Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2024-03-09

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Mar 9
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
903 head
298 vs last sale 605 585 vs year ago 1,488 · 39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
40 vs last sale 93 31 vs year ago 102 · +30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
99 head
71 vs last sale 28 43 vs year ago 56 · +76.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mostly stronger once again. Light weight feeder steers 400 lbs and under were steady to 3.00 lower, while the rest of the weight classes were at least steady to 6.00 higher with a good supply. It was noted that the 450-550 lbs steers showed the most price gains as they were 8.00 to 12.00 HIGHER with strong demand and yearling steers were steady to 4.00 higher but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers followed a similar path as well and were steady to 6.00 higher across the weight breaks with good demand. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 higher with strong demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $311.63/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 151.19 against this barn's trailing median of $462.82.
Average price
$311.63
48 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$62.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.26
vs KY average
1.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539315.521,69945
Medium and Large 2550253.371,3943thin
One grade step is worth $62.15/cwt here — about $306 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
525470416361median 462.8201/0303/0704/2506/1308/15
Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.01, low $375.39, median $462.82 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
311.63
KY average25 barns · 1,015 hd
291.37
+20.26
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
−1.37
This barn, trailing median28 sales
462.82
−151.19
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
BullsLow1,696131.192,22520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441120.001,72925
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,221114.891,40350
CowsLean 85-90%High97697.6895336

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,201$1,5548
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,155$1,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,146$1,49218
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,3562thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,030$1,2001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)960$1,6501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)610$9001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,100$2,4501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,292$2,41512
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,175$1,9252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,237$1,89510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,160$1,7251thin

Every lot, as filed

115 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 2700–750730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4601
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1551,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2011,553.86/head1,350.00–2,025.001,5548
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1651,530.11/head1,300.00–1,725.001,53017
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29601,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650642261.36/cwt260.00–263.001,6784
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2922,415.32/head2,350.00–2,500.002,41512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2261,951.72/head1,575.00–2,500.001,9526
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473299.74/cwt287.50–305.001,41811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500471352.77/cwt342.50–362.501,6626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900899220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,97859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700685267.16/cwt264.00–277.001,83014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550516338.31/cwt330.00–340.001,74621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650618291.07/cwt285.00–300.001,79921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550516293.62/cwt285.00–305.001,5157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600553264.38/cwt259.00–265.001,46210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550510286.01/cwt274.00–292.501,45917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650609244.42/cwt240.00–257.501,48923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850826237.91/cwt235.00–238.001,96565
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0551,355.69/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250237286.69/cwt285.00–290.006793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600577306.58/cwt300.00–313.001,7698
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4421
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550535234.39/cwt227.50–245.001,2548
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300285315.00/cwt315.00–315.008981
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650600257.50/cwt255.00–260.001,5452
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600555245.05/cwt240.00–250.001,3602
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550540270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4581
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450432245.09/cwt240.00–257.501,05912
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400362252.50/cwt250.00–255.009143
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400365335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2231
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280253.62/cwt250.00–257.507102
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500474257.59/cwt245.00–267.501,2218
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615205.92/cwt195.00–210.001,2665
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750721193.37/cwt190.00–200.001,3943
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4491
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700668211.26/cwt210.00–212.501,4112
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2541
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250230250.00/cwt250.00–250.005751
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1751
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450415267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800780142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350312255.82/cwt250.00–260.007983
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600568225.08/cwt222.50–227.501,2782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438116.41/cwt114.00–119.001,67412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,251124.79/cwt120.00–135.001,56110
CowsLean 85-90%998106.20/cwt100.00–123.001,06022
CowsLean 85-90%97993.58/cwt90.00–98.009167
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214112.41/cwt102.00–119.001,36540
Bulls1,514115.47/cwt112.00–118.001,7484
Bred CowsMedium 1-2820850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bulls1,630128.96/cwt125.00–133.002,1028
Bulls1,854141.27/cwt137.00–150.002,6198
CowsLean 85-90%1,14054.51/cwt50.00–64.006212
CowsLean 85-90%80883.22/cwt80.00–85.006725
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,443123.32/cwt120.00–134.001,78013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650640160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450428202.51/cwt200.00–205.008672
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Fleshy800–850835140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1691
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2610900.00/head900.00–900.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500461332.85/cwt320.00–337.501,53415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300272313.15/cwt310.00–322.5085213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500479309.85/cwt307.00–320.001,4849
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450435320.29/cwt315.00–330.001,3938
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300276390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0768
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750715160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450418338.17/cwt335.00–345.001,4145
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400385300.41/cwt290.00–310.001,1575
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400375342.80/cwt335.00–350.001,2862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500477298.94/cwt290.00–305.001,42624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300295362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,0691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350325334.10/cwt327.50–342.501,0865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850810208.83/cwt202.50–215.001,6922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465301.35/cwt290.00–310.001,40111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700659250.62/cwt237.50–255.001,6524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300295328.00/cwt328.00–328.009682
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350342295.10/cwt285.00–300.001,0093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750745232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450429294.95/cwt290.00–305.001,2655
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2531,809.63/head1,475.00–2,000.001,8104
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250245340.00/cwt340.00–340.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300265298.75/cwt295.00–302.507922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618217.52/cwt216.00–219.001,3442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400364292.60/cwt280.00–295.001,06513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322291.99/cwt280.00–297.509405
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950922222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,04757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623280.28/cwt270.00–282.501,74611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760206.62/cwt200.00–210.001,5703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426279.60/cwt270.00–290.001,19110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566234.24/cwt230.00–246.001,32615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672232.17/cwt225.00–238.001,56017
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600567265.98/cwt255.00–272.501,5086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350300385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800751242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8176
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467277.69/cwt272.50–287.501,29715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532303.84/cwt290.00–309.001,6166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680243.64/cwt236.00–250.001,65724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532258.13/cwt250.00–270.001,37326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400380307.00/cwt300.00–315.001,16713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418313.81/cwt305.00–325.001,31214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385322.93/cwt317.50–325.001,2435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600559281.80/cwt275.00–290.001,57510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450429300.63/cwt292.50–311.001,29021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900857200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7142
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400377331.99/cwt330.00–335.001,2525

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.