Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, July 20, 2024

933 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $289.61/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,358/hd at 469 lb · 75 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $247.50/cwt ≈ $2,025/hd at 818 lb · 52 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $282.02/cwt -18.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,771/hd at 628 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	933	877	920
Feeder cattle	794	725	765
Slaughter cattle	92	118	112
Replacement cattle	47	34	43

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Saturday the feeder market was mostly steady with a an average quality offering. Good quality feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower in spots with a good supply and good demand. Buyers were active, however there was a softer undertone noted on plainer cattle. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a good supply and slaughter bulls were steady with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–294	292	6	320.00	$320.00	$934	—
320–340	335	11	332.50–345.00	$335.43	$1,124	+0.37
352–395	366	4	330.00–345.00	$336.54	$1,232	-4.09
410–449	431	40	310.00–330.00	$324.74	$1,400	+7.18
450–485	475	5	290.00–310.00	$298.08	$1,416	-3.08
505–548	532	23	295.00–308.00	$298.94	$1,590	-0.14
580–585	583	3	279.00–295.00	$289.70	$1,689	-5.07
620–645	628	45	277.00–296.00	$282.02	$1,771	-9.51
818	818	52	247.50	$247.50	$2,025	—
850 value added	850	29	242.00	$242.00	$2,057	—
1001–1027	1013	15	210.00	$210.00	$2,127	—
1050	1050	1	194.00	$194.00	$2,037	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,152	—
425–435	430	3	280.00–300.00	$290.08	$1,247	-9.92
490	490	3	270.00–292.50	$283.33	$1,388	-3.41
500	500	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,400	-0.33
605–640	621	6	267.50–272.50	$270.42	$1,679	+0.42
685	685	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,712	-23.76
700–745	723	2	214.00–249.00	$230.96	$1,670	—
825	825	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,832	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1101–1290	1125	8	179.00–200.00	$196.99	$2,216	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	225.00	$225.00	$945	-62.53
477	477	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,097	-32.23
550	550	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,210	—
605	605	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,210	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	291.00	$291.00	$684	—
270–280 fancy	274	8	300.00–305.00	$303.08	$830	—
301–345	317	7	280.00–293.00	$287.30	$911	-0.61
363 fancy	363	23	305.00	$305.00	$1,107	—
350–395	379	9	280.00–292.50	$283.67	$1,075	-3.68
402–440	414	15	279.00–290.00	$283.61	$1,174	-0.22
467 value added	467	45	299.50	$299.50	$1,399	—
450–495	472	30	265.00–281.00	$274.78	$1,297	-0.32
500–545	521	24	260.00–270.00	$266.02	$1,386	-1.25
521 value added	521	4	282.50	$282.50	$1,472	-6.40
565–585	573	8	250.00–260.00	$256.26	$1,468	-5.24
600–640	613	13	230.00–250.00	$239.80	$1,470	-1.67
665–695	675	5	220.00–235.00	$226.45	$1,529	-10.50
700–747	727	9	200.00–230.00	$215.56	$1,567	—
765	765	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,721	—
866–885	871	4	192.50–204.00	$201.08	$1,751	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	265.00	$265.00	$610	—
298	298	3	250.00	$250.00	$745	-30.00
300–335	321	4	250.00–270.00	$256.26	$823	—
377–395	381	6	250.00–272.50	$257.43	$981	—
410–435	424	10	250.00–270.00	$266.00	$1,128	-1.44
465–495	482	3	240.00–260.00	$246.85	$1,190	-13.15
505–545	523	9	230.00–255.00	$239.81	$1,254	-10.19
550–591	575	10	225.00–245.00	$238.18	$1,370	-1.82
610–620	615	3	200.00–225.00	$208.40	$1,282	—
690	690	3	200.00–210.00	$206.67	$1,426	—
765	765	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,530	—
840	840	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,462	—
925	925	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,526	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	230.00	$230.00	$828	—
400–405	403	2	212.50–232.50	$222.44	$896	-20.41
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	-40.51
500	500	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,000	-23.23

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,192	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1025	1020	2	167.00–169.00	$168.00	$1,714	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223–245	229	4	335.00–355.00	$349.64	$801	+39.64
260–285	270	3	310.00–330.00	$319.69	$863	—
340–345	343	2	335.00–340.00	$337.48	$1,158	+13.65
350–375 fancy	368	5	347.50–360.00	$351.89	$1,295	+10.98
375–387	383	3	320.00–340.00	$333.47	$1,277	+7.18
400–445	419	6	302.50–321.00	$314.96	$1,320	+8.25
400–432 fancy	421	3	325.00–337.50	$328.96	$1,385	-11.98
470–480	476	15	284.00–307.50	$299.05	$1,423	+8.55
502–545	523	24	267.50–286.00	$278.47	$1,456	-0.92
553–585	569	24	270.00–285.00	$279.35	$1,590	+5.00
600–635	611	17	255.00–275.00	$269.29	$1,645	+16.81
662–697	683	7	242.00–262.50	$250.70	$1,712	-0.49
712 fancy	712	2	249.00	$249.00	$1,773	—
710–740	723	6	210.00–227.50	$216.64	$1,566	—
780–795	788	2	200.00–202.50	$201.24	$1,586	-28.76
810–835	822	3	170.00–192.00	$184.11	$1,513	-1.89
940	940	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,739	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	320.00	$320.00	$768	—
255–270	262	3	270.00–300.00	$288.03	$755	—
310–315	313	2	310.00	$310.00	$970	—
420–445	433	3	265.00–282.50	$272.61	$1,180	-17.39
460–480	471	5	257.50–280.00	$272.81	$1,285	-7.10
520–540	528	3	232.50–250.00	$240.92	$1,272	-13.18
550–585	568	3	245.00–252.50	$248.38	$1,411	-4.08
605	605	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,512	—
685	685	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,473	-22.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	250.00	$250.00	$850	-29.19
410–430	420	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,008	-23.90
520	520	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,045	-36.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1150	1105	80-85%	2	150.00–160.00	$154.80	$1,711	—
965–1285	1166	80-85%	22	130.00–144.00	$137.19	$1,600	+27.19
1060–1390	1199	80-85%	11	120.00–129.00	$125.04	$1,499	-4.66

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—
730–985	844	85-90%	7	104.00–119.00	$111.30	$939	-1.33
850–975	932	85-90%	3	137.00–143.00	$139.87	$1,304	-0.95
885–1155	1026	85-90%	13	120.00–132.00	$123.36	$1,266	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1495	1473	75-80%	2	125.00–129.00	$127.03	$1,871	—
1315–1755	1474	75-80%	19	130.00–145.00	$136.31	$2,009	—
1305–1810	1525	75-80%	3	146.00–150.00	$147.90	$2,255	-6.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1740	1512	3	141.00–153.00	$146.57	$2,216	—
1285–1815	1578	6	154.00–164.00	$160.99	$2,540	-1.21
1840	1840	1	170.00	$170.00	$3,128	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2305	2305	1	185.00	$185.00	$4,264	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,368

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1020	1020	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
955–1205	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,375.00–1,750.00	$1,571.69
930–1310	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,360.00–2,025.00	$1,780.08
1135–1310	1226	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,600.00–1,950.00	$1,798.97

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620	620	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
775–780	778	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,535.00	$1,517.44

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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
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1065–1515	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,650.00–2,475.00	$2,036.61	-46.61

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	190.00	$190.00	$722	—
430	430	2	120.00–140.00	$130.00	$559	—
490	490	1	150.00	$150.00	$735	—
555	555	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,021	—

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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.