Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-03-27

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Mar 27
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,647 head
▲ 797 vs last sale 850▲ 253 vs year ago 1,394 · +18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 60▼ 70 vs year ago 225 · −31.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 45▲ 11 vs year ago 66 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.26/cwt on 596 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −88.74 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$136.26
596 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.05
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563136.26767596
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 sale596 hd
136.26
—
KY average27 barns · 7,044 hd
131.21
+5.05
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−88.74
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—Low1,74890.451,58113
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17761.9873012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30561.0279732
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10848.2453427

Every lot, as filed

71 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—715116.00/cwt116.00–116.008293
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—463150.12/cwt135.00–160.0069516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525156.99/cwt145.00–164.0082430
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—525146.00/cwt146.00–146.00767107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—660127.25/cwt127.25–127.2584078
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—673142.79/cwt142.00–144.0096122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—618119.25/cwt115.00–122.007379
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525130.47/cwt125.00–139.5068516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—623139.68/cwt134.00–143.5087011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—477155.77/cwt144.00–166.0074326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—872128.80/cwt120.00–129.601,123125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—428146.92/cwt144.00–154.0062914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—281167.27/cwt165.00–175.004704
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—427144.40/cwt131.00–149.0061747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—527163.62/cwt160.50–168.0086213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—460147.00/cwt147.00–147.006766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—786130.26/cwt129.50–131.501,0248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—594136.31/cwt134.00–136.50810187
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2111,145.87/cwt1,075.00–1,260.0013,87610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—875106.14/cwt104.00–106.509297
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,005750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,5382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—417158.14/cwt149.00–170.0065937
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—672121.51/cwt113.00–125.008177
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—563140.00/cwt140.00–140.007886
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—759127.57/cwt127.00–131.009687
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—606158.00/cwt158.00–158.009576
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—733142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—315175.00/cwt175.00–175.005513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,227822.50/cwt785.00–885.0010,0926
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12548.81/cwt45.00–51.0054919
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26956.37/cwt56.00–57.007155
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28464.46/cwt63.00–66.0082816
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35358.13/cwt57.00–59.0078611
Bulls——1,54081.94/cwt79.00–85.001,2622
Bulls——1,94896.27/cwt93.00–100.501,8755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,290860.00/cwt860.00–860.0011,0943
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,120900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,0803
Bulls——1,65188.44/cwt86.00–90.001,4606
CowsLean 85-90%—81733.96/cwt32.00–35.002773
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21654.62/cwt53.00–56.006645
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20068.25/cwt66.00–75.008194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—567153.74/cwt145.00–165.0087229
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16658.84/cwt55.00–60.006868
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—620132.35/cwt126.00–139.0082118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—240153.40/cwt145.00–166.003685
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2551,185.00/cwt1,185.00–1,185.0014,8721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,145725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,3013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—730127.00/cwt127.00–127.009272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,276875.72/cwt820.00–910.0011,17416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—381158.56/cwt145.00–174.0060419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—421163.65/cwt152.00–168.0068921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—670139.94/cwt134.00–143.5093818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—672122.58/cwt120.00–126.5082420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—770112.80/cwt112.00–114.0086915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—888118.33/cwt117.00–119.001,0516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—220155.00/cwt155.00–155.003411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—327170.56/cwt160.00–175.0055811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—371173.98/cwt160.00–180.0064536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—292155.00/cwt155.00–155.004535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—521142.87/cwt140.00–145.0074436
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—830122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465140.09/cwt130.00–144.0065142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—469167.71/cwt166.00–170.007879
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—979120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,17553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—382150.87/cwt149.00–153.0057611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568125.05/cwt120.00–128.0071020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,01595.00/cwt95.00–95.009642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—305148.28/cwt146.50–150.004526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—742135.94/cwt135.50–136.001,00970
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—435176.90/cwt175.00–181.007709
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—243167.00/cwt167.00–167.004066

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.