Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, June 15, 2024

488 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $293.60/cwt +10.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,858/hd at 633 lb · 29 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $262.79/cwt +13.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,903/hd at 724 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $251.37/cwt -12.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,408/hd at 560 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	488	1,043	1,068
Feeder cattle	377	870	822
Slaughter cattle	72	117	153
Replacement cattle	39	56	93

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mixed as higher temperatures and a plainer quality offering affected todays prices. Feeder steers 600 lbs and under were 3.00 to 6.00 lower, while the 600 lbs and over were mostly steady with good demand. Feeder heifers 350-450 lbs were sharply higher but with limited comparisons, however the 450-650 lbs heifers were 6.00 to 8.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good supply and good demand and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 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
205	205	1	340.00	$340.00	$697	—
275–287	281	4	335.00–342.50	$338.83	$952	—
350–357	355	3	320.00–330.00	$326.71	$1,160	-10.62
375–385 fancy	378	3	357.50	$357.50	$1,351	—
457–480	465	9	320.00–330.00	$323.12	$1,503	-6.48
515–525	518	4	310.00–320.00	$312.54	$1,619	+2.39
553–583 value added	571	11	306.00–315.00	$308.57	$1,762	-13.36
560–580	573	3	290.00–300.00	$294.22	$1,686	-5.92
605–621 value added	613	6	300.00–302.00	$300.99	$1,845	+0.99
600–646	638	23	280.00–296.00	$291.67	$1,861	+16.34
660–695	678	4	267.50–283.00	$275.05	$1,865	-2.90
705	705	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,762	+0.83
717–743 value added	725	22	260.00–265.00	$263.37	$1,909	—
775–788	786	6	225.00–237.50	$235.45	$1,851	-2.05
825	825	13	236.00	$236.00	$1,947	—
908	908	6	224.50	$224.50	$2,038	—
964	964	11	208.50	$208.50	$2,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	316.00	$316.00	$648	—
365	365	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,049	—
465–480	473	3	290.00–297.50	$294.82	$1,394	—
525–548	538	8	280.00–290.00	$285.09	$1,534	-12.41
565	565	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,483	-16.27
692	692	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,834	+14.69
920	920	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,610	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1160	1098	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,702	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	225.00	$225.00	$776	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290 fancy	273	2	300.00–312.50	$305.85	$835	-21.65
350–385	362	3	280.00–297.50	$291.29	$1,054	+12.69
375–383 fancy	382	6	300.00–310.00	$308.36	$1,178	—
400–416	410	6	283.00–302.50	$298.51	$1,224	+17.07
475–490	483	2	272.50–275.00	$273.77	$1,322	-17.72
515–542	533	3	262.00–265.00	$262.97	$1,402	-13.05
550–580	560	18	245.00–260.00	$251.37	$1,408	-12.81
605–635	611	7	232.00–244.00	$238.12	$1,455	-5.78
655 value added	655	4	248.00	$248.00	$1,624	—
655–689	681	11	220.00–230.00	$221.70	$1,510	-3.30
712	712	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,609	+13.92
771–790	777	6	204.00–217.00	$212.60	$1,652	+12.60
995	995	8	178.50	$178.50	$1,776	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	255.00	$255.00	$688	-10.40
325	325	1	265.00	$265.00	$861	+25.00
355–376	371	4	245.00–255.00	$247.39	$918	-8.40
400–437	421	4	250.00–275.00	$266.99	$1,124	+8.73
455–488	472	11	250.00–265.00	$255.57	$1,206	-7.36
513–545	525	10	231.00–257.50	$247.91	$1,302	-14.18
560–598	590	6	220.00–243.00	$238.86	$1,409	-5.50
620–645	628	6	205.00–226.00	$222.41	$1,397	-1.83

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	155.00	$155.00	$411	—
430	430	1	220.00	$220.00	$946	—
540	540	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,134	-21.38
780	780	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,131	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,800	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	3	335.00	$335.00	$791	—
275	275	1	360.00	$360.00	$990	+10.00
380	380	2	332.00	$332.00	$1,262	-17.99
400–441	431	6	300.00–322.00	$307.89	$1,327	-26.59
462	462	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,432	+7.25
505–525	518	3	280.00–300.00	$287.56	$1,490	-4.80
585	585	2	277.00	$277.00	$1,620	-5.90
605–642	626	7	250.00–265.00	$258.51	$1,618	-12.70
655–690	668	3	250.00–267.50	$259.20	$1,731	-6.94
712–725	716	3	237.50–242.50	$239.19	$1,713	-11.80
760	760	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,642	+2.50
800	800	3	215.50	$215.50	$1,724	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	240.00	$240.00	$936	-84.62
435	435	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,262	-23.61
490–497	495	6	280.00–287.50	$282.48	$1,398	+1.42
500–535	523	5	250.00–276.00	$265.22	$1,387	-11.65
570–597	588	3	253.00–267.50	$262.81	$1,545	-6.39
620	620	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,488	-11.65
655–685	675	3	220.00–247.50	$238.20	$1,608	-6.54
715–740	725	3	200.00–220.00	$211.34	$1,532	-15.85
785	785	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,531	—
800	800	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,440	+8.31
915	915	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,418	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	80-85%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,172	—
1055–1355	1182	80-85%	10	144.00–161.00	$148.86	$1,760	—
1030–1325	1198	80-85%	14	121.00–143.00	$133.46	$1,599	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1580	1442	75-80%	12	125.00–143.00	$137.82	$1,987	—
1335–1695	1478	75-80%	9	145.00–162.00	$152.20	$2,250	+16.60

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$630	—
820–1260	944	85-90%	8	108.00–114.00	$111.97	$1,057	—
820–1160	1034	85-90%	7	132.00–147.00	$139.48	$1,442	+12.97
1000–1095	1041	85-90%	4	122.00–130.00	$125.05	$1,302	-1.46

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1315	1245	2	140.00–148.00	$144.22	$1,796	—
1075–1730	1516	5	155.00–165.00	$158.59	$2,404	—
1615–1725	1670	2	174.00–180.00	$177.10	$2,958	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1035–1075	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,925.00	$1,708.47
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
875–1325	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,300.00–1,900.00	$1,558.55
1165–1270	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,604.74
1290	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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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
890–1260	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00–2,250.00	$2,042.75	—

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
500	500	1	134.00	$134.00	$670	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	235.00	$235.00	$710	—
355	355	2	230.00	$230.00	$816	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,475	—

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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.