Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2024-10-26

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 26
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
859 head
173 vs last sale 1,032 176 vs year ago 1,035 · 17.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
37 vs last sale 164 38 vs year ago 165 · 23.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
16 vs last sale 84 43 vs year ago 57 · +75.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Yearling steers appeared steady but with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower with a good supply and limited demand. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for weaned packages of calves, while discounting planer quality and off colored calves severely. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower in spots with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.79/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 165.91 against this barn's trailing median of $396.70.
Average price
$230.79
60 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,239
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$45.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.32
vs KY average
28.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533243.001,29432
Medium and Large 2542222.111,20422
Medium and Large 2-3540197.501,0676thin
One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $228 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
446407367328median 396.7001/0303/0705/0206/2008/15
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.00, low $342.05, median $396.70 across 30 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 sale60 hd
230.79
KY average26 barns · 1,783 hd
240.11
−9.32
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−28.84
This barn, trailing median30 sales
396.70
−165.91
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
BullsAverage1,769147.292,60521
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,486124.011,84329
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,195121.941,45737
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,071102.571,09934

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)1,304$1,91612
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$1,68634
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,154$1,6085
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)952$1,5093thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,220$1,3501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)765$9613thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,368$2,2252thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,920$3,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,280$2,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)995$2,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,306$2,0708

Every lot, as filed

123 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750730175.35/cwt173.00–180.001,2803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770228.06/cwt225.00–234.001,7563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900890214.97/cwt210.00–220.001,9132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535270.33/cwt262.50–277.501,44623
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430234.75/cwt220.00–242.501,00916
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250225252.50/cwt252.50–252.505681
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350345260.00/cwt260.00–260.008971
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550500210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600565210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950900160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4401
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350338242.37/cwt230.00–252.508198
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569216.83/cwt212.00–220.001,23412
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510228.45/cwt215.00–234.001,16510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350305350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450422315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672223.78/cwt210.00–227.501,50410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400384263.37/cwt255.00–270.001,01116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429250.68/cwt245.00–262.001,07519
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650633204.29/cwt200.00–210.001,2937
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550533200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0665
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400379245.17/cwt225.00–252.5092920
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513248.94/cwt240.00–258.001,27722
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250220210.00/cwt210.00–210.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500464221.50/cwt210.00–235.001,02818
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700660212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600575185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471242.23/cwt235.00–250.001,14120
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300273243.19/cwt235.00–252.506642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678256.88/cwt252.50–264.001,7426
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650605225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419297.11/cwt290.00–310.001,2455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750700258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950941235.85/cwt235.85–235.852,21962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400378326.08/cwt322.50–327.501,2339
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600590256.53/cwt252.50–257.501,5145
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350333288.89/cwt285.00–292.509622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330321.08/cwt310.00–332.501,0602
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,045200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850845220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581274.97/cwt260.00–280.001,59819
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950915174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5921
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750732239.55/cwt234.00–243.001,7544
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550527241.97/cwt238.00–245.001,2753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360316.03/cwt315.00–317.001,1382
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600570148.09/cwt142.50–150.008444
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500485269.48/cwt257.50–279.001,3078
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490292.85/cwt282.50–295.001,43558
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450414285.02/cwt282.50–287.501,1806
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7001
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300295285.00/cwt285.00–285.008411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400375295.00/cwt290.00–307.501,1067
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950920177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,6281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350325235.00/cwt235.00–235.007641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700650180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475269.62/cwt260.00–277.501,28115
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450425200.00/cwt200.00–200.008501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230125.22/cwt120.00–132.001,54020
CowsBoner 80-85%1,060143.89/cwt140.00–147.501,5252
CowsLean 85-90%98890.39/cwt75.00–95.0089312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,442138.09/cwt132.00–146.001,9913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,491122.39/cwt115.00–130.001,82526
CowsLean 85-90%1,108107.15/cwt100.00–119.001,18719
CowsLean 85-90%1,170122.31/cwt120.00–126.001,4313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,166114.64/cwt105.00–119.001,33715
Bulls1,824154.31/cwt150.00–160.002,8159
Bulls1,695140.02/cwt128.00–145.002,37311
Bulls2,080164.00/cwt164.00–164.003,4111
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765961.49/head800.00–1,175.009613
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,9203,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29952,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3272,180.49/head1,675.00–2,375.002,1807
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4302,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29521,508.76/head1,300.00–1,700.001,5093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2741,831.19/head1,625.00–2,000.001,8318
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1551,670.93/head1,175.00–1,825.001,67133
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2885167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1541,608.44/head1,450.00–1,735.001,6085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,3172,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4101,998.40/head1,950.00–2,050.001,9982
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2802,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1551,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3682,225.27/head2,075.00–2,375.002,2252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800764194.83/cwt180.00–200.001,4894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500465282.05/cwt275.00–292.501,3129
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300280294.91/cwt290.00–300.008262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600575251.73/cwt245.00–257.501,44714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576229.92/cwt220.00–237.501,32410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285279.82/cwt275.00–285.007972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650607224.69/cwt215.00–233.001,36412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6281
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600558242.43/cwt237.50–247.501,3532
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900870155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500497252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,25242
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350318267.80/cwt260.00–275.008522
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550544216.03/cwt200.00–220.001,1755
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850812172.01/cwt170.00–173.001,3973
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700676214.90/cwt210.00–225.001,4537
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320310.00/cwt310.00–310.009921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650631248.49/cwt240.00–254.001,5689
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850800185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4801
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250230250.00/cwt250.00–250.005751
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650612223.17/cwt220.00–230.001,36610
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500482224.26/cwt215.00–237.501,0813
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550529243.17/cwt227.50–252.501,28614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000975170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750721206.55/cwt200.00–210.001,4898
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,013130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3172
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650635175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1111
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300287265.00/cwt265.00–265.007612
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390283.16/cwt267.50–287.501,10412
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425280.81/cwt264.00–287.501,1937
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520264.92/cwt257.50–272.501,37813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450423294.89/cwt290.00–307.501,24718
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660240.68/cwt235.00–247.001,5887
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800756175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3234

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.