Name: Somerset Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison with no sale last week due to weather. Good demand for feeder classes on a lighter supply due to extreme cold and poor road conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $425.00/cwt on 4 head, up $6.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −37.82 against this barn's trailing median of $462.82.

Average price

$425.00

▲ 6.80 vs prior sale

4 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs KY average

−59.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	425.00	2,431	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

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 sale4 hd

425.00

—

KY average1 barns · 4 hd

425.00

+0.00

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−59.10

This barn, trailing median28 sales

462.82

−37.82

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	—	Low	1,220	155.00	1,891	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,690	178.50	3,017	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	157.66	1,820	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	946	117.15	1,108	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)	1,410	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,125	$1,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	413.90/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,937	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	230	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	787	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,798	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,147	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,143	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	370	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	208	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,156	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,936	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	886	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,720	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	260	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,917	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	429.77/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,125	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bulls	—	—	1,220	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,891	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	162.97/cwt	154.00–168.00	1,864	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,806	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	924	130.87/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,209	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	85.99/cwt	84.00–90.00	755	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	181.15/cwt	170.00–192.00	1,965	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	142.08/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,733	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,348	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,230	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,210	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,421	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 Jan 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 462Year ago 706

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 44Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 31Year ago 46

No comparison with no sale last week due to weather. Good demand for feeder classes on a lighter supply due to extreme cold and poor road conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	550.00	550.00
2	350–400	357	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	468	410.00–420.00	413.90
2	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	540.00	540.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	750–800	787	355.50	355.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	560.00	560.00
1	400–450	430	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	490	470.00	470.00
4	550–600	572	425.00	425.00
1	950–1000	980	312.50	312.50
46	1100–1150	1,147	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	740.00	740.00
1	250–300	260	700.00	700.00
1	350–400	370	600.00	600.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	411	410.00–440.00	429.77
1	500–550	540	385.00	385.00
48	1150–1200	1,156	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	521	400.00	400.00
60	850–900	886	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	500.00	500.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,410	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,144	154.00–168.00	162.97
2	—	1,085	170.00–192.00	181.15
2	—	1,220	140.00–144.00	142.08
1	—	1,225	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	167.00	167.00
1	—	1,700	190.00	190.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	924	127.00–135.00	130.87
3	—	878	84.00–90.00	85.99
1	—	1,100	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,015	140.00	140.00

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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Somerset Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Lake Cumberland Livestock - Somerset, KY

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle