Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-07-16

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 16
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
718 head
497 vs last sale 1,215 148 vs year ago 570 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
70 vs last sale 75 56 vs year ago 89 · +62.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
193 vs last sale 215 68 vs year ago 90 · 75.6%
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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 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.37/cwt on 326 head.
Average price
$167.37
326 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.30
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2670167.371,122326
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 sale326 hd
167.37
KY average25 barns · 6,907 hd
165.07
+2.30
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
BullsAverage1,686107.781,81710
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27181.991,0429thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43880.721,16030
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04366.1469018

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,115$9103thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,355$1,38211

Every lot, as filed

49 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0069
SteersMedium and Large 1-2701159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,11511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487154.59/cwt152.00–155.0075321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2875134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527149.84/cwt135.00–158.0079015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2826154.41/cwt150.00–157.001,2757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422169.37/cwt165.00–189.0071528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609167.17/cwt165.00–181.001,01822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776156.96/cwt155.00–159.001,21810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added621180.67/cwt175.00–183.001,12224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1,000151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,51856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added685173.49/cwt168.00–177.501,18812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added574180.82/cwt175.00–185.001,03823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526184.07/cwt175.00–190.0096831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added777153.32/cwt151.00–158.001,19118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added730146.33/cwt145.00–150.001,06815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433167.20/cwt165.00–175.0072414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2255175.00/cwt175.00–175.004465
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0215
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573146.45/cwt135.00–154.0083925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468162.95/cwt155.00–175.0076320
BullsMedium and Large 1-2664144.41/cwt139.00–150.0095933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562175.10/cwt166.00–177.0098428
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573147.16/cwt138.00–158.0084338
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1254
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477184.65/cwt166.00–189.0088128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408156.53/cwt150.00–165.0063926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2391164.47/cwt155.00–166.0064321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610147.99/cwt142.00–150.0090327
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521157.73/cwt150.00–170.0082237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612146.80/cwt145.00–152.0089823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added558160.54/cwt160.00–162.0089619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676140.82/cwt135.00–152.0095229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005533
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3551,382.15/head1,195.00–1,525.001,38211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,115910.00/head910.00–910.009103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37690.60/cwt87.00–93.001,2475
CowsLean 85-90%1,00862.97/cwt62.00–67.0063514
Bulls1,627102.38/cwt100.00–108.001,6667
Bulls1,822120.39/cwt116.00–130.002,1943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14071.22/cwt70.00–75.008124
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45578.17/cwt74.00–81.001,13715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43585.31/cwt81.00–90.001,22413
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32369.96/cwt66.00–73.009262
CowsLean 85-90%1,05554.00/cwt54.00–54.005701
CowsLean 85-90%1,20085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0203

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.