Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mixed on an average quality offering. Good quality steer calves were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with good demand, while the yearling market appeared firm with a good supply. Feeder heifers were steady to 3.00 higher in spots with a good supply and good demand. Slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.11/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −157.72 against this barn's trailing median of $462.82.

Average price

$305.11

12 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.71

vs KY average

−0.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	305.11	1,703	12thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

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 sale12 hd

305.11

—

KY average18 barns · 538 hd

303.40

+1.71

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

−0.03

This barn, trailing median28 sales

462.82

−157.72

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,786	165.98	2,964	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	139.14	2,059	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	134.52	1,637	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	864	115.53	998	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,161	$1,654	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$1,275	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$1,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	686	$1,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,099	$1,853	4thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	268.21/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	981	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,202	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	292.50/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	324.85/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,247	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	275.98/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,474	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	328.62/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	264.38/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,943	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	251.90/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,640	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	1,988.54/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,087	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	2,114	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	929	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,188	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1150–1200	1,152	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	2,298	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	305.02/cwt	304.00–308.00	1,760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	294.49/cwt	293.00–297.50	1,525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	249.08/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,430	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	1,654.22/head	1,375.00–1,825.00	1,654	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,717.65/head	1,175.00–2,075.00	1,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	238.64/cwt	227.50–250.00	1,277	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,580	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	300.32/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,132	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	300.64/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,293	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	331.01/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,116	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	262.41/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	260.86/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,062	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,536	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	147.49/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,864	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	115.17/cwt	113.00–117.00	936	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,786	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	147.02/cwt	142.00–155.00	2,176	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	130.93/cwt	123.00–139.00	1,546	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	134.01/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,961	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,553	1
Bulls	—	—	1,882	174.95/cwt	170.00–183.00	3,293	3
Bulls	—	—	1,728	160.59/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,775	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,290	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	883	175.01/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	256.21/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,227	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	290.98/cwt	278.00–297.50	1,682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	233.69/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,900	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	306.82/cwt	299.00–317.50	1,620	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	333.41/cwt	324.00–340.00	1,417	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	417	311.85/cwt	307.50–318.00	1,300	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,329	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	270.21/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	351	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,172	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	330.01/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	287.78/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	801	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,003	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	236.81/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,463	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,804	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	295.79/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,843	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	253.22/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	271.72/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	328.64/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	287.00/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,223	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	289.42/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,106	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	294.27/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	296.35/cwt	285.00–300.00	987	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	291.72/cwt	281.00–302.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	289.65/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	312.33/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	284.86/cwt	280.00–290.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	269.99/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,490	3

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

Sat Jun 1, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 714Last week 219Year ago 1,025

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 84Year ago 219

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 53Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	380.00	380.00
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	320	357.50	357.50
6	350–400	384	315.00–330.00	324.85
9	400–450	425	324.00–340.00	333.41
3	450–500	475	310.00–317.00	312.33
12	500–550	528	299.00–317.50	306.82
3	550–600	578	278.00–297.50	290.98
3	600–650	630	260.00–280.00	268.21
6	650–700	669	245.00–262.50	253.22
1	700–750	725	241.00	241.00
1	750–800	770	221.00	221.00
1	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	335.00	335.00
4	300–350	337	330.00–332.00	331.01
7	350–400	377	290.00–310.00	300.32
3	400–450	430	300.00–302.00	300.64
2	450–500	460	290.00–295.00	292.50
3	500–550	518	293.00–297.50	294.49
1	550–600	570	266.00	266.00
2	850–900	883	170.00–180.00	175.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	260.00–265.00	262.41
1	550–600	580	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	320.00–337.50	328.62
4	550–600	577	304.00–308.00	305.02
12	600–650	623	292.50–297.50	295.79
4	650–700	673	285.00–294.00	287.78
13	700–750	735	262.00–270.00	264.38
35	800–850	801	250.00	250.00
61	900–950	929	235.50	235.50
59	950–1000	981	224.50	224.50
50	1050–1100	1,087	194.50	194.50
47	1150–1200	1,152	199.50	199.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	710	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	340.00	340.00
8	400–450	434	320.00–340.00	330.01
6	450–500	472	320.00–334.00	328.64
3	500–550	528	305.00	305.00
3	550–600	587	285.00–292.00	289.65
3	600–650	630	265.00–275.00	271.72
4	650–700	679	255.00–275.00	270.21
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
6	800–850	813	233.00–235.00	233.69
1	850–900	855	230.00	230.00
2	950–1000	995	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	380	260.00	260.00
3	400–450	407	250.00–270.00	260.86
9	450–500	479	250.00–277.50	256.21
2	500–550	535	227.50–250.00	238.64
6	550–600	574	240.00–255.00	249.08
1	600–650	600	202.50	202.50
1	650–700	670	206.00	206.00
1	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	960	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	281.00–302.00	291.72
2	250–300	278	280.00–290.00	284.86
10	300–350	333	285.00–300.00	296.35
14	350–400	382	280.00–300.00	289.42
11	400–450	426	280.00–295.00	287.00
9	450–500	480	280.00–301.00	294.27
4	500–550	534	275.00–277.00	275.98
3	550–600	552	264.00–280.00	269.99
5	600–650	618	230.00–242.00	236.81
5	650–700	676	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	715	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	517	291.00	291.00
5	650–700	651	251.00–252.50	251.90
152	750–800	755	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	230.00	230.00
1	300–350	340	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	317.50	317.50
6	350–400	351	334.00	334.00
7	400–450	417	307.50–318.00	311.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,178	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,988.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	1,175.00–2,075.00	1,717.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,161	1,375.00–1,825.00	1,654.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	1,100.00	1,100.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	686	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	141.00–153.00	147.49
9	—	1,181	123.00–139.00	130.93
1	—	1,350	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	813	113.00–117.00	115.17
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
1	—	970	133.00	133.00
1	—	1,015	125.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	112.00	112.00
8	—	1,480	142.00–155.00	147.02
7	—	1,463	125.00–137.00	134.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,882	170.00–183.00	174.95
5	—	1,728	158.00–168.00	160.59

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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