Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend from last week due to sale not getting reported.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.26/cwt on 393 head.

Average price

$156.26

393 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$387

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

$14.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.17

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	666	156.55	1,043	385
Large 1	461	142.25	656	8thin

One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about $387 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 sale393 hd

156.26

—

KY average26 barns · 10,214 hd

155.09

+1.17

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	1,735	96.70	1,677	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	60.22	836	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	58.94	713	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,051	44.69	470	5thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	567	134.11/cwt	126.00–140.00	760	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	144.52/cwt	139.00–158.00	449	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	166.23/cwt	161.00–172.00	708	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	146.39/cwt	135.00–153.00	911	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	353	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	171.63/cwt	169.00–175.00	572	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	816	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	869	143.12/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,244	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	736	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,141	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	156.79/cwt	149.00–166.00	895	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	930	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,400	54
Steers	Large 1	—	342	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	144.39/cwt	142.00–150.00	953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	158.95/cwt	155.00–160.50	1,001	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	136.15/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,172	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,078	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	174.05/cwt	165.00–184.00	670	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,132	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	166.16/cwt	157.00–173.00	864	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	450	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	354	196.26/cwt	190.00–198.00	695	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	141.19/cwt	131.00–150.00	796	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	152.83/cwt	150.00–155.00	711	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	159.03/cwt	156.00–163.00	665	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	902	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	888	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	58.73/cwt	58.00–59.00	808	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	51.76/cwt	51.00–52.00	602	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	534	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	44.82/cwt	41.00–51.00	476	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	62.99/cwt	61.00–65.00	891	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	64.43/cwt	63.00–67.00	763	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	58.25/cwt	55.00–60.00	719	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	374	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	95.29/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,739	4
Bulls	—	—	1,675	83.52/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,399	2
Bulls	—	—	1,674	104.70/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,753	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	1,341.72/cwt	1,150.00–1,450.00	18,516	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,479	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	960.15/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	11,608	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	892.21/cwt	700.00–1,020.00	10,724	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	647.42/cwt	635.00–685.00	7,173	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	844.28/cwt	795.00–925.00	10,393	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	828.20/cwt	600.00–975.00	9,839	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	623	97.89/cwt	94.00–102.00	610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	125.63/cwt	119.00–132.00	906	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	143.99/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,107	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	969	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	146.38/cwt	145.00–148.00	744	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	167.22/cwt	160.00–176.00	652	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	136.88/cwt	132.00–140.00	727	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	137.44/cwt	133.00–141.00	673	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	131.14/cwt	126.00–138.00	821	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	385	4
Steers	Large 1	—	660	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	620	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,080	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	143.35/cwt	141.00–147.00	615	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	143.23/cwt	135.00–147.50	544	34

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 Dec 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 850Last week 338Year ago 1,414

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 115Year ago 122

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 64Year ago 55

No trend from last week due to sale not getting reported.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	567	126.00–140.00	134.11
24	—	311	139.00–158.00	144.52
5	—	245	144.00	144.00
18	—	721	119.00–132.00	125.63
21	—	531	132.00–140.00	136.88
5	—	680	135.00	135.00
18	—	490	133.00–141.00	137.44
28	—	626	126.00–138.00	131.14
4	—	292	132.00	132.00
3	—	915	118.00	118.00
29	—	429	141.00–147.00	143.35
34	—	380	135.00–147.50	143.23
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	122.00	122.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	581	148.00	148.00
3	—	530	141.00	141.00
4	—	816	120.00	120.00
20	—	769	138.00–149.00	143.99
8	—	405	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	94.00–102.00	97.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	426	161.00–172.00	166.23
25	—	622	135.00–153.00	146.39
7	—	333	169.00–175.00	171.63
2	—	475	168.00	168.00
4	—	542	156.00	156.00
40	—	571	149.00–166.00	156.79
5	—	660	142.00–150.00	144.39
8	—	861	135.00–138.00	136.15
3	—	700	141.00	141.00
3	—	817	132.00	132.00
24	—	385	165.00–184.00	174.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	698	148.00	148.00
24	—	869	143.00–144.00	143.12
70	—	736	155.00	155.00
54	—	930	150.50	150.50
21	—	630	155.00–160.50	158.95
31	—	760	149.00	149.00
24	—	520	157.00–173.00	166.16
14	—	354	190.00–198.00	196.26
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	342	152.00	152.00
3	—	660	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	564	131.00–150.00	141.19
16	—	465	150.00–155.00	152.83
13	—	418	156.00–163.00	159.03
3	—	835	108.00	108.00
11	—	658	135.00	135.00
5	—	630	139.00	139.00
4	—	740	131.00	131.00
11	—	508	145.00–148.00	146.38
9	—	390	160.00–176.00	167.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,375	58.00–59.00	58.73
7	—	1,415	61.00–65.00	62.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,164	51.00–52.00	51.76
7	—	1,184	63.00–67.00	64.43
14	—	1,235	55.00–60.00	58.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	55.00	55.00
3	—	1,062	41.00–51.00	44.82
1	—	1,100	34.00	34.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,825	93.00–99.00	95.29
2	—	1,675	82.00–85.00	83.52
4	—	1,674	101.00–109.00	104.70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,380	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,341.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	965	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,209	900.00–1,100.00	960.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,202	700.00–1,020.00	892.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,108	635.00–685.00	647.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,231	795.00–925.00	844.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,188	600.00–975.00	828.20

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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Steers · 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