Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2021-10-30

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 30
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
744 head
▼ 158 vs last sale 902▲ 124 vs year ago 620 · +20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 118▲ 33 vs year ago 72 · +45.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 66▼ 4 vs year ago 64 · −6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle this week sold fully steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.08/cwt on 237 head.
Average price
$150.08
237 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$913
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.04
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2608150.08913237
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 sale237 hd
150.08
—
KY average24 barns · 5,570 hd
150.04
+0.04
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—Average1,75093.201,63114
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43562.3389419
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15662.217198thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16046.6554118

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2Value Added—455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—513132.23/cwt128.00–138.0067825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568129.96/cwt125.00–136.0073822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465135.75/cwt133.00–142.0063118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—555151.29/cwt150.00–155.0084023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—719144.83/cwt144.50–145.001,04118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—633149.00/cwt149.00–149.0094315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—719123.99/cwt122.00–133.0089117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418161.91/cwt160.00–166.0067716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—505144.50/cwt144.00–145.007306
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—676148.11/cwt147.00–148.251,00145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—517159.26/cwt153.00–164.0082323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—626143.96/cwt142.00–146.0090121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—505158.72/cwt156.00–161.0080213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—471168.99/cwt165.00–176.007968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—685144.00/cwt144.00–144.009866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—376176.91/cwt174.00–181.0066512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—975123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—916128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,17210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—325180.00/cwt180.00–180.005855
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—778108.63/cwt106.00–111.0084513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—474147.50/cwt147.00–148.0069910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—412154.11/cwt151.00–156.006358
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—538136.89/cwt129.00–145.007366
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—612134.37/cwt128.00–145.0082234
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—564138.88/cwt135.00–147.0078316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—624133.99/cwt130.50–136.0083629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—735129.00/cwt129.00–129.009485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—614125.56/cwt121.00–130.0077126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—715120.38/cwt116.00–124.0086115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—405132.00/cwt132.00–132.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—830115.00/cwt115.00–115.009556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—778118.67/cwt106.00–123.0092315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—565139.00/cwt139.00–139.007857
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—429143.90/cwt143.00–145.0061722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373140.56/cwt138.00–144.0052416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3511,194.67/cwt990.00–1,350.0016,1408
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—990756.84/cwt675.00–900.007,49311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,290986.45/cwt900.00–1,075.0012,72513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—992575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,7043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,178678.29/cwt625.00–725.007,9906
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,131836.50/cwt725.00–885.009,46117
Bulls——1,74290.36/cwt90.00–92.001,5746
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15059.13/cwt58.00–62.006804
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16165.29/cwt63.00–68.007584
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40963.84/cwt60.00–66.0090013
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19056.37/cwt56.00–57.006715
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12737.11/cwt35.00–40.004187
Bulls——1,749100.25/cwt97.00–105.001,7536
Bulls——1,77580.54/cwt80.00–81.001,4302
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49059.07/cwt58.00–60.008806
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17349.69/cwt45.00–55.005836

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.