −45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady with a stronger undertone on a light test due to weather. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.80/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$144.80
127 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.60
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541144.80783127
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 sale127 hd
144.80
—
KY average20 barns · 2,299 hd
134.20
+10.60
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—Average1,775100.551,7854thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47964.579557thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26263.908077thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07549.705344thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—665134.59/cwt133.00–135.5089514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—630131.00/cwt131.00–131.008254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—522131.71/cwt129.50–134.5068826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—303159.60/cwt154.00–162.504843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—410158.00/cwt158.00–158.006484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—461138.00/cwt138.00–138.006363
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—336169.00/cwt169.00–169.005686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—478167.26/cwt166.00–167.508006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—825125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—643120.00/cwt120.00–120.007728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—528160.00/cwt160.00–160.0084511
Bulls——1,77593.56/cwt92.00–95.001,6612
Bulls——1,775107.54/cwt105.00–110.001,9092
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17555.00/cwt55.00–55.006461
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31771.82/cwt70.00–73.509463
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23758.95/cwt57.00–60.007293
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33862.22/cwt62.00–63.008334
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—589128.31/cwt124.00–130.007567
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—745114.00/cwt114.00–114.008496
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—811122.00/cwt122.00–122.009899
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—411143.06/cwt141.00–146.0058810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—442131.72/cwt131.00–134.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—467134.00/cwt134.00–134.006264
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—516133.78/cwt125.00–140.006909
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—430175.00/cwt175.00–175.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519129.36/cwt125.00–131.0067113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—587128.00/cwt128.00–128.007515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—580128.06/cwt126.00–130.0074320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—295155.00/cwt155.00–155.004572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—493144.57/cwt143.00–147.007135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—256173.36/cwt165.00–175.004447
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,010725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,3232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—566146.00/cwt146.00–146.008264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—535137.56/cwt136.00–138.0073618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420157.02/cwt145.00–160.0065914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—579122.94/cwt119.00–126.007129
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,66767.70/cwt66.00–71.001,1293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—382168.63/cwt165.00–180.006444
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07549.70/cwt46.00–52.005344
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3901,153.96/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0016,0404
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,170900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,5302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3751,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,8132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,235835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,3122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006962

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.