Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to light receipts caused by winter storm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.99/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −55.00 against this barn's trailing median of $204.99.

Average price

$149.99

53 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.21

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	496	149.99	743	53

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

18 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $223.27, low $179.42, median $204.99 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale53 hd

149.99

—

KY average24 barns · 2,081 hd

149.78

+0.21

This barn, trailing median18 sales

204.99

−55.00

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	1,650	104.50	1,725	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	80.72	1,281	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	80.20	980	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	65.34	735	4thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	740	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	876	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	131.31/cwt	130.00–135.00	801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	454	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	153.38/cwt	147.00–167.00	641	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	158.27/cwt	150.00–168.00	742	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	154.60/cwt	150.99–160.00	798	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	139.44/cwt	139.00–140.00	786	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	144.45/cwt	140.00–149.00	822	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	153.01/cwt	152.00–155.00	523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	152.33/cwt	151.00–155.00	708	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	3
Bulls	—	—	1,549	98.64/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,528	4
Bulls	—	—	1,853	116.23/cwt	114.00–119.00	2,154	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	76.84/cwt	70.00–80.00	917	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,324	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	78.96/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,303	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,204	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	62.12/cwt	60.00–64.00	717	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	776	1

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 Mar 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 163Last week 1,666Year ago 1,325

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 175Year ago 140

Compared to last week: No trend due to light receipts caused by winter storm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	740	136.00	136.00
3	—	588	149.00	149.00
5	—	516	150.99–160.00	154.60
1	—	405	172.00	172.00
3	—	465	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
4	—	610	130.00–135.00	131.31
5	—	275	165.00	165.00
1	—	730	128.00	128.00
9	—	418	147.00–167.00	153.38
13	—	469	150.00–168.00	158.27
3	—	530	148.00	148.00
1	—	320	168.00	168.00
16	—	569	140.00–149.00	144.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	141.00	141.00
3	—	725	122.00	122.00
9	—	564	139.00–140.00	139.44
9	—	342	152.00–155.00	153.01
9	—	465	151.00–155.00	152.33
3	—	400	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	151.00	151.00
10	—	598	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,549	96.00–100.00	98.64
2	—	1,853	114.00–119.00	116.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,193	70.00–80.00	76.84
1	—	1,365	97.00	97.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,650	77.00–81.00	78.96
1	—	1,400	86.00	86.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	60.00–64.00	62.12
1	—	1,035	75.00	75.00

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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