Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-08-23

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 23
● Final141 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,026 head
205 vs last sale 821 70 vs year ago 1,096 · 6.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
11 vs last sale 88 44 vs year ago 121 · 36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
21 vs last sale 35 26 vs year ago 40 · 65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold sharply higher with feeder steers over 500lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with some instances of sharply higher. Yearling steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $409.76/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits 53.06 against this barn's trailing median of $462.82.
Average price
$409.76
91 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,188
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$50.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.70
vs KY average
+9.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532415.752,21278
Medium and Large 2546374.992,04811thin
Large 1-2555370.002,0541thin
Medium and Large 2-3545365.001,9891thin
One grade step is worth $50.75/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
525470416361median 462.8201/0303/0704/2506/1308/15
Steers 500–600 lb: high $511.01, low $375.39, median $462.82 across 28 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 sale91 hd
409.76
KY average24 barns · 627 hd
395.07
+14.70
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
+9.87
This barn, trailing median28 sales
462.82
−53.06
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
BullsAverage1,642200.813,29811
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,260165.662,08814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,549163.362,53023
CowsLean 85-90%High1,092137.311,49919

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$3,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,223$2,2624thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,043$1,9403thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,045$1,8001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)865$2,2251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$2,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

141 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 1-2900–950900250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474374.85/cwt365.00–387.501,77739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618320.67/cwt310.00–330.001,9824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850820265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618382.99/cwt377.50–395.002,36710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300270540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705358.14/cwt350.00–368.502,52520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328424.00/cwt420.00–437.501,39113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569341.38/cwt332.50–352.501,94227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500453472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1000–10501,034311.49/cwt309.00–314.003,221104
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450415499.06/cwt490.00–517.502,0713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526413.09/cwt412.50–415.002,1738
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300262433.31/cwt430.00–435.001,1353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800756340.48/cwt330.00–346.002,5744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550522376.03/cwt370.00–381.001,9639
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423417.13/cwt415.00–435.001,7649
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1050–11001,053309.50/cwt309.50–309.503,25955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550525424.29/cwt420.00–430.002,22857
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450409461.19/cwt450.00–482.501,88614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345505.00/cwt500.00–510.001,7422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490432.50/cwt425.00–440.002,1192
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500466403.55/cwt402.50–405.001,8817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750707373.35/cwt370.00–380.002,6406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950901302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,72157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672349.16/cwt347.50–350.002,3463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400367485.13/cwt480.00–505.001,78010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750743352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,61569
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600569341.63/cwt340.00–348.001,9445
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750730330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4091
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300277400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700653380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566379.95/cwt375.00–390.002,15113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650606421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,5518
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450440422.59/cwt415.00–430.001,85913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520358.50/cwt350.00–367.501,86411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400376416.69/cwt410.00–420.001,56712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900863265.07/cwt260.00–270.002,2882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,23710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300288452.52/cwt450.00–455.001,3032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415386.64/cwt377.50–397.501,60512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950906315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,8546
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850800290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800772292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,2582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683315.59/cwt310.00–330.002,15510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650619327.45/cwt325.00–330.002,0274
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320496.48/cwt490.00–510.001,5894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550504376.25/cwt367.50–390.001,8964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450414461.20/cwt455.00–465.001,90924
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400356483.91/cwt475.00–485.001,72315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400368525.60/cwt520.00–530.001,9348
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900868290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500455460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300260465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650608351.97/cwt349.00–355.002,1406
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0451,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600571353.29/cwt350.00–375.002,01719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250215495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250202540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,0911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350315527.86/cwt520.00–535.001,6632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450430495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250200520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,0401
CowsLean 85-90%1,161152.13/cwt150.00–155.001,7666
CowsLean 85-90%1,088117.87/cwt110.00–124.001,2823
CowsLean 85-90%1,158142.65/cwt140.00–145.001,6522
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,623148.88/cwt145.00–152.002,4162
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,560162.00/cwt155.00–166.002,52715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,348181.48/cwt177.00–185.002,4463
Bulls1,687202.22/cwt199.00–208.003,4117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248152.75/cwt148.00–159.001,9063
CowsLean 85-90%1,025132.16/cwt127.00–138.001,3558
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,497171.57/cwt168.00–175.002,5686
Bulls1,815218.41/cwt217.00–220.003,9642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232164.57/cwt160.00–170.002,0288
BullsLarge 1-2550–600550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8431
BullsLarge 1-2300–350330470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5511
BullsLarge 1-2400–450400455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8201
BullsLarge 1-2450–500493374.97/cwt370.00–380.001,8492
BullsLarge 1-2500–550515360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8541
Bulls1,313178.26/cwt170.00–187.002,3412
SteersLarge 1-2800–850825315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5991
SteersLarge 1-2550–600555370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0541
HeifersLarge 2450–500485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6011
SteersLarge 2600–650645335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1611
SteersLarge 2450–500460405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8631
BullsLarge 1-2600–650612306.65/cwt300.00–310.001,8773
HeifersLarge 1-2450–500495365.10/cwt350.00–370.001,8074
HeifersLarge 1-2650–700655300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9651
HeifersLarge 2600–650627295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8502
HeifersLarge 2550–600595317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8891
BullsLarge 2500–550525330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7331
HeifersLarge 2350–400370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2951
BullsLarge 1-2750–800784278.97/cwt277.00–281.002,1874
BullsLarge 1-2650–700663307.99/cwt307.00–310.002,0423
SteersLarge 1-2350–400380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7291
SteersLarge 1-2750–800780330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5741
SteersLarge 1-2600–650635355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2541
HeifersLarge 1-2550–600568334.98/cwt330.00–340.001,9032
BullsMedium 1-2350–400385380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4631
Bred CowsMedium 1-29551,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
HeifersLarge 1-2400–450426364.87/cwt350.00–370.001,5545
HeifersLarge 1-2500–550540337.67/cwt335.00–339.001,8233
HeifersLarge 1-2350–400365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4051
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350339445.20/cwt430.00–450.001,5094
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650624307.95/cwt300.00–315.001,9225
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550536380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0378
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600573361.63/cwt360.00–365.002,0723
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650616363.48/cwt360.00–365.002,2395
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700675305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0591
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400379386.42/cwt380.00–400.001,46524
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700690287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9841
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900888240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1315
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665297.56/cwt295.00–300.001,9792
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550536347.46/cwt340.00–355.001,8626
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550545365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9891
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650610285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7391
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500468338.72/cwt337.50–340.001,5852
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400383449.03/cwt447.50–450.001,7205
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500484355.62/cwt355.00–360.001,72116
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500464368.79/cwt360.00–375.001,7115
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700655287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8832
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7161
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5052
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650618284.98/cwt280.00–290.001,7612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2503,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0431,940.10/head1,500.00–2,250.001,9403
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550523323.78/cwt317.50–330.001,6932
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650635345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400392358.09/cwt350.00–360.001,4045
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
BullsMedium 1-2500–550540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
BullsMedium 2-3450–500470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3122,398.98/head2,050.00–2,700.002,3993
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28652,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0302,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
BullsLarge 1-2350–400375400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5001

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.