Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2023-06-17

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 17
● Final129 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
822 head
148 vs last sale 674 357 vs year ago 465 · +76.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
28 vs last sale 125 42 vs year ago 195 · 21.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
93 head
38 vs last sale 55 48 vs year ago 45 · +106.7%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.23/cwt on 329 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 12.77 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$212.23
329 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.26
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2455222.511,014252
Medium and Large 2-3479178.6185677
One grade step is worth $43.90/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale329 hd
212.23
KY average25 barns · 6,166 hd
211.98
+0.26
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
−12.77
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
BullsHigh1,487121.771,81122
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54399.101,52911
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27498.791,25831
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03187.9990788
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,255141.001,7701thin

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)1,071$1,2354thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,177$1,1696
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,186$1,1596
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,095$1,02810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)963$1,0032thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,097$9973thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,057$9795
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$9751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,077$9433thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,045$8802thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)932$8214thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)$7001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)865$8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,092$1,8416
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,159$1,47428
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,246$1,4105
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,143$1,3546

Every lot, as filed

129 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 2-3885174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5401
SteersMedium and Large 2-3430185.00/cwt185.00–185.007961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3695155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy318270.35/cwt255.00–272.5086012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371213.59/cwt200.00–220.0079215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610200.54/cwt196.00–206.001,2238
SteersMedium and Large 2-3620184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1411
SteersMedium and Large 2-3770189.50/cwt185.00–194.001,4592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714211.98/cwt209.00–213.001,5144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475212.94/cwt200.00–220.001,01126
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3483185.12/cwt170.00–194.0089414
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy384256.47/cwt242.50–272.509859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2458219.95/cwt210.00–230.001,0072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423220.54/cwt210.00–230.009333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524215.77/cwt205.00–220.001,13116
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3605181.26/cwt180.00–182.501,0972
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3690172.00/cwt170.00–174.001,1872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2240200.00/cwt200.00–200.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710174.50/cwt174.00–175.001,2392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573206.54/cwt200.00–216.001,18314
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3404174.94/cwt174.00–185.0070732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy484225.42/cwt221.00–229.001,0918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430211.72/cwt200.00–220.0091036
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3584189.30/cwt184.00–196.001,10611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300172.50/cwt172.50–172.505181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660192.54/cwt190.00–195.001,2712
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3536179.83/cwt165.00–190.009647
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy425229.92/cwt228.00–234.0097715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3263173.61/cwt170.00–180.004573
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3728152.95/cwt151.00–155.001,1132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy423250.52/cwt235.00–285.001,06024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added458242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,10857
SteersMedium and Large 2-3530182.82/cwt170.00–190.009695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623231.45/cwt220.00–234.001,4429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390236.00/cwt236.00–236.009201
SteersMedium and Large 2410202.50/cwt202.50–202.508301
SteersMedium and Large 2-3920170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy469263.12/cwt245.00–279.001,23446
SteersMedium and Large 2605204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added575251.96/cwt251.00–254.001,4493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2659220.00/cwt217.50–222.501,4504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527231.19/cwt226.00–233.001,2184
SteersMedium and Large 2-3455190.00/cwt190.00–190.008651
SteersMedium and Large 2-3585187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560226.16/cwt217.50–235.001,26619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332233.14/cwt225.00–237.507744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1,129184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,07751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added712223.56/cwt220.00–226.001,5925
SteersMedium and Large 2530205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0871
SteersMedium and Large 2670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3401
Dairy SteersLarge 31,195124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4821
Dairy SteersLarge 3530163.00/cwt163.00–163.008643
Dairy SteersLarge 3602159.00/cwt159.00–159.009572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added645254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added513245.81/cwt240.00–260.001,26111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added652240.98/cwt235.00–244.001,5713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2308231.22/cwt230.00–232.507122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280222.50/cwt222.50–222.506231
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583221.26/cwt211.00–229.001,2909
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy415253.95/cwt249.00–260.001,0548
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy506231.80/cwt230.00–239.001,1735
CowsLean 85-90%94271.41/cwt60.00–79.5067311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495103.69/cwt100.00–107.001,5505
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58395.27/cwt90.00–99.001,5086
CowsLean 85-90%1,02984.44/cwt80.00–89.0086936
CowsLean 85-90%1,081104.79/cwt100.00–110.001,1338
CowsLean 85-90%1,05093.32/cwt90.00–99.0098033
HeifersSelect and Choice1,255141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,7701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248104.79/cwt100.00–110.001,30812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29695.31/cwt90.00–99.001,23518
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18589.50/cwt89.50–89.501,0611
Bulls1,511133.56/cwt130.00–140.002,0186
Bulls1,580124.78/cwt121.00–129.001,97210
Bulls1,309104.96/cwt70.00–114.001,3746
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629214.97/cwt210.00–220.001,3524
BullsMedium and Large 1-2671209.07/cwt202.50–215.001,4035
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410219.77/cwt205.00–225.009015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708182.47/cwt180.00–185.001,2922
BullsMedium and Large 2-3635185.07/cwt170.00–192.501,1755
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450182.50/cwt182.50–182.508211
BullsMedium and Large 2-31,005116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524215.07/cwt205.00–225.001,12715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2203235.67/cwt229.00–242.504782
BullsMedium and Large 2578201.70/cwt200.00–202.501,1663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy468240.61/cwt234.00–246.001,12617
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy378257.74/cwt247.50–267.5097420
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy241251.67/cwt250.00–252.506073
BullsMedium and Large 2-3305170.00/cwt170.00–170.005191
BullsMedium and Large 2-3540172.50/cwt172.50–172.509321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3685178.70/cwt175.00–182.501,2242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy258283.69/cwt267.50–290.007326
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy557230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy312261.32/cwt246.00–272.508156
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2461,409.53/head1,300.00–1,550.001,4105
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2932821.44/head750.00–850.008214
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1621,477.46/head1,125.00–1,800.001,47727
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1531,356.82/head1,185.00–1,550.001,3573
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0641,929.18/head1,625.00–2,275.001,9295
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,097996.58/head900.00–1,125.009973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1771,168.70/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1696
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1861,159.48/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1596
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0951,028.29/head810.00–1,200.001,02810
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2865850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,077943.45/head725.00–1,085.009433
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045880.38/head800.00–960.008802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29631,002.73/head950.00–1,050.001,0032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0711,234.70/head1,160.00–1,300.001,2354
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,057978.64/head875.00–1,075.009795
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0801,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1331,350.85/head1,025.00–1,500.001,3513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3775163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy295230.00/cwt230.00–230.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added531231.06/cwt224.00–233.001,22715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy371230.49/cwt225.00–237.0085516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy223237.47/cwt235.00–240.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2282201.66/cwt200.00–205.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335208.45/cwt200.00–214.006984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy322228.87/cwt222.50–235.007379
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365226.75/cwt225.00–234.008285
BullsMedium and Large 2-3433183.32/cwt172.50–187.007944
BullsMedium and Large 2-3563186.90/cwt180.00–192.501,0524
BullsMedium and Large 1-2940155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4571

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.