Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-04-16

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Apr 16
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
496 head
161 vs last sale 657 651 vs year ago 1,147 · 56.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
25 vs last sale 85 13 vs year ago 123 · 10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
28 vs last sale 52 25 vs year ago 105 · 23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $160.26/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 47.13 against this barn's trailing median of $207.39.
Average price
$160.26
107 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.89
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542160.26868107
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

16 sales
237215193170median 207.3901/0303/2805/0206/2008/08
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $223.27, low $184.42, median $207.39 across 16 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 sale107 hd
160.26
KY average24 barns · 1,919 hd
153.36
+6.89
This barn, trailing median16 sales
207.39
−47.13
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
BullsAverage1,898116.182,20514
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17684.4699313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47882.741,22312
CowsLean 85-90%Average99671.797157thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 Added585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469160.47/cwt153.00–165.0075311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2275199.00/cwt199.00–199.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318155.68/cwt151.00–160.004956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669138.51/cwt138.00–139.0092712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2795120.00/cwt120.00–120.009543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573136.28/cwt131.00–142.007816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added807144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522185.67/cwt181.00–190.0096910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2752143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,0794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2955122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy355215.00/cwt215.00–215.007635
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522158.02/cwt153.00–162.0082512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added250207.00/cwt207.00–207.005183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added629167.34/cwt166.00–169.001,05311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added561194.24/cwt193.00–203.001,0908
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475187.66/cwt179.00–196.0089112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375202.81/cwt196.00–210.007616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0266
BullsMedium and Large 1-2612153.97/cwt150.00–160.0094214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2358169.08/cwt165.00–174.006059
BullsMedium and Large 1-2408187.05/cwt175.00–200.007639
BullsMedium and Large 1-2483159.62/cwt155.00–167.007718
BullsMedium and Large 1-2788127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320182.00/cwt182.00–182.005825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added602144.00/cwt144.00–144.008674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added427171.62/cwt171.00–172.007338
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438158.93/cwt155.00–163.006966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427204.10/cwt200.00–210.0087215
BullsMedium and Large 1-2867119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662144.47/cwt135.00–155.0095612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2561164.18/cwt153.00–167.0092117
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520166.01/cwt160.00–179.0086320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535147.29/cwt145.00–152.007889
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0521,004.04/cwt950.00–1,100.0010,56311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200955.00/cwt955.00–955.0011,4602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0831,194.29/cwt955.00–1,375.0012,93417
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,256935.00/cwt935.00–935.0011,7445
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4981,218.52/cwt1,150.00–1,250.0018,2533
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1671,426.46/cwt1,075.00–1,950.0016,64712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39281.04/cwt80.00–82.001,1289
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73787.84/cwt87.00–90.001,5263
Bulls1,826111.18/cwt108.00–115.002,0307
Bulls2,089130.22/cwt125.00–133.002,7205
Bulls1,67598.55/cwt95.00–102.001,6512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10878.07/cwt77.00–81.008658
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28494.68/cwt90.00–98.001,2165
CowsLean 85-90%91670.51/cwt69.00–71.006465
CowsLean 85-90%1,19575.00/cwt75.00–75.008962

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.