Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2024-02-24

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 24
● Final145 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,463 head
▲ 709 vs last sale 754▲ 609 vs year ago 854 · +71.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 58▲ 54 vs year ago 104 · +51.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 56▲ 58 vs year ago 39 · +148.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mostly stronger with a good quality offering. Lighter weight steers 500 lbs and under were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher, however there were a few spots of 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Yearling steers 750 lbs and over were 4.00 to 6.00 higher with good demand. Feeder heifers 400 lbs and under were 8.00 to 10.00 higher with good demand, while heifers weighing over 500 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher with a good supply. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with good demand and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with a good supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $242.18/cwt on 605 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +17.18 against this barn's trailing median of $225.00.
Average price
$242.18
605 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,407
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$566
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$78.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.39
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588246.771,452526
Medium and Large 2533220.231,17366
Medium and Large 2-3527168.1188613thin
One grade step is worth $78.66/cwt here — about $566 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 sale605 hd
242.18
—
KY average26 barns · 7,638 hd
242.57
−0.39
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.00
+17.18
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
Bulls—Low1,803124.942,25322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,516114.101,73011
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,193105.031,25361
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low98391.5990143

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 (2-4 yrs)1,020$1,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$1,5909
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,041$1,4825
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,192$1,42926
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$1,2304thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)980$9251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)900$7751thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,228$1,6972thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,063$1,2242thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$1,8414thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,2251thin

Every lot, as filed

145 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 2-3—320215.00/cwt215.00–215.006881
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—430200.00/cwt200.00–200.008601
SteersMedium and Large 2—620230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—514291.18/cwt280.00–300.001,4978
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—899228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,05459
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—813237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,93162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—482324.27/cwt315.00–336.001,56312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—318325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—275350.00/cwt350.00–350.009631
SteersMedium and Large 2—250275.00/cwt275.00–275.006881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—423336.58/cwt330.00–345.001,4248
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—960145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—437277.43/cwt275.00–285.001,2124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—238265.94/cwt260.00–272.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—621224.48/cwt210.00–230.001,39430
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—327277.54/cwt267.50–287.509087
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—525261.47/cwt260.00–275.001,37320
SteersMedium and Large 2—385285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—575239.10/cwt234.00–252.501,37535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—379288.91/cwt280.00–295.001,0959
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—476259.19/cwt250.00–266.001,2347
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—875174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—732213.48/cwt200.00–214.501,56334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—374353.73/cwt337.50–357.501,3237
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375265.95/cwt250.00–270.009975
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332238.07/cwt230.00–250.007905
HeifersMedium and Large 2—223232.58/cwt225.00–240.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—530250.19/cwt240.00–257.501,32640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—950155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—911228.75/cwt228.75–228.752,08458
HeifersMedium and Large 2—295227.50/cwt227.50–227.506711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—875170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—1,045137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,4371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665189.92/cwt180.00–200.001,2632
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567217.75/cwt210.00–221.001,23515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—282275.76/cwt265.00–285.007785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—235297.50/cwt290.00–305.006992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,038180.97/cwt179.00–185.001,8783
SteersMedium and Large 2—481281.05/cwt275.00–285.001,3525
SteersMedium and Large 2—685236.98/cwt234.00–240.001,6232
SteersMedium and Large 2—515275.97/cwt275.00–277.001,4212
SteersMedium and Large 2—730220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,158181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,09649
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—822220.41/cwt210.00–228.001,8125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—683249.69/cwt245.00–258.001,70510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—724236.05/cwt220.00–239.001,7097
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—914205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8745
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—764231.32/cwt220.00–235.001,7674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—725246.72/cwt244.00–248.001,78919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—380305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—476297.23/cwt290.00–305.001,4158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—266306.55/cwt300.00–315.008154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—955205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9583
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—433292.20/cwt280.00–300.001,26510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—764243.41/cwt240.00–247.501,86019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—865209.97/cwt205.00–215.001,8162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—637259.70/cwt252.50–262.501,6548
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—345307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,0611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579266.29/cwt260.00–277.501,5424
SteersMedium and Large 2—581241.45/cwt230.00–252.501,4035
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—515324.98/cwt318.00–329.001,67418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—564298.60/cwt290.00–300.001,6848
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—663265.22/cwt262.50–279.001,7586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—610270.46/cwt265.00–280.001,65023
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—364338.70/cwt330.00–350.001,2338
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—277320.22/cwt312.50–325.008873
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—482285.76/cwt280.00–296.001,3775
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—419323.36/cwt315.00–335.001,3557
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—318341.46/cwt335.00–347.501,0865
CowsLean 85-90%—91361.40/cwt60.00–62.505612
CowsLean 85-90%—976105.16/cwt100.00–113.001,02614
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05293.23/cwt86.00–98.0098114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,500109.81/cwt100.00–114.001,6477
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17793.93/cwt90.00–98.001,10617
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,163105.50/cwt100.00–112.001,22730
CowsLean 85-90%—92879.84/cwt70.00–84.0074113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275117.48/cwt114.00–125.001,49814
Bulls——1,453111.80/cwt100.00–118.001,6246
Bulls——2,076135.88/cwt130.00–143.002,8217
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,545121.61/cwt115.00–130.001,8794
Bulls——1,825125.19/cwt120.00–129.002,2859
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2401,589.83/head1,275.00–1,900.001,5909
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0411,481.68/head1,250.00–1,650.001,4825
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1921,429.44/head1,100.00–1,875.001,42926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1281,230.21/head1,175.00–1,300.001,2304
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—980925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—860125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1231,666.43/head1,625.00–1,700.001,6662
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2432,014.74/head1,675.00–2,225.002,0152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2281,697.05/head1,650.00–1,750.001,6972
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0631,223.59/head1,050.00–1,375.001,2242
BullsMedium and Large 2—376272.00/cwt265.00–285.001,0233
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—630244.37/cwt232.50–252.501,54014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—513281.23/cwt280.00–285.001,4434
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—500210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 2—440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 2—518241.17/cwt240.00–242.501,2493
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—373302.46/cwt290.00–310.001,1284
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—680226.38/cwt219.00–233.001,5393
BullsMedium and Large 2—280245.00/cwt245.00–245.006861
BullsMedium and Large 2—225275.00/cwt275.00–275.006191
BullsMedium and Large 2—465239.84/cwt235.00–245.001,1152
HeifersMedium and Large 2—970131.25/cwt120.00–142.501,2732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—617199.03/cwt195.00–202.001,2283
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519228.76/cwt220.00–235.001,1874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—771173.71/cwt165.00–180.001,3394
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—403164.91/cwt150.00–180.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673221.63/cwt215.00–227.001,49222
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—280200.00/cwt200.00–200.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—500200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420249.28/cwt240.00–257.501,04710
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—450217.00/cwt217.00–217.009771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—715127.50/cwt127.50–127.509121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—810167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—332303.90/cwt290.00–309.501,00912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—417296.49/cwt290.00–310.001,23617
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—364309.93/cwt304.00–315.001,12813
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—670140.00/cwt140.00–140.009381
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—378172.82/cwt150.00–185.006533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—325312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—680237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,612150
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—765150.88/cwt140.00–162.501,1543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—484275.13/cwt270.00–285.001,33230
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—603242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,46287
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472235.44/cwt230.00–245.001,1119
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—589258.57/cwt247.50–267.501,5237
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—220302.50/cwt302.50–302.506661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—905197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,7871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—730219.70/cwt212.00–227.501,6042
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—823203.57/cwt199.00–211.001,6753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—773211.11/cwt207.50–216.001,6323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—486263.22/cwt253.00–272.501,2797
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—437302.16/cwt290.00–311.001,32015
BullsMedium and Large 2—633216.71/cwt205.00–227.501,3723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—524260.12/cwt250.00–270.001,36310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,040183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,9031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—278300.31/cwt300.00–301.008353
BullsMedium and Large 2—570223.25/cwt220.00–230.001,2733

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.