Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mixed with an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady today ranging from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher with a moderate supply and mixed demand. Yearling steers and heifers appeared 4.00 to 6.00 higher, but with limited head to head comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher with a moderate supply and good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.74/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −77.96 against this barn's trailing median of $396.70.

Average price

$318.74

30 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$428

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2

$63.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.82

vs KY average

−17.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	323.54	1,793	26
Medium and Large 2	530	296.67	1,572	3thin
Medium 1-2	525	260.00	1,365	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.54/cwt here — about $428 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

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 sale30 hd

318.74

—

KY average23 barns · 744 hd

328.56

−9.82

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−17.17

This barn, trailing median30 sales

396.70

−77.96

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	—	Average	1,547	184.09	2,848	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	161.83	1,926	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	161.01	2,370	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	140.39	1,490	15
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	885	110.00	974	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,345	$2,555	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,128	15
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,135	$1,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,044	$1,550	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$1,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,455	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$2,763	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,625	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	306.71/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	405.67/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,866	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	316.26/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	391.47/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	330.14/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	314.34/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,807	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,048	263.25/cwt	263.25–263.25	2,759	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,124	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	849	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,299	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	387.84/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	271.63/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	389.98/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,135	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	344.46/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,447	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	386.37/cwt	377.50–388.50	1,688	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	318.46/cwt	317.50–325.00	2,121	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	337.17/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,625	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	371.39/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	965	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	2,444	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	300.34/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,868	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	319.39/cwt	310.00–329.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	333.93/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	237	391.55/cwt	375.00–400.00	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	304.59/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,178	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	265.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	471	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	332.36/cwt	329.00–334.00	1,914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	262.51/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,069	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	980	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	375.10/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,140	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,246	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	184.57/cwt	184.00–185.00	2,787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,243	151.19/cwt	130.00–169.00	1,879	2
Bulls	—	—	1,715	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	3,790	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	121.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,182	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	139.66/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,595	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	159.69/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,870	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	2,554.96/head	2,300.00–2,850.00	2,555	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	1,624.48/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,624	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	300–350	330	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	908	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	955	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	296	343.31/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	343.14/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,047	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	3,225.00/head	3,225.00–3,225.00	3,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	309.76/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	312.21/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,064	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	356.68/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	348.58/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	305.74/cwt	295.00–315.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	314.84/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	329.14/cwt	315.00–338.00	1,623	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	295.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	349.96/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	378.35/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	350.50/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	309.21/cwt	295.00–312.75	2,078	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	371.93/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,744	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	274.85/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,841	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,128.44/head	1,550.00–2,675.00	2,128	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	161.01/cwt	150.00–168.00	2,370	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	141.29/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,611	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	175.30/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,181	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	974	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	198.05/cwt	195.00–200.00	3,575	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	156.47/cwt	151.00–162.50	1,619	5

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 539Last week 863Year ago 659

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 94Year ago 145

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 54Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	296	337.50–355.00	343.31
4	300–350	305	342.50–345.00	343.14
3	350–400	363	345.00–355.00	348.58
1	400–450	425	327.50	327.50
3	450–500	487	300.00–310.00	306.71
2	500–550	505	290.00–300.00	295.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	375.00–400.00	391.55
1	250–300	255	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	370	375.00–400.00	387.84
11	400–450	420	335.00–360.00	344.46
16	450–500	482	330.00–345.00	337.17
5	500–550	529	325.00–335.00	330.14
16	550–600	575	300.00–320.00	314.34
8	600–650	622	291.00–305.00	300.34
3	650–700	673	270.00–275.00	271.63
2	700–750	730	260.00–270.00	265.10
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	504	350.00–352.00	350.50
1	550–600	550	330.00	330.00
81	650–700	672	295.00–312.75	309.21
68	800–850	849	270.75	270.75
51	950–1000	965	253.25	253.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	471	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	295.00–315.00	305.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	385.00–400.00	389.98
2	350–400	388	380.00–402.50	391.47
10	400–450	437	377.50–388.50	386.37
10	450–500	469	365.00–375.00	371.93
9	500–550	529	370.00–380.00	371.39
1	550–600	580	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	605	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	715	300.00–309.00	304.59
3	900–950	906	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	460	400.00–410.00	405.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	559	380.00	380.00
8	650–700	666	317.50–325.00	318.46
16	700–750	730	320.00	320.00
53	1000–1050	1,048	263.25	263.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	372.50	372.50
1	350–400	360	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	523	300.00–320.00	309.76
3	550–600	573	310.00–325.00	314.84
4	600–650	641	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	375.00–385.00	378.35
1	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	375	345.00–355.00	349.96
3	400–450	422	345.00–365.00	356.68
7	450–500	493	315.00–338.00	329.14
2	550–600	563	315.00–317.50	316.26
3	600–650	601	298.00	298.00
1	750–800	765	237.50	237.50
1	850–900	890	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	358	370.00–380.00	375.10
1	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	485	352.50	352.50
6	500–550	527	330.00–339.00	333.93
6	550–600	576	329.00–334.00	332.36
2	600–650	628	310.00–329.00	319.39
2	650–700	670	270.00–280.00	274.85
2	750–800	788	260.00–265.00	262.51
1	800–850	815	242.50	242.50
1	850–900	860	240.00	240.00
2	950–1000	973	200.00	200.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	300.00–325.00	312.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	2,625.00	2,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	3,225.00	3,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,455	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,345	2,300.00–2,850.00	2,554.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,624.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,175	1,550.00–2,675.00	2,128.44
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	1,550.00	1,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	184.00–185.00	184.57
2	—	1,243	130.00–169.00	151.19
1	—	1,715	221.00	221.00
2	—	1,805	195.00–200.00	198.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	974	120.00–125.00	121.40
6	—	1,142	131.00–145.00	139.66
5	—	1,035	151.00–162.50	156.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,171	154.00–165.00	159.69
2	—	1,140	135.00–149.00	141.29
4	—	1,244	170.00–184.00	175.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,472	150.00–168.00	161.01
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	110.00	110.00

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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How this sale compares

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