Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.26/cwt on 382 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −86.74 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.

Average price

$138.26

382 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$22.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.63

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	516	138.55	714	377
Small 1-2	475	116.00	551	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.55/cwt here — about $163 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 sale382 hd

138.26

—

KY average27 barns · 5,349 hd

137.62

+0.63

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.00

−86.74

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,725	99.65	1,719	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,451	68.38	992	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	67.94	819	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	56.40	611	22

Every lot, as filed

76 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	—	710	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	219	150.37/cwt	143.00–167.00	329	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	135.73/cwt	133.50–142.00	707	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	144.99/cwt	134.00–160.00	535	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	174.43/cwt	164.00–180.00	736	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	143.65/cwt	133.00–147.00	481	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	162.04/cwt	157.00–164.00	794	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	143.13/cwt	142.50–146.00	771	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	356	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	139.83/cwt	135.00–144.00	653	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	860	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	152.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	732	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	149.29/cwt	143.00–154.00	785	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	152.60/cwt	139.00–161.00	884	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	142.12/cwt	132.00–145.00	881	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	169.89/cwt	165.00–180.00	539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	317	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	136.72/cwt	132.00–140.00	979	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	134.03/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	133.64/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,103	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	166.66/cwt	155.00–172.00	632	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	403	180.85/cwt	177.50–182.50	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	921	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	729	144.26/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,052	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	821	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,197	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	894	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,202	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,018	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	107.20/cwt	104.00–123.00	791	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	132.48/cwt	130.00–145.00	823	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	908	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	601	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	122.99/cwt	119.00–130.00	835	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	56.36/cwt	55.00–58.00	528	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	44.15/cwt	41.00–45.00	393	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	797	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	75.02/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,193	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	64.93/cwt	63.00–68.50	912	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	71.97/cwt	70.00–79.00	900	19
Bulls	—	—	1,683	97.67/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,644	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,314	61.88/cwt	60.00–65.00	813	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	64.11/cwt	60.00–66.00	746	20
Bulls	—	—	1,625	90.62/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,473	2
Bulls	—	—	1,848	107.22/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,981	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	1,229.36/cwt	985.00–1,290.00	16,387	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	984.82/cwt	885.00–1,075.00	12,074	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,728	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	931.76/cwt	795.00–1,000.00	9,346	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	8,346	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	949.64/cwt	900.00–1,010.00	11,785	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,309	1,384.26/cwt	975.00–1,725.00	18,120	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,402	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	19,278	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	146.19/cwt	145.00–155.00	380	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	158.06/cwt	141.00–171.00	675	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	152.16/cwt	149.00–166.00	470	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	163.83/cwt	160.00–165.00	632	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	143.59/cwt	137.00–153.00	806	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	147.09/cwt	145.00–156.00	705	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	131.64/cwt	122.00–136.00	825	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	124.85/cwt	122.00–129.00	829	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	117.00/cwt	114.00–129.00	940	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	143.20/cwt	136.00–145.00	408	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	143.15/cwt	135.00–150.00	756	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	799	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	140.60/cwt	129.00–148.00	811	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	670	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	965	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	333	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	416	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	142.32/cwt	136.00–145.00	613	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	887	19

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 Sep 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,142Last week 872Year ago 734

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 75Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 102Last week 155Year ago 45

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 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
2	—	710	134.00	134.00
12	—	219	143.00–167.00	150.37
31	—	521	133.50–142.00	135.73
41	—	369	134.00–160.00	144.99
3	—	860	108.00	108.00
19	—	335	133.00–147.00	143.65
5	—	938	125.00	125.00
49	—	467	135.00–144.00	139.83
28	—	627	122.00–136.00	131.64
8	—	664	122.00–129.00	124.85
2	—	752	117.50	117.50
15	—	803	114.00–129.00	117.00
15	—	285	136.00–145.00	143.20
30	—	577	129.00–148.00	140.60
40	—	431	136.00–145.00	142.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	539	142.50–146.00	143.13
4	—	356	162.00	162.00
14	—	575	149.50	149.50
7	—	799	137.00	137.00
19	—	727	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	670	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	125.00	125.00
3	—	570	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	422	164.00–180.00	174.43
3	—	280	170.00	170.00
19	—	480	150.00–155.00	152.41
16	—	526	143.00–154.00	149.29
33	—	579	139.00–161.00	152.60
26	—	620	132.00–145.00	142.12
9	—	317	165.00–180.00	169.89
10	—	716	132.00–140.00	136.72
3	—	660	140.00	140.00
12	—	757	130.00–139.00	134.03
8	—	825	133.00–134.00	133.64
24	—	379	155.00–172.00	166.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	490	157.00–164.00	162.04
6	—	317	185.00	185.00
7	—	625	145.00	145.00
5	—	766	142.00	142.00
3	—	403	177.50–182.50	180.85
6	—	555	166.00	166.00
23	—	729	144.00–145.00	144.26
64	—	821	145.75	145.75
20	—	894	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	870	117.00	117.00
17	—	738	104.00–123.00	107.20
18	—	621	130.00–145.00	132.48
5	—	757	120.00	120.00
25	—	679	119.00–130.00	122.99
19	—	260	145.00–155.00	146.19
24	—	427	141.00–171.00	158.06
17	—	309	149.00–166.00	152.16
13	—	386	160.00–165.00	163.83
31	—	561	137.00–153.00	143.59
25	—	479	145.00–156.00	147.09
21	—	528	135.00–150.00	143.15
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	601	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	937	55.00–58.00	56.36
4	—	891	41.00–45.00	44.15
9	—	1,314	60.00–65.00	61.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	64.00	64.00
6	—	1,590	73.00–77.00	75.02
9	—	1,404	63.00–68.50	64.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,250	70.00–79.00	71.97
20	—	1,164	60.00–66.00	64.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,683	95.00–100.00	97.67
2	—	1,625	89.00–92.00	90.62
5	—	1,848	106.00–109.00	107.22

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)	10	—	1,333	985.00–1,290.00	1,229.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,226	885.00–1,075.00	984.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,035	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,003	795.00–1,000.00	931.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,091	765.00	765.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,241	900.00–1,010.00	949.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,309	975.00–1,725.00	1,384.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,402	1,375.00	1,375.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

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