Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2022-12-17

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Dec 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
720 head
39 vs last sale 681 189 vs year ago 531 · +35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
20 vs last sale 85 20 vs year ago 85 · 23.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
14 vs last sale 29 64 vs year ago 79 · 81.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.55/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$183.55
124 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.45
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2604183.551,108124
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 sale124 hd
183.55
KY average23 barns · 6,156 hd
170.10
+13.45
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
BullsAverage1,751104.121,8239thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35679.331,0768thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57770.731,11515
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14063.1472020

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,375$1,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,335$8953thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1-2681151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0286
BullsMedium and Large 1-2833110.00/cwt110.00–110.009168
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518173.41/cwt160.00–180.0089814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462189.97/cwt185.00–198.0087815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2408209.00/cwt209.00–209.008535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568152.79/cwt146.00–165.0086815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2454198.00/cwt198.00–198.008996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added940137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540151.75/cwt149.00–155.0081911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645135.00/cwt135.00–135.008715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671140.07/cwt135.00–145.0094010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added662155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435201.00/cwt200.00–202.0087410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2322189.00/cwt189.00–189.006096
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added555165.00/cwt165.00–165.009165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added543169.00/cwt169.00–169.009185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2409156.09/cwt149.00–160.0063814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390156.00/cwt156.00–156.006085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added448200.00/cwt200.00–200.0089611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added681180.27/cwt173.00–180.751,22880
BullsMedium and Large 1-2230175.65/cwt165.00–185.0040410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325184.00/cwt184.00–184.0059814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370208.00/cwt208.00–208.007705
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565155.00/cwt155.00–155.008765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472153.44/cwt149.00–157.0072411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623148.51/cwt145.00–153.0092517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,335895.00/head895.00–895.008953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3751,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bulls1,852103.06/cwt102.00–105.001,9093
Bulls1,800110.60/cwt109.00–116.001,9914
CowsLean 85-90%1,21759.16/cwt56.00–61.007203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39381.23/cwt79.00–82.001,1327
Bulls1,50092.75/cwt90.00–95.001,3912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44167.99/cwt66.00–70.009805
CowsLean 85-90%1,18373.00/cwt73.00–73.008649
CowsLean 85-90%1,06353.53/cwt49.00–54.005698
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10066.00/cwt66.00–66.007261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64572.10/cwt70.00–79.001,18610

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.