Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2025-11-15

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Nov 15
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
916 head
116 vs last sale 800 188 vs year ago 728 · +25.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
40 vs last sale 84 25 vs year ago 99 · +25.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
0 vs last sale 64 13 vs year ago 77 · 16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder classes sold steady to 10.00 higher with a strong quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.07/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 92.76 against this barn's trailing median of $462.82.
Average price
$370.07
49 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,012
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$29.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.27
vs KY average
54.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543371.882,01746
Medium and Large 2560342.341,9183thin
One grade step is worth $29.54/cwt here — about $99 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

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 sale49 hd
370.07
KY average25 barns · 921 hd
372.34
−2.27
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−54.80
This barn, trailing median28 sales
462.82
−92.76
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
BullsLow1,631177.832,90016
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,611157.712,54010
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,243144.611,79844
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low992121.741,20724
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,283142.431,82811
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low923134.001,2362thin

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)1,110$2,6312thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$2,31815
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,340$2,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,213$2,2452thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,166$2,17319
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,225$1,6763thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)948$2,0943thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)967$2,1633thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$2,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$1,7501thin

Every lot, as filed

138 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 2-3650–700695290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0161
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550524283.21/cwt270.00–300.001,4845
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800785230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900880306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,69360
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900860255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476335.99/cwt320.00–340.001,59915
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900895223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374359.16/cwt350.00–375.001,3434
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350321375.52/cwt365.00–385.001,2059
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450434380.24/cwt365.00–387.501,6509
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550512335.15/cwt325.00–345.001,71612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530332.67/cwt315.00–337.501,76317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400364407.51/cwt405.00–410.001,4835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566321.97/cwt315.00–330.001,82212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519374.27/cwt360.00–380.001,94221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285387.26/cwt375.00–400.001,1044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250224420.60/cwt405.00–435.009424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700681330.79/cwt325.00–344.002,2539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800761320.09/cwt310.00–328.002,4365
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473388.98/cwt380.00–405.001,84012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1050–11001,086279.00/cwt279.00–279.003,03046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950900280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850811310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900860325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,79562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750728335.58/cwt325.00–338.002,44310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571359.02/cwt350.00–370.002,05016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950929328.25/cwt328.25–328.253,04958
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350337450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630346.23/cwt345.00–347.502,1812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800766355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,71964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700670351.68/cwt350.00–355.002,3563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650631367.01/cwt355.00–370.002,31617
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578341.01/cwt340.00–342.001,9712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550521396.71/cwt390.00–400.002,0676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423389.75/cwt385.00–405.001,6495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800766315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,41771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650620320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300286407.82/cwt395.00–445.001,1665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750725259.79/cwt250.00–270.001,8834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621304.53/cwt290.00–315.001,89118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550527350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600585318.99/cwt310.00–325.001,8665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500476355.95/cwt340.00–375.001,69412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400372392.99/cwt385.00–415.001,4629
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615311.50/cwt300.00–320.001,91613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000965217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,0991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600555345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420339.47/cwt328.00–355.001,42615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300290465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350329401.92/cwt390.00–415.001,3228
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700657300.88/cwt292.50–305.001,9773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450418397.51/cwt395.00–400.001,6622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500450385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350328393.20/cwt390.00–402.501,2907
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500485353.81/cwt350.00–355.001,7164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450422370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300270450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350308455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400376425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5986
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250211455.00/cwt455.00–455.009603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2132,244.90/head1,975.00–2,400.002,2452
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29482,093.89/head2,025.00–2,125.002,0943
BullsMedium and Large 1-29672,162.59/head1,900.00–2,450.002,1633
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2502,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,523175.77/cwt163.00–188.002,6772
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,594154.36/cwt150.00–160.002,4607
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%955120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1461
CowsLean 85-90%989106.96/cwt90.00–118.001,0589
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,296144.96/cwt142.00–159.001,8799
CowsLean 85-90%1,033139.28/cwt130.00–147.501,4396
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,905145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,7621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225137.56/cwt130.00–142.001,68515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160125.53/cwt125.00–128.001,4566
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185169.19/cwt165.00–175.002,0056
CowsLean 85-90%967124.83/cwt121.00–129.001,2079
Bulls1,643169.61/cwt160.00–176.002,7878
BullsLarge 1-2550–600595275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,309148.90/cwt144.00–160.001,94917
Bulls1,600200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,2001
Bulls1,621184.05/cwt178.00–194.002,9837
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%890148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3171
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,225131.06/cwt124.00–138.001,6052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,675.59/head1,535.00–1,825.001,6763
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1052,318.04/head1,600.00–2,550.002,31815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1102,630.63/head2,200.00–3,000.002,6312
SteersMedium 1-2600–650640290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8561
BullsMedium 1-2700–750710214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450432295.69/cwt285.00–310.001,2775
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700657270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7742
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250230350.00/cwt350.00–350.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650602256.61/cwt235.00–270.001,5453
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1662,173.24/head1,725.00–2,400.002,17319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3402,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600578279.10/cwt275.00–282.001,6137
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800760280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400368356.91/cwt350.00–365.001,3134
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850–900890200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800795235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8681
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600580273.70/cwt250.00–301.001,5873
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5881
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400352370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750718300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,15412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600598374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,2373
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700685310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1241
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4821
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700665290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9291
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650628310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9472
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8111
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6742
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5711
BullsMedium and Large 21000–10501,005175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7591
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800775300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3251
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700663280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8562
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480328.92/cwt320.00–335.001,5795
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800780250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750705250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7632
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3543
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350325348.44/cwt345.00–350.001,1323
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600565283.42/cwt270.00–300.001,6013
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4663
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600584289.34/cwt270.00–300.001,6907
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465311.26/cwt310.00–312.501,4472
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550518312.44/cwt310.00–315.001,6182
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500455277.75/cwt255.00–300.001,2642
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650640284.50/cwt283.00–285.001,8214
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400376335.97/cwt335.00–340.001,2635
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650625285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350330340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400384318.16/cwt270.00–340.001,22212
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450428301.87/cwt275.00–320.001,2923
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300260345.00/cwt345.00–345.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500467294.32/cwt260.00–310.001,3748
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350345345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1901

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.