Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-05-24

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, May 24
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
256 vs last sale 666 191 vs year ago 219 · +87.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
15 vs last sale 76 7 vs year ago 84 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
22 vs last sale 60 29 vs year ago 53 · +54.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady to 2.00 higher with a good supply and good demand. Yearling appeared stronger but with limited comparisons. Buyers were active today and willing to pay premiums for weaned and harder conditioned calves, while discounting the fatter new crop calves coming straight off the cow. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.44/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 81.26 against this barn's trailing median of $396.70.
Average price
$315.44
23 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.87
vs KY average
18.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528321.191,69717thin
Medium and Large 2550299.161,6446thin
One grade step is worth $22.03/cwt here — about $53 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 sale23 hd
315.44
KY average25 barns · 1,101 hd
328.32
−12.87
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−18.82
This barn, trailing median30 sales
396.70
−81.26
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
BullsHigh1,751195.753,42816
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,220159.541,94634
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,427158.862,26721
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,009134.541,35825

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)1,268$3,1206
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$2,68814
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,283$2,3255
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,125$2,2254thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,050$1,9555
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,070$1,8001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)865$1,9001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,398$2,7672thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)965$2,1751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,266$3,5748
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,046$2,9752thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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 1-2Fancy650–700654323.01/cwt320.00–326.002,1124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full550–600567310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650618308.29/cwt305.00–315.001,9053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550531334.29/cwt320.00–344.001,77519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330381.75/cwt370.00–387.501,2603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450419381.02/cwt365.00–390.001,5964
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900872231.42/cwt228.00–235.002,0186
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350316434.14/cwt422.50–445.001,3729
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500472348.51/cwt340.00–350.001,64510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800762260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250225475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,0691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800765267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,0461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670271.62/cwt270.00–275.001,8206
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300250480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750700260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350337417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400357356.64/cwt350.00–360.001,2733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850830222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,8471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413373.51/cwt367.00–376.001,5436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2150–200160415.00/cwt415.00–415.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585301.27/cwt290.00–310.001,7624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300277440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620292.53/cwt289.00–300.001,8147
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530352.06/cwt340.00–355.001,8665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735254.93/cwt245.00–265.001,8742
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,065200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600576328.90/cwt320.00–344.001,89412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400379398.00/cwt385.00–402.501,5084
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700662286.59/cwt275.00–300.001,8973
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8364
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500475369.38/cwt366.00–371.001,7553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250230512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,1792
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650617330.20/cwt322.50–342.502,0375
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450405425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350320413.18/cwt410.00–420.001,3223
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1302,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29653,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29623,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3333,620.41/head3,350.00–4,025.003,6203
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9322,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2512,784.76/head2,075.00–2,985.002,78513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7451,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2683,120.43/head2,900.00–3,225.003,1206
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2832,325.37/head1,950.00–2,650.002,3255
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,955.12/head1,925.00–2,050.001,9555
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1252,225.31/head1,950.00–2,650.002,2254
CowsLean 85-90%933103.11/cwt100.00–110.009623
CowsLean 85-90%936120.08/cwt117.00–123.001,1244
CowsLean 85-90%1,036151.53/cwt148.00–159.001,5709
CowsLean 85-90%1,040134.46/cwt125.00–144.001,3989
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,368120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,409171.61/cwt164.00–185.002,41810
Bulls1,816192.60/cwt187.00–200.003,4986
Bulls1,487181.80/cwt174.00–185.002,7035
Bulls1,973218.54/cwt214.00–222.004,3123
Bulls1,883205.87/cwt205.00–207.003,8772
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,460153.33/cwt146.00–160.002,2399
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160130.11/cwt125.00–135.001,5092
HeifersMedium 1-2300–350325265.00/cwt265.00–265.008611
SteersMedium 1-2400–450435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5011
Dairy SteersLarge 3250–300280260.00/cwt260.00–260.007281
BullsLarge 1-2600–650637280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232169.90/cwt162.00–184.002,09314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,217154.75/cwt145.00–160.001,88318
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6354,038.46/head4,025.00–4,050.004,0382
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2845183.91/cwt169.00–204.001,5542
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3982,766.50/head2,525.00–2,975.002,7672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1502,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
BullsMedium and Large 1-29652,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28651,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500495255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2621
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350335360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2061
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400375315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450430320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2752
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365338.73/cwt337.50–340.001,2362
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500462329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,5202
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420341.85/cwt335.00–350.001,4368
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473309.00/cwt300.00–322.001,4627
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477339.74/cwt325.00–347.501,62111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550511327.32/cwt317.00–340.001,67313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,5971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1150–12001,179236.75/cwt236.75–236.752,79145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450406418.61/cwt400.00–425.001,7004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2100–150145535.00/cwt535.00–535.007761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600559353.82/cwt345.00–365.001,9789
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615327.30/cwt315.00–340.002,0132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500461366.88/cwt365.00–367.501,6914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600573325.69/cwt317.50–335.001,8664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1000–10501,037232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,40650
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533308.99/cwt305.00–312.001,6473
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550528309.37/cwt302.50–312.501,6334
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350305365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1131
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400358369.79/cwt360.00–380.001,3242
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600593278.74/cwt277.50–280.001,6532
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650605275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6641
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450423359.33/cwt350.00–363.001,5207
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350307407.98/cwt400.00–410.001,2525
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400381364.24/cwt350.00–375.001,3887
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600578300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7342
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8771
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750745245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8251
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800770235.10/cwt230.00–240.001,8102
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500471316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4883
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1062

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.