Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was lower with a plainer quality offering. Feeder steers and heifers were sharply lower across all weight classes with a good supply and very moderate demand. Continued negativity in the futures market coupled with a plainer quality offering limited buyers interest and created a much softer undertone across the market. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 lower for the leans with a good supply and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.46/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −96.24 against this barn's trailing median of $396.70.

Average price

$300.46

43 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$353

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

$65.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.76

vs KY average

−56.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	315.62	1,753	30
Medium and Large 2	567	270.68	1,536	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	520	265.00	1,378	1thin
Medium 1-2	560	250.00	1,400	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.62/cwt here — about $353 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale43 hd

300.46

—

KY average25 barns · 1,246 hd

325.22

−24.76

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−56.43

This barn, trailing median30 sales

396.70

−96.24

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	1,859	171.66	3,192	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,488	145.53	2,165	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	145.11	1,804	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	120.35	1,256	23
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,450	180.00	2,610	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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,630	$2,725	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,041	$2,400	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,230	$1,851	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$1,800	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,900	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	710	$1,250	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	941	$2,075	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,383	$2,000	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	935	$1,325	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1-2	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	328.13/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,542	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	907	282.55/cwt	279.00–286.00	2,563	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	248.29/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	332.78/cwt	320.00–345.00	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	270.13/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	322.42/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,541	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1150–1200	1,186	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,823	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	375.43/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,156	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	307.97/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,605	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	292.94/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,040	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,496	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	546	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	337.53/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	292.43/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,353	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	325.10/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	185	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	363.62/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	318.90/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,818	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	336.85/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,058	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1100–1150	1,135	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,775	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	329.02/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,073	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	2,413.54/head	2,400.00–2,425.00	2,414	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	362.53/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,305	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	303.29/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	356.63/cwt	352.00–365.00	1,526	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	286.20/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,769	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,667	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	139.77/cwt	130.00–145.00	2,036	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	153.60/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,352	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	138.24/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,671	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	133.52/cwt	121.00–145.00	1,451	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,610	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,069	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	690	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	710	1,249.56/head	1,000.00–1,525.00	1,250	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	148.92/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,879	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	95.96/cwt	90.00–100.00	909	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	114.33/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,187	6
Bulls	—	—	1,898	169.57/cwt	165.00–172.00	3,218	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	690	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	935	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	292.76/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,630	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	334.80/cwt	302.50–345.00	1,306	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	209.84/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	240.04/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	261.66/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	267.98/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,554	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	327.35/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,359	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	297.57/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	371	273.43/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	309.79/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	306.44/cwt	300.00–321.00	2,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	353.13/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,073	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,040	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,886	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	280.14/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	317.66/cwt	317.50–318.00	1,379	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	310.57/cwt	300.00–323.00	1,466	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	919	296.59/cwt	290.00–303.00	2,726	112
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	310.21/cwt	300.00–320.00	745	2

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 Nov 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 704Last week 916Year ago 386

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 124Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 64Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	320.00–345.00	332.78
8	300–350	314	330.00–345.00	336.85
4	350–400	371	335.00–340.00	337.53
9	400–450	434	317.50–318.00	317.66
16	450–500	472	300.00–323.00	310.57
9	500–550	521	300.00–315.00	307.97
21	550–600	570	310.00–321.00	318.90
10	600–650	626	265.00–286.00	270.13
3	700–750	725	240.00–255.00	248.29
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
111	900–950	907	279.00–286.00	282.55
42	1000–1050	1,040	240.00	240.00
45	1100–1150	1,135	244.50	244.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	317.50	317.50
1	300–350	315	290.00	290.00
9	350–400	377	300.00–317.50	309.79
2	400–450	425	285.00–300.00	292.76
2	500–550	523	270.00–290.00	280.14
7	550–600	580	255.00–275.00	267.98
2	600–650	612	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	773	200.00–220.00	209.84
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	270.00–275.00	273.43
4	450–500	458	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	520	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	185	375.00	375.00
2	300–350	330	355.00–372.50	363.62
8	350–400	360	355.00–370.00	362.53
6	400–450	428	352.00–365.00	356.63
12	450–500	470	320.00–345.00	328.13
4	500–550	521	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	583	300.00–310.00	303.29
3	600–650	618	280.00–290.00	286.20
4	650–700	663	271.00	271.00
1	700–750	705	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	300.00–320.00	310.21
5	350–400	390	302.50–345.00	334.80
7	400–450	415	322.50–335.00	327.35
7	450–500	483	280.00–305.00	292.94
4	500–550	535	290.00–300.00	292.43
2	550–600	567	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	623	260.00–265.00	261.66
5	650–700	678	230.00–250.00	240.04
1	700–750	715	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	840	175.00	175.00
1	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	995	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	690	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	410.00	410.00
6	300–350	308	370.00–400.00	375.43
2	400–450	442	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	478	310.00–330.00	322.42
2	500–550	515	320.00–330.00	325.10
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
4	600–650	630	320.00–332.00	329.02
4	650–700	680	300.00–321.00	306.44
2	700–750	747	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	800	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	546	355.00	355.00
14	550–600	587	350.00–354.00	353.13
112	900–950	919	290.00–303.00	296.59
48	1000–1050	1,040	277.50	277.50
47	1150–1200	1,186	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	427	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	525	295.00–300.00	297.57
1	750–800	795	280.00	280.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,500	2,400.00–2,425.00	2,413.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,041	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,630	2,725.00	2,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	690	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,383	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	710	1,000.00–1,525.00	1,249.56
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	875	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	941	2,075.00	2,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,457	130.00–145.00	139.77
5	—	1,531	150.00–160.00	153.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,209	135.00–140.00	138.24
9	—	1,262	142.00–157.00	148.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,087	121.00–145.00	133.52
5	—	947	90.00–100.00	95.96
6	—	1,038	110.00–118.00	114.33
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	180.00	180.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	180.00	180.00
4	—	1,898	165.00–172.00	169.57

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

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