Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-05-07

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, May 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
463 vs last sale 948 284 vs year ago 769 · 36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
64 vs last sale 129 10 vs year ago 55 · +18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
43 vs last sale 78 60 vs year ago 95 · 63.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $164.19/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 43.20 against this barn's trailing median of $207.39.
Average price
$164.19
167 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.10
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545164.19895167
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 sale167 hd
164.19
KY average25 barns · 2,246 hd
156.09
+8.10
This barn, trailing median16 sales
207.39
−43.20
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
BullsAverage1,759120.492,1198thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25691.261,14614
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48084.521,2518thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13165.4474012

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2902115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0375
BullsMedium and Large 1-2805128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0304
BullsMedium and Large 1-2775131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0155
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520175.10/cwt173.00–178.0091128
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730130.10/cwt125.00–135.0095010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added705154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added778148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added325212.00/cwt212.00–212.006895
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340190.00/cwt190.00–190.006463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added521197.86/cwt195.00–201.001,03119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540183.00/cwt183.00–183.009885
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added563193.63/cwt186.00–199.001,09013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added645173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670153.78/cwt152.50–155.001,03010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added415169.00/cwt169.00–169.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added604143.73/cwt143.50–144.0086811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added563153.00/cwt153.00–153.008619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695132.00/cwt132.00–132.009173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added512165.00/cwt165.00–165.008456
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487199.53/cwt180.00–205.009725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481160.03/cwt154.00–169.0077037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450160.00/cwt160.00–160.007205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574145.07/cwt140.00–149.0083318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427162.89/cwt155.00–170.0069637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2634136.90/cwt135.00–139.0086812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533148.52/cwt142.00–155.0079213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470173.00/cwt170.00–175.0081315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431179.58/cwt171.00–190.0077429
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373187.72/cwt180.00–205.0070019
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618141.91/cwt135.00–145.0087725
BullsMedium and Large 1-2561170.67/cwt159.00–175.0095726
HeifersSmall 1-2695115.00/cwt115.00–115.007993
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0015,1202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,9005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,167885.29/cwt755.00–955.0010,3319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,4003
Bulls1,675115.51/cwt112.00–120.001,9354
Bulls1,843125.46/cwt120.00–130.002,3124
CowsLean 85-90%1,08361.81/cwt54.00–68.006698
CowsLean 85-90%1,22872.71/cwt69.00–76.008934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10078.00/cwt78.00–78.008583
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29894.87/cwt84.00–102.001,23111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42083.01/cwt82.00–84.001,1792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48286.22/cwt86.00–87.001,2785

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.