Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2024-11-16

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Nov 16
● Final125 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
728 head
26 vs last sale 702 329 vs year ago 399 · +82.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
25 vs last sale 74 12 vs year ago 87 · +13.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
37 vs last sale 40 24 vs year ago 53 · +45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was stronger with a good quality offering. Feeder steer calves were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher or greater in spots, while the feeder heifer calves were steady to 3.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Yearling cattle appeared steady but with limited comparisons. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower 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 $234.10/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 162.60 against this barn's trailing median of $396.70.
Average price
$234.10
74 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$50.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.07
vs KY average
31.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543240.681,30754
Medium and Large 2544217.731,18419thin
Medium and Large 2-3545190.001,0361thin
One grade step is worth $50.68/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale74 hd
234.10
KY average26 barns · 1,390 hd
240.17
−6.07
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−31.00
This barn, trailing median30 sales
396.70
−162.60
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
BullsLow1,678139.272,33711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,408110.581,55632
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,205110.481,33127
CowsLean 85-90%Low98696.2294930

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$2,0002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,054$1,9623thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,193$1,8618
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,287$1,82920
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$1,7114thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,260$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,187$1,3937
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)915$1,7001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)753$1,2184thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)720$1,1851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,564$2,1644thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,185$1,5001thin

Every lot, as filed

125 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 1-2Fancy450–500460343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300265320.00/cwt320.00–320.008481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450434315.01/cwt310.00–324.001,36711
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530239.93/cwt230.00–250.001,2724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,3982,251.16/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2512
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29151,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27531,218.15/head1,150.00–1,300.001,2184
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700670219.06/cwt210.00–232.501,4683
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1432,268.38/head2,200.00–2,325.002,2682
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2531,540.09/head1,350.00–1,650.001,5403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28751,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450413276.93/cwt267.50–280.001,1444
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2871,829.36/head1,375.00–2,150.001,82920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700666270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7987
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27201,185.00/head1,185.00–1,185.001,1851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5642,164.31/head1,900.00–2,435.002,1644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2601,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1802,000.32/head1,850.00–2,125.002,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4002,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500461286.02/cwt280.00–294.001,31919
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1241,731.32/head1,400.00–1,950.001,7316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550519304.40/cwt300.00–315.001,5806
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350306404.21/cwt403.50–407.501,2376
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055161.65/cwt157.00–170.001,7053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added950–1000971218.50/cwt218.50–218.502,12257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600551258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4228
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900870177.96/cwt170.00–184.001,5483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600573288.98/cwt282.50–296.001,6562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1871,392.90/head1,225.00–1,650.001,3937
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600573244.87/cwt235.00–255.001,40310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750704223.93/cwt210.00–238.001,5764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7295
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2701
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423266.29/cwt260.00–272.501,1262
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580213.30/cwt212.50–215.001,2373
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280239.64/cwt230.00–250.006712
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008241
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500485280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3581
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450419231.28/cwt225.00–235.009694
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550536253.78/cwt240.00–259.001,3607
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400377272.88/cwt269.00–280.001,0293
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3631
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800755192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4531
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600576256.02/cwt250.00–260.001,4755
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500490266.50/cwt265.00–272.501,3068
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600568217.68/cwt200.00–222.501,23611
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300285250.00/cwt250.00–250.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350321244.26/cwt232.50–255.007844
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900890167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4911
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500462226.97/cwt215.00–234.001,0496
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750733194.69/cwt184.00–200.001,4273
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400367230.00/cwt230.00–230.008442
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4301
Bulls1,213109.58/cwt109.00–110.001,3292
Bulls1,789152.60/cwt150.00–154.002,7304
CowsLean 85-90%1,07393.61/cwt90.00–100.001,00412
CowsLean 85-90%85475.72/cwt61.00–81.006477
CowsBoner 80-85%1,390138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,9181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,204116.04/cwt110.00–124.001,39713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,192102.81/cwt90.00–108.001,22513
CowsLean 85-90%945140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3231
Bulls1,775140.49/cwt135.00–145.002,4945
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,434107.49/cwt100.00–110.001,54123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,370130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,336117.03/cwt113.00–126.001,5648
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400355209.93/cwt205.00–215.007452
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700655180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1791
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450430215.00/cwt215.00–215.009251
SteersLarge 1-2700–750735202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4851
Dairy SteersLarge 31300–13501,305130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6971
CowsLean 85-90%978109.31/cwt102.00–119.001,06910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400352291.92/cwt285.00–300.001,0289
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350340295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0031
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510217.80/cwt215.00–222.001,1118
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400379242.59/cwt235.00–250.009194
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800785160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550545190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400378325.93/cwt318.00–330.001,2323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850810182.53/cwt180.00–185.001,4782
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300290288.81/cwt285.00–292.508382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open600–650606241.97/cwt230.00–244.001,4667
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open750–800760230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450425277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1792
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650610234.31/cwt227.50–241.001,4292
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700657246.50/cwt245.00–247.501,6203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700681249.32/cwt240.00–258.001,69811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250230270.00/cwt270.00–270.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650624213.60/cwt210.00–217.001,3334
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400383291.22/cwt290.00–295.001,1154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670215.00/cwt213.00–217.001,4414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520263.12/cwt252.50–265.001,36810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519240.27/cwt232.00–252.501,24726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635258.99/cwt250.00–267.501,64518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300257290.00/cwt290.00–290.007452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450419298.37/cwt286.00–304.001,2508
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350317268.71/cwt262.50–280.008529
BullsMedium and Large 1-21100–11501,145169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,9351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427245.10/cwt235.00–251.001,04733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480250.02/cwt237.00–256.001,20024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527283.80/cwt272.50–292.501,49618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373259.26/cwt250.00–268.0096710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713258.65/cwt252.50–262.001,84425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418296.49/cwt290.00–310.001,2399
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800781234.48/cwt234.00–237.501,8317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725210.33/cwt202.50–220.001,5256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950930217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850820200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6402
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320310.16/cwt305.00–315.009932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571234.28/cwt228.00–245.001,33820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470307.85/cwt300.00–311.001,4475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650610215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open650–700670239.67/cwt235.00–243.001,60615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850830240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9922
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800775185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900890216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400380335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569266.71/cwt262.00–275.001,5188
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450435330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4361

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.