Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-02-19

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 19
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,384 head
590 vs last sale 1,974 1,384 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
73 vs last sale 198 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
42 vs last sale 117 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.74/cwt on 447 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 72.26 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$152.74
447 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.25
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544152.74832447
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 sale447 hd
152.74
KY average26 barns · 7,256 hd
149.50
+3.25
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−72.26
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
BullsAverage1,595104.741,67011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02277.8579515
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51373.031,1059thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01260.1760913

Every lot, as filed

62 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 Added510162.31/cwt153.00–171.0082829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added714138.74/cwt133.50–154.0099127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added437163.25/cwt158.00–170.007139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added396172.00/cwt172.00–172.006813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,108107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added567184.17/cwt183.00–185.001,04429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431203.95/cwt202.00–209.0087918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373192.85/cwt189.00–195.0071917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632152.27/cwt140.00–161.0096231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518175.02/cwt168.00–192.0090722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469190.97/cwt179.00–205.0089618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added368210.00/cwt210.00–210.007734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added724154.70/cwt154.50–155.001,12015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added876141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2357
SteersMedium and Large 1-2807139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732149.63/cwt149.00–152.001,09514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589165.00/cwt165.00–165.0097213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added926141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,3106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added532185.17/cwt176.00–200.0098561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585148.22/cwt136.00–155.0086720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added613157.32/cwt144.00–173.0096418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added755154.09/cwt150.00–155.001,16317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added408203.04/cwt201.00–205.008286
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added679163.97/cwt161.00–166.001,11355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added821138.28/cwt131.00–143.001,13523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added468193.97/cwt177.00–205.5090831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379187.90/cwt175.00–206.0071216
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678140.06/cwt135.00–143.009508
BullsMedium and Large 1-2878113.62/cwt109.00–125.009987
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479182.00/cwt165.00–190.0087226
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435190.00/cwt190.00–190.008271
CowsLean 85-90%1,30568.00/cwt68.00–68.008871
CowsLean 85-90%98859.52/cwt53.00–64.0058812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,1022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53172.18/cwt70.00–73.001,1057
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23970.63/cwt69.00–75.008758
CowsBoner 80-85%77386.10/cwt85.00–90.006667
Bulls1,57198.74/cwt96.00–103.001,5517
Bulls1,636115.24/cwt111.00–118.001,8854
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6011,865.22/cwt1,775.00–1,925.0029,8625
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5531,381.71/cwt1,275.00–1,575.0021,4587
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2641,035.07/cwt900.00–1,275.0013,08314
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,160835.00/cwt835.00–835.009,6861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,9702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,329995.76/cwt875.00–1,050.0013,2345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677143.87/cwt135.00–148.0097418
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517171.56/cwt165.00–175.0088723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562160.89/cwt160.00–164.0090422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325185.00/cwt185.00–185.006015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295190.00/cwt190.00–190.005615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423155.47/cwt151.00–160.0065822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332163.60/cwt162.00–168.0054322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515153.49/cwt150.00–158.0079035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473152.05/cwt135.00–164.0071933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added578158.35/cwt146.00–159.10915102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2283169.56/cwt166.00–175.0048010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2821118.47/cwt114.00–124.509737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623148.09/cwt145.00–150.0092313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383158.80/cwt153.00–166.0060844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2783127.16/cwt126.00–130.0099620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added619147.37/cwt143.00–149.0091230

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.