Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 15.00 to 18.00 higher and sharply higher in some instances. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.58/cwt on 28 head, down $7.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 30 comparable sales and sits −15.12 against this barn's trailing median of $396.70.

Average price

$381.58

▼ 7.80 vs prior sale

28 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$26.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.54

vs KY average

−31.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	384.37	2,102	25
Medium and Large 2-3	517	358.32	1,853	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.05/cwt here — about $250 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale28 hd

381.58

—

KY average26 barns · 1,593 hd

374.04

+7.54

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−31.90

This barn, trailing median30 sales

396.70

−15.12

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	—	High	1,478	176.51	2,608	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	151.55	2,270	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,225	141.62	1,735	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	999	127.86	1,277	10

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,148	$2,460	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,223	$2,333	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,358	$1,900	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,395	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$4,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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 2-3	850–900	875	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	220	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	918	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,795	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	440.09/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	374.34/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,235	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	392.44/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	474.99/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,370	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	502.57/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	336.59/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,141	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	602	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	304.92/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	150	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	353.28/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	417.99/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,445	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	433.71/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,073	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	437.48/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,336	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	794	354.14/cwt	348.00–355.50	2,812	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	405.06/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	415.34/cwt	414.00–416.00	2,604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	410.85/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,132	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	285	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	185	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	358	547.55/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,960	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,653	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	146.64/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,339	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	131.52/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,301	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	105.55/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,148	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	151.55/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,270	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	124.07/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,259	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	122.54/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,489	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	146.53/cwt	142.00–153.00	1,880	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	131.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,580	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	160.67/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,914	4
Bulls	—	—	1,575	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,071	1
Bulls	—	—	1,458	174.51/cwt	172.00–177.50	2,544	3
Bulls	—	—	1,440	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,362	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,655	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,358	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	2,459.62/head	1,800.00–3,000.00	2,460	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	2,332.98/head	1,575.00–2,650.00	2,333	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	322	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	392.53/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	489.79/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,055	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	394.27/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,109	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	250	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	505	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	364.88/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,281	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	382.19/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,037	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	361.19/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,091	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	385.06/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	409.85/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	358.32/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,182	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,279	1

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 Jan 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 462Last week 1,344Year ago 1,620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 91Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 28Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	375.00	375.00
1	250–300	275	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	345	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
5	400–450	426	380.00–390.00	385.06
1	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	517	355.00–360.00	358.32
2	600–650	602	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	755	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	875	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	530.00	530.00
1	200–250	225	510.00	510.00
5	250–300	287	470.00–480.00	474.99
1	300–350	315	475.00	475.00
1	350–400	380	427.00	427.00
5	400–450	420	400.00–415.00	409.85
1	450–500	480	445.00	445.00
9	500–550	533	380.00–390.00	382.19
8	550–600	579	355.00–370.00	361.19
6	600–650	636	335.00–345.00	336.59
2	650–700	657	330.00	330.00
6	700–750	721	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	778	300.00–310.00	304.92
1	800–850	810	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	930	245.00	245.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	555	390.00	390.00
7	600–650	601	363.00	363.00
78	650–700	679	349.00	349.00
7	750–800	753	337.00	337.00
57	900–950	918	304.50	304.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
1	500–550	505	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	365	480.00	480.00
4	400–450	417	435.00–455.00	440.09
9	450–500	478	425.00–440.00	433.71
6	500–550	519	400.00–420.00	410.85
10	550–600	585	410.00–420.00	417.99
3	600–650	625	340.00–360.00	353.28
6	650–700	670	365.00–385.00	374.34
2	750–800	785	332.00	332.00
4	900–950	947	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	430	400.00–410.00	405.06
3	450–500	478	412.00	412.00
2	500–550	518	390.00–395.00	392.44
2	550–600	577	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	385	545.00	545.00
2	400–450	423	490.00–515.00	502.57
1	450–500	455	495.00	495.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	534	435.00–440.00	437.48
6	600–650	627	414.00–416.00	415.34
83	750–800	794	348.00–355.50	354.14
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	540.00	540.00
2	250–300	270	600.00	600.00
1	300–350	340	535.00	535.00
2	350–400	363	480.00–500.00	489.79
1	400–450	435	412.00	412.00
3	500–550	535	387.50–400.00	394.27
2	550–600	563	390.00–395.00	392.53
4	600–650	625	360.00–380.00	364.88
1	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	730	290.00	290.00
4	750–800	751	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	570.00	570.00
2	350–400	358	545.00–550.00	547.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	365	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	515	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	780	270.00	270.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	913	145.00–148.00	146.64
4	—	989	130.00–133.00	131.52
2	—	1,088	105.00–106.00	105.55
2	—	1,015	122.00–126.00	124.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	149.00–154.00	151.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	121.00–124.00	122.54
6	—	1,283	142.00–153.00	146.53
7	—	1,197	130.00–135.00	131.99
4	—	1,191	157.00–165.00	160.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	195.00	195.00
3	—	1,458	172.00–177.50	174.51
1	—	1,440	164.00	164.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	871	190.00	190.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,358	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,148	1,800.00–3,000.00	2,459.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,223	1,575.00–2,650.00	2,332.98
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	4,000.00	4,000.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,395	2,900.00	2,900.00

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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