Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-07-12

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 12
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
960 head
421 vs last sale 539 235 vs year ago 725 · +32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
39 vs last sale 41 38 vs year ago 118 · 32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
1 vs last sale 53 20 vs year ago 34 · +58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market being closed last week for the 4th of July holiday. However buyers were active today and showed good demand for weaned and harder conditioned calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.31/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 63.39 against this barn's trailing median of $396.70.
Average price
$333.31
113 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$68.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.42
vs KY average
8.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537338.371,81696
Medium and Large 2551306.911,69016thin
Medium and Large 2-3505270.001,3641thin
One grade step is worth $68.37/cwt here — about $453 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 sale113 hd
333.31
KY average25 barns · 1,423 hd
337.73
−4.42
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−8.22
This barn, trailing median30 sales
396.70
−63.39
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
BullsAverage1,561194.023,0299thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,498163.562,44916
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,176161.881,90315
CowsLean 85-90%Low992140.811,39631
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,185154.001,8251thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Very Low753100.007532thin

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)1,064$2,3413thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,117$2,2636
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,9751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,9462thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)830$1,4751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)820$1,9253thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)675$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,281$3,01812
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)905$2,6001thin

Every lot, as filed

130 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 1-2400–450412375.21/cwt365.00–382.501,54614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300278381.90/cwt380.00–400.001,06211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open600–650609320.19/cwt317.50–323.001,95013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2150–200195410.00/cwt410.00–410.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370384.33/cwt380.00–390.001,42217
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500490345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650626321.01/cwt317.50–335.002,0107
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450421389.81/cwt380.00–400.001,64114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000990198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,9601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478366.03/cwt350.00–372.501,75028
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open700–750718300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750718262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8857
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380417.53/cwt415.00–420.001,5872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567313.81/cwt305.00–320.001,77917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250221405.00/cwt405.00–405.008953
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550511333.74/cwt325.00–345.001,7059
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250243398.39/cwt395.00–400.009683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650604296.37/cwt295.00–307.501,79013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750708323.41/cwt310.00–330.002,2903
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659314.69/cwt307.50–320.002,0748
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723258.29/cwt250.00–275.001,8673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350315389.40/cwt380.00–400.001,2278
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700680295.08/cwt290.00–300.002,0076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374396.51/cwt390.00–400.001,48315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532357.56/cwt355.00–362.501,9023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565348.80/cwt340.00–360.001,97115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670273.37/cwt267.50–277.501,8325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800778315.65/cwt310.00–320.002,45618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550528380.48/cwt372.50–385.002,0096
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,068255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,7235
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950905219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200185430.00/cwt430.00–430.007961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy800–850805282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,2741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532335.43/cwt330.00–347.501,78438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500469413.99/cwt412.50–415.001,94213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450440425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy750–800775285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600555360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600575314.15/cwt309.00–325.001,8063
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500467376.90/cwt370.00–390.001,76013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1452,702.02/head2,425.00–3,050.002,7022
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3103,003.82/head2,800.00–3,200.003,0042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550511355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500458380.71/cwt380.00–385.001,7447
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800785255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0021
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28201,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1532,587.15/head2,475.00–2,750.002,5872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400375443.11/cwt440.00–460.001,6626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550545305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450425395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6797
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-26751,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29052,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1952,211.09/head1,875.00–2,550.002,2112
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2995179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
CowsLean 85-90%955122.46/cwt120.00–125.001,1695
CowsLean 85-90%1,063155.74/cwt150.00–165.001,65614
CowsLean 85-90%80297.15/cwt90.00–100.007793
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,185154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415175.80/cwt170.00–180.002,4884
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%67090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009191
Bulls1,383209.03/cwt207.00–211.002,8912
CowsLean 85-90%964142.33/cwt135.00–145.001,3729
Bulls1,621192.68/cwt190.00–196.003,1235
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,525159.48/cwt150.00–164.002,43212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,178172.24/cwt169.00–174.002,0294
Bred CowsMedium and Large 28851,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 28301,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1172,263.03/head2,000.00–2,875.002,2636
HeifersLarge 1-2350–400360315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1341
Bulls1,590182.36/cwt181.00–184.002,9002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175158.11/cwt150.00–167.001,85811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300295335.00/cwt335.00–335.009881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550505270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250220350.00/cwt350.00–350.007701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,946.27/head1,825.00–2,050.001,9462
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3463,396.60/head2,650.00–3,650.003,3976
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3953
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750715232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6621
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450430328.65/cwt320.00–337.501,4132
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500468311.44/cwt310.00–313.001,4582
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350320322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,0321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350323325.23/cwt315.00–335.001,0502
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368367.57/cwt355.00–375.001,35312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400385335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2901
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450423306.77/cwt300.00–320.001,2983
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300268345.79/cwt345.00–347.509273
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550542300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6262
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350326363.16/cwt350.00–370.001,1843
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650608300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619335.76/cwt325.00–340.002,0786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850815336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,73863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250220410.00/cwt410.00–410.009022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800751350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,62968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650611370.33/cwt355.00–372.502,2638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600562330.60/cwt325.00–345.001,85810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550517359.71/cwt350.00–367.501,86030
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471385.07/cwt380.00–395.001,81411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700667345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3012
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550537330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7724
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423375.09/cwt370.00–380.001,5872
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450434363.35/cwt355.00–375.001,57713
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250218369.66/cwt360.00–380.008062
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478351.16/cwt340.00–365.001,67917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added950–1000961266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,55655
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550519313.54/cwt300.00–320.001,6277
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250220375.00/cwt375.00–375.008251
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300275359.30/cwt350.00–370.009883
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,70710
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700682275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8762
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400397370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4692
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650646255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6473
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300268364.04/cwt357.50–370.009762
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300265360.00/cwt360.00–360.009541
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500474358.97/cwt350.00–370.001,7026
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430356.43/cwt355.00–360.001,5337
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350309371.04/cwt360.00–375.001,1477
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500476340.42/cwt330.00–345.001,62013
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650607312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8972
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800790290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2911
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520318.44/cwt300.00–325.001,6566
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601

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.