Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, January 14, 2023

918 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $187.34/cwt -3.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,081/hd at 577 lb · 121 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $167.03/cwt +2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $793/hd at 475 lb · 55 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.34/cwt -14.97 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 571 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	918	2,306	1,939
Feeder cattle	815	2,069	1,690
Slaughter cattle	19	153	138
Replacement cattle	84	84	111

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with feeder steers over 500lbs steady. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 500lbs sold mostly steady. Good demand for all feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	167.50	$167.50	$368	—
305	305	1	175.00	$175.00	$534	-20.01
307–320 fancy	311	3	210.00–217.50	$214.93	$668	-2.72
360–395 fancy	369	5	222.50–230.00	$225.18	$831	+5.33
352–395	380	8	193.00–205.00	$198.30	$754	-0.85
430–435	433	6	188.00–199.00	$193.85	$839	+0.20
410–447 fancy	440	15	210.00–221.00	$212.87	$937	-0.85
450–485	464	13	187.00–197.50	$190.89	$886	-6.00
476–485 fancy	480	6	205.00–213.00	$209.48	$1,006	-0.95
520–533 value added	527	7	200.00–212.50	$203.84	$1,074	-1.61
500–545	529	29	180.00–199.00	$189.86	$1,004	-3.06
557–560 value added	557	41	191.00–195.50	$195.39	$1,088	-2.07
560–599	587	80	172.00–189.00	$183.21	$1,075	-5.43
600–631 value added	619	16	179.50–184.00	$180.54	$1,118	+3.52
605–635	623	6	160.00–177.00	$171.09	$1,066	+5.19
650–695	666	33	165.00–171.00	$169.33	$1,128	+2.47
705–740	721	14	150.00–166.00	$159.83	$1,152	-3.77
754–780	761	9	153.00–164.50	$163.02	$1,241	+1.13
868	868	7	155.00	$155.00	$1,345	+6.51
900	900	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,206	-10.00
960	960	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,267	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	170.00–182.50	$176.21	$728	—
540	540	1	170.00	$170.00	$918	—
665	665	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,047	—
875	875	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,172	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	160.00	$160.00	$568	—
572–595	580	3	159.00–164.00	$162.29	$941	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	150.00	$150.00	$330	-22.50
250–255	253	2	152.50–155.00	$153.74	$389	-20.67
290 fancy	290	1	172.50	$172.50	$500	-7.50
325–337	332	6	160.00–174.00	$166.15	$552	-4.69
325–340 fancy	335	3	178.00–185.00	$180.26	$604	+2.06
353–392	369	22	160.00–176.00	$169.97	$627	+0.78
372 fancy	372	2	180.00	$180.00	$670	+2.00
400–448	425	28	152.50–170.00	$159.13	$676	-5.10
405–438 fancy	427	9	177.50–185.00	$180.48	$771	+5.82
462–480 fancy	464	10	182.50–185.00	$184.74	$857	+12.67
455–497	477	45	156.00–171.00	$163.09	$778	+0.47
508 value added	508	4	170.00	$170.00	$864	±0.00
501–545	519	43	150.00–166.00	$158.86	$824	-0.08
551–588	571	53	147.00–160.00	$156.34	$893	-2.66
615 value added	615	2	158.00	$158.00	$972	+0.06
600–640	621	31	140.00–155.00	$149.57	$929	-3.35
650–697	672	14	135.00–150.00	$145.29	$976	-8.07
695 value added	695	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,112	—
735	735	1	135.00	$135.00	$992	-13.92
760	760	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,079	-5.73
890	890	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,024	+1.25
935	935	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,085	-8.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	2	155.00	$155.00	$507	—
352	352	2	152.00	$152.00	$535	-0.50
455–470	463	3	140.00–147.50	$144.15	$667	—
512–540	521	3	130.00–142.00	$137.86	$718	-7.14
560–565	563	2	140.00–142.00	$141.00	$794	-0.83
605–635	625	4	130.00–134.00	$132.03	$825	-2.97
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	±0.00
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—
770–775	773	2	110.00–120.00	$114.98	$889	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	144.00	$144.00	$446	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	162.50	$162.50	$715	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	170.00	$170.00	$416	-22.50
250	250	1	170.00	$170.00	$425	—
300–305	302	3	170.00–182.50	$175.80	$531	-13.65
307–340 fancy	323	9	200.00–207.50	$204.43	$660	-3.78
350–370 fancy	358	4	201.00–210.00	$205.78	$737	+2.40
375–392	386	8	187.50–197.50	$192.96	$745	-1.19
407 fancy	407	2	191.00	$191.00	$777	-11.40
410–445	425	3	172.50–184.00	$177.16	$753	-15.41
459–485 fancy	462	8	195.00–200.00	$199.38	$921	+4.38
455–475	465	11	178.00–189.00	$186.22	$866	+5.22
500–545	510	11	162.50–176.00	$172.55	$880	+0.79
505–547 fancy	533	3	183.00–188.00	$186.42	$994	+3.92
557–565	561	4	166.00–175.00	$170.53	$957	+8.29
600–635	609	7	142.50–159.00	$153.26	$933	+0.30
615 fancy	615	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,015	+2.00
650–690	675	5	139.00–150.00	$144.25	$974	-5.04
725	725	1	135.00	$135.00	$979	+2.05
770–795	783	3	126.00–133.00	$130.37	$1,021	+2.01
830	830	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,046	—
880	880	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,021	+12.99
980	980	1	91.00	$91.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	160.00	$160.00	$632	-14.36
560–565	563	2	142.50–155.00	$148.72	$837	—
640	640	1	120.00	$120.00	$768	—
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	130.00	$130.00	$494	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1405	1155	80-85%	5	60.00–66.00	$63.72	$736	-8.47
1045–1375	1204	80-85%	22	67.00–76.50	$71.64	$863	+8.53
1180–1380	1293	80-85%	9	78.00–91.00	$83.50	$1,080	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1010	834	85-90%	5	40.00–45.00	$42.15	$352	-3.81
970–1025	988	85-90%	4	61.50–66.00	$63.90	$631	+2.13
820–1155	1003	85-90%	6	50.00–55.00	$52.14	$523	-1.23
985–1045	1006	85-90%	4	71.00–75.00	$73.23	$737	+19.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1530	1463	75-80%	2	70.00–74.00	$71.91	$1,052	—
1465	1465	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$996	—
1405–1545	1505	75-80%	4	78.00–83.00	$80.15	$1,206	-3.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1465	1175	5	78.00–90.00	$85.50	$1,005	—
1570–2035	1727	8	92.00–102.00	$96.82	$1,672	—
1670–2270	1877	5	105.00–111.00	$108.19	$2,031	-5.48

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1100–1325	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	775.00–960.00	$862.00
1225–1275	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	985.00–1,075.00	$1,030.90
1110–1475	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,285.00	$1,034.38
1050–1420	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	725.00–1,085.00	$950.97
1375	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	105.00	$105.00	$546	—
805	805	1	104.00	$104.00	$837	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.