Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.62/cwt on 311 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −85.38 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.

Average price

$139.62

311 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$24.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.28

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	544	139.86	761	308
Large 1	655	115.00	753	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.86/cwt here — about $8 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale311 hd

139.62

—

KY average25 barns · 5,341 hd

140.90

−1.28

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.00

−85.38

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	1,725	102.39	1,766	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,411	69.38	979	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	68.95	838	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	51.89	519	9thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	411	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	137.52/cwt	131.00–143.00	646	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	144.98/cwt	138.00–148.00	926	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	157.35/cwt	153.00–163.00	817	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	154.69/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,033	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	149.18/cwt	145.00–152.00	555	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	161.88/cwt	159.00–165.00	515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	165.34/cwt	164.00–166.00	898	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	736	137.18/cwt	135.00–137.50	1,010	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	441	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,119	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	164.12/cwt	157.00–170.00	775	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	167.52/cwt	166.00–170.00	722	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	148.11/cwt	146.00–150.00	708	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	148.05/cwt	139.00–155.00	697	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	154.39/cwt	145.00–165.00	652	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	138.86/cwt	130.00–147.00	732	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	136.77/cwt	133.00–142.00	863	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	140.98/cwt	139.00–143.00	798	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	77.60/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,021	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	63.18/cwt	60.00–65.00	725	6
Bulls	—	—	1,791	107.10/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,918	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	51.89/cwt	50.00–56.00	519	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	60.48/cwt	60.00–61.00	877	2
Bulls	—	—	1,658	97.67/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,619	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	728	89.02/cwt	87.00–93.00	648	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	505	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	702	2
Steers	Large 1	—	705	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	860	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	74.13/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,108	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,339	68.53/cwt	68.00–70.00	918	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	1,008.82/cwt	950.00–1,100.00	12,681	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,306	1,089.07/cwt	960.00–1,235.00	14,223	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,756	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,325.93/cwt	1,100.00–1,500.00	17,900	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,546	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	24,736	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	968	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	142.60/cwt	130.00–148.00	809	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	134.54/cwt	129.00–143.00	891	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	264	151.30/cwt	149.00–155.00	399	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	134.14/cwt	127.00–145.00	771	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	150.82/cwt	149.00–153.00	855	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	141.66/cwt	136.00–149.00	599	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	142.39/cwt	129.00–149.00	739	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	149.16/cwt	145.00–152.00	476	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	131.35/cwt	125.00–134.00	871	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	157.50/cwt	157.00–158.00	995	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	153.27/cwt	151.00–155.00	584	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	170.16/cwt	162.00–174.00	628	13

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 Aug 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 791Last week 843Year ago 1,027

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 87Year ago 167

Replacement CattleReceipts 75Last week 97Year ago 95

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	155.00	155.00
16	—	639	138.00–148.00	144.98
16	—	519	153.00–163.00	157.35
6	—	318	159.00–165.00	161.88
5	—	220	160.00	160.00
3	—	765	132.00	132.00
2	—	705	142.00	142.00
22	—	472	157.00–170.00	164.12
10	—	431	166.00–170.00	167.52
13	—	567	149.00–153.00	150.82
13	—	369	162.00–174.00	170.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	668	154.00–155.00	154.69
21	—	543	164.00–166.00	165.34
5	—	441	176.00	176.00
2	—	835	134.00	134.00
10	—	632	157.00–158.00	157.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	470	131.00–143.00	137.52
16	—	372	145.00–152.00	149.18
4	—	888	109.00	109.00
8	—	264	149.00–155.00	151.30
32	—	575	127.00–145.00	134.14
3	—	980	100.00	100.00
3	—	615	132.00	132.00
3	—	235	155.00	155.00
3	—	725	119.00	119.00
5	—	765	111.00	111.00
30	—	423	136.00–149.00	141.66
29	—	519	129.00–149.00	142.39
17	—	319	145.00–152.00	149.16
10	—	663	125.00–134.00	131.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	417	152.00	152.00
68	—	736	135.00–137.50	137.18
19	—	478	146.00–150.00	148.11
13	—	566	139.00–143.00	140.98
7	—	340	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	471	139.00–155.00	148.05
19	—	422	145.00–165.00	154.39
16	—	527	130.00–147.00	138.86
11	—	631	133.00–142.00	136.77
4	—	333	163.00	163.00
31	—	567	130.00–148.00	142.60
23	—	662	129.00–143.00	134.54
20	—	381	151.00–155.00	153.27
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	139.00	139.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	87.00–93.00	89.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,316	70.00–86.00	77.60
6	—	1,148	60.00–65.00	63.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,001	50.00–56.00	51.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	60.00–61.00	60.48
5	—	1,495	73.00–76.00	74.13
7	—	1,339	68.00–70.00	68.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,791	104.00–114.00	107.10
5	—	1,658	94.00–100.00	97.67

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,257	950.00–1,100.00	1,008.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,306	960.00–1,235.00	1,089.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,182	910.00	910.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,350	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,325.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,546	1,600.00	1,600.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle