Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, March 25, 2023

1,122 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $207.56/cwt +3.89 vs last sale · ≈ $984/hd at 474 lb · 73 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $162.75/cwt ≈ $1,375/hd at 845 lb · 67 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $161.00/cwt ≈ $1,420/hd at 882 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,122	604	1,352
Feeder cattle	931	474	1,040
Slaughter cattle	134	88	231
Replacement cattle	57	42	81

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with feeder steers over 550lbs steady. Feeders heifers under 500lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with feeder heifers over 500lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter 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
335–345	340	3	252.50–267.00	$261.44	$889	+0.53
350–385 fancy	367	6	255.00–261.00	$259.70	$953	+3.80
380–392	386	7	235.00–247.00	$241.72	$933	-0.06
405–445	421	16	232.50–250.00	$242.93	$1,023	-5.44
460–492	475	19	230.00–249.00	$241.66	$1,148	+10.30
505–513 value added	506	19	242.00	$242.00	$1,225	+3.00
521–547	540	15	215.00–222.50	$216.84	$1,171	-14.94
567–585 value added	568	14	235.00–237.00	$236.85	$1,345	—
550–590	569	17	210.00–228.00	$221.61	$1,261	-5.92
607–631 value added	622	19	220.00–224.00	$221.50	$1,378	—
607–645	625	6	200.00–217.00	$206.50	$1,291	-12.19
655–685	673	4	192.50–205.00	$197.88	$1,332	-12.11
705–735	715	3	182.50–185.00	$184.14	$1,317	-7.79
765–780	767	13	183.00–190.00	$184.85	$1,418	-3.48
848	848	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,442	—
850–885	868	2	155.00–160.00	$157.55	$1,368	-6.45
915	915	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,327	-15.00
990	990	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,386	-15.00
1070	1070	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,498	—
1245	1245	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,556	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	222.50	$222.50	$990	+16.50
450–490	468	4	215.00–225.00	$221.78	$1,038	—
580	580	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,160	-8.74
605	605	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,180	-5.00
665–695	678	3	185.00–190.00	$187.51	$1,271	+7.51
795	795	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,352	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,080	+7.50
760	760	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,349	—
975	975	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,268	—
1067	1067	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,387	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	195.00	$195.00	$751	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–242	235	5	217.00–227.50	$222.15	$522	—
270 fancy	270	1	242.50	$242.50	$655	—
250–295	274	16	207.50–226.00	$217.34	$596	-7.52
300 fancy	300	2	235.00	$235.00	$705	+9.49
300–340	330	19	207.50–225.00	$218.04	$720	+11.20
350–396	378	25	206.00–220.00	$214.39	$810	+10.27
400–435	421	19	200.00–215.00	$206.72	$870	+3.85
450–499	474	70	200.00–213.00	$207.07	$982	+5.03
478 fancy	478	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,047	+8.00
500–540	509	22	182.50–198.00	$191.92	$977	-3.78
507–545 value added	525	7	200.00–205.00	$203.58	$1,069	—
558–590	572	9	177.00–188.00	$181.69	$1,039	-3.41
587 value added	587	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,203	—
600–637	620	13	162.00–177.50	$169.34	$1,050	+1.51
650–684	673	12	161.50–175.00	$168.71	$1,135	+4.34
700	700	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,085	-9.00
780	780	4	152.50	$152.50	$1,190	—
845 value added	845	67	162.75	$162.75	$1,375	—
882 value added	882	61	161.00	$161.00	$1,420	—
1030	1030	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,174	—
1105	1105	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,359	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	200.00	$200.00	$500	—
306	306	4	200.00	$200.00	$612	—
360–390	372	8	195.00–200.00	$197.77	$736	—
410	410	1	185.00	$185.00	$758	-5.00
465–480	470	4	186.00–195.00	$191.52	$900	+1.52
580	580	1	170.00	$170.00	$986	—
655	655	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,009	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	167.50	$167.50	$469	—
315	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
525	525	2	173.00	$173.00	$908	+11.19
590	590	2	155.00	$155.00	$914	-13.00
695	695	1	130.00	$130.00	$904	—
725	725	1	130.00	$130.00	$942	—
753	753	3	120.00	$120.00	$904	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	373	3	170.00–180.00	$176.79	$659	—
405–430	418	2	155.00	$155.00	$648	—
590	590	1	155.00	$155.00	$914	—
650	650	2	140.00	$140.00	$910	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	192.50	$192.50	$857	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	235.00	$235.00	$494	—
260–295	280	4	232.00–242.50	$238.54	$668	-2.77
295 fancy	295	2	250.00	$250.00	$738	-20.00
310–345 fancy	328	4	260.00	$260.00	$853	-20.00
320–345	332	10	232.50–252.50	$246.78	$819	+5.53
375 fancy	375	3	252.50	$252.50	$947	+3.11
355–393	384	6	230.00–246.00	$240.92	$925	+11.47
405 fancy	405	3	247.50	$247.50	$1,002	+0.29
405–440	422	15	222.00–240.00	$231.55	$977	-0.44
450–487	467	29	220.00–237.50	$228.11	$1,065	-3.05
506–545	518	17	201.00–212.50	$206.74	$1,071	-6.97
550–580	560	7	195.00–211.00	$204.44	$1,145	-3.36
600–643	631	10	195.00–203.00	$198.99	$1,256	+14.22
705–740	723	2	167.50–171.00	$169.29	$1,224	-5.24
805	805	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,175	—
945	945	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,257	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	210.00	$210.00	$514	—
390	390	1	222.50	$222.50	$868	+20.00
427–440	431	3	200.00–209.00	$205.94	$888	+3.97
470–487	482	4	210.00–215.00	$212.27	$1,023	-0.28
500–545	523	2	185.00–189.00	$186.91	$978	+1.91
565–575	570	2	185.00–187.00	$186.01	$1,060	-4.39
605	605	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,059	—
685	685	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,130	-10.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	435	3	195.00	$195.00	$848	—
510–535	527	3	152.50	$152.50	$804	—
605	605	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,059	+12.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	200.00	$200.00	$680	—
350–360	355	2	200.00	$200.00	$710	—
495	495	1	195.00	$195.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115	1115	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–875	783	85-90%	3	40.00	$40.00	$313	±0.00
780–1155	960	85-90%	5	50.00–60.00	$54.86	$527	-26.08
790–1290	987	85-90%	24	64.00–75.00	$69.34	$684	-11.60
835–1215	1038	85-90%	17	77.00–88.00	$80.22	$833	+30.22

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1300	1215	80-85%	8	73.00–80.00	$78.10	$949	—
1145–1360	1251	80-85%	15	83.00–93.00	$86.40	$1,081	-16.31
1150–1455	1304	80-85%	6	94.00–107.00	$99.18	$1,293	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1645	1521	75-80%	7	80.00–90.00	$85.83	$1,305	-16.97

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,170	—
1190–1860	1519	9	105.00–117.00	$111.75	$1,697	—
1130–2155	1755	10	120.00–141.00	$129.47	$2,272	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–985	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,025.00	$980.40
865–1060	951	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,114.91
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
950–1175	1063	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1155–1190	1162	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,025.00	$949.70
1140–1450	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,181.95

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,137.50	—
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1095–1365	1189	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,532.93	-142.07
960–1420	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,435.00	$1,380.55	-294.45
1120–1300	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–2,150.00	$1,800.83	—
1215–1310	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,275.00–1,625.00	$1,466.69	—
1420	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	140.00–172.50	$155.67	$436	—

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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.