Sale reports / Kentucky / Somerset Livestock Auction / 2026-01-03

Somerset Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Somerset, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 3
● Final133 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2194
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,676 head
1,076 vs last sale 600 461 vs year ago 1,215 · +37.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
101 vs last sale 65 60 vs year ago 106 · +56.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
53 vs last sale 20 51 vs year ago 22 · +231.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to Christmas Holiday break.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $416.35/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits 46.47 against this barn's trailing median of $462.82.
Average price
$416.35
79 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$402
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$77.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.63
vs KY average
35.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543419.302,27676
Medium and Large 2-3548341.671,8733thin
One grade step is worth $77.63/cwt here — about $402 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

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 sale79 hd
416.35
KY average2 barns · 82 hd
413.72
+2.63
National average24 barns · 3,960 hd
452.16
−35.81
This barn, trailing median28 sales
462.82
−46.47
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
BullsLow1,685184.423,10817
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600157.392,51816
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,295156.262,02344
CowsLean 85-90%High1,032134.051,38377
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,127215.002,4232thin

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)1,225$2,9942thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,367$2,72845
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,087$2,5523thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$2,5002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,204$2,2448
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,540$2,1001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)800$1,6372thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,840$4,1001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,107$3,5002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,478$3,6752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$2,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

133 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
HeifersSmall 1-2500–550540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
HeifersSmall 1-2450–500470340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5981
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500478336.30/cwt335.00–337.501,6082
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000970236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,2891
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750715290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0741
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600572260.17/cwt253.00–265.001,4885
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473399.23/cwt380.00–415.001,88814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400379410.40/cwt390.00–415.001,55514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800770305.81/cwt305.00–310.002,3556
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550526368.66/cwt355.00–380.001,9395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550524387.41/cwt360.00–400.002,03068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1150–12001,162249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,89946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650619349.17/cwt345.00–357.502,16147
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800789379.09/cwt350.00–380.002,99165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550527433.44/cwt380.00–455.002,28448
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250235437.61/cwt435.00–440.001,0282
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850–900857232.95/cwt210.00–240.001,9965
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450440335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600573404.33/cwt380.00–425.002,31720
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600572317.45/cwt310.00–322.001,8163
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650617403.86/cwt365.00–420.002,492110
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800780300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3402
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400378374.25/cwt350.00–385.001,4155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850827344.70/cwt342.50–350.002,85191
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850831292.48/cwt250.00–310.002,4314
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600572336.16/cwt322.00–345.001,9235
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685293.64/cwt265.00–310.002,0114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281143.24/cwt138.00–148.001,8355
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600146.81/cwt144.00–150.002,3492
CowsLean 85-90%1,074159.72/cwt151.00–170.001,71521
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8702
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450417280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1682
Dairy SteersLarge 3500–550535260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3912
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500462280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2942
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750745190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4161
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400395307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350330442.69/cwt430.00–455.001,4612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650629357.28/cwt355.00–367.502,24714
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500456422.69/cwt417.50–425.001,92712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350331445.25/cwt420.00–465.001,47411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2053,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1073,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250240435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,0441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300268557.00/cwt500.00–615.001,4935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500471403.46/cwt385.00–420.001,90027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450425407.93/cwt385.00–425.001,73422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850825327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,7021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000957310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,9672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300270468.09/cwt445.00–485.001,2643
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400367413.55/cwt400.00–420.001,5183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250228550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,2542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576372.51/cwt370.00–373.002,1466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433401.65/cwt395.00–405.001,7393
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700678339.87/cwt335.00–345.002,3042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477371.40/cwt355.00–375.001,77211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656321.63/cwt320.00–327.502,11012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618331.88/cwt320.00–340.002,05134
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713314.94/cwt300.00–320.002,2466
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850805285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300280416.85/cwt405.00–425.001,1673
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315420.00/cwt410.00–430.001,3232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710339.41/cwt320.00–345.002,41018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568351.75/cwt332.50–357.501,99825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325407.16/cwt385.00–415.001,32310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850801265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800762331.79/cwt320.00–345.002,5289
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623344.81/cwt335.00–355.002,1483
BullsMedium and Large 1-21100–11501,112217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,4132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700672383.52/cwt365.00–392.502,57719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500482385.66/cwt370.00–405.001,85913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950923229.99/cwt220.00–235.002,1233
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350325409.16/cwt400.00–417.501,3307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300272460.74/cwt450.00–485.001,2533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600578370.11/cwt359.00–384.002,13941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750728316.97/cwt305.00–330.002,3085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534350.70/cwt340.00–357.501,87321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750722361.44/cwt350.00–370.002,61071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950928332.52/cwt330.00–334.753,086113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450400370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1100–11501,132289.75/cwt289.75–289.753,28045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450447371.67/cwt370.00–375.001,6616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900897270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950919307.25/cwt307.25–307.252,82456
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650626349.93/cwt345.00–352.502,1913
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-21,1102,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,261129.93/cwt127.50–132.001,6385
CowsBoner 80-85%1,304163.63/cwt150.00–190.002,13433
CowsLean 85-90%1,065140.46/cwt132.00–149.001,49619
HeifersSelect and Choice1,127215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,4232
Bulls1,603173.76/cwt160.00–186.002,7859
Bulls1,903203.37/cwt200.00–207.003,8702
CowsLean 85-90%1,006124.09/cwt114.00–130.001,24825
CowsLean 85-90%95999.76/cwt80.00–113.0095712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,835110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,0191
Bulls1,736194.08/cwt190.00–197.003,3696
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,582162.66/cwt155.00–170.002,57313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3421
Dairy SteersLarge 3650–700687258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,7764
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650642255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2042,244.14/head1,875.00–2,400.002,2448
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750700295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0651
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800772269.87/cwt250.00–280.002,0836
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550545345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850835230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650633303.00/cwt300.00–310.001,9185
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28001,636.72/head1,575.00–1,700.001,6372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5402,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450429444.21/cwt410.00–485.001,90611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750703340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,39010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400376435.69/cwt430.00–475.001,6388
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2252,994.39/head2,500.00–3,450.002,9942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550513401.09/cwt390.00–420.002,05822
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,052200.62/cwt184.00–208.002,1113
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,7503,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3672,728.00/head2,000.00–3,400.002,72845
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300267463.93/cwt460.00–470.001,2395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400383435.30/cwt420.00–450.001,66720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500470455.76/cwt420.00–490.002,14245
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0872,551.53/head2,250.00–2,750.002,5523
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,8404,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0352,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450428472.18/cwt425.00–500.002,02137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383415.03/cwt410.00–420.001,5902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250238476.93/cwt465.00–490.001,1355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350336504.60/cwt470.00–550.001,69513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600589368.22/cwt360.00–380.002,16912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400387476.59/cwt450.00–555.001,84424
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,000285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,8501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700681351.22/cwt340.00–360.002,39216

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.