Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, February 8, 2025

1,038 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $237.50/cwt ≈ $2,275/hd at 958 lb · 112 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $295.50/cwt +5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,525/hd at 516 lb · 88 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $215.00/cwt ≈ $2,105/hd at 979 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,038	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	283	3	345.00–350.00	$348.38	$986	—
305 fancy	305	2	402.50	$402.50	$1,228	-2.50
330–345	338	2	370.00–380.00	$374.89	$1,267	+11.73
360–395	385	4	355.00–376.00	$369.57	$1,423	+0.89
385–395 fancy	389	8	380.00–400.00	$389.11	$1,514	—
400–445	423	10	360.00–375.00	$371.36	$1,571	-0.46
460 fancy	460	2	362.50–377.50	$370.00	$1,702	+2.89
468–485	473	28	330.00–352.50	$339.74	$1,607	-2.07
505–507	507	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,572	-8.01
550–584	572	31	302.50–315.00	$308.53	$1,765	-4.19
610–630	620	7	262.50–276.00	$273.38	$1,695	-24.94
615–649 value added	636	37	290.00–305.00	$297.10	$1,890	—
651–683 value added	663	38	282.00–291.00	$288.11	$1,910	—
650–693	683	16	245.00–270.00	$264.21	$1,805	-9.37
712 value added	712	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,994	+1.00
701–742	714	15	255.00–270.00	$266.27	$1,901	—
751–796	770	17	250.00–270.00	$258.62	$1,991	-2.35
902–945	909	6	220.00–230.00	$228.27	$2,075	—
958 value added	958	112	237.50	$237.50	$2,275	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	2	320.00–340.00	$329.68	$1,022	—
382	382	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,308	+22.50
400–435	414	4	330.00–350.00	$342.64	$1,419	—
450–490	472	3	290.00–320.00	$303.57	$1,433	-18.42
527–540	531	3	257.50–270.00	$265.77	$1,411	-28.83
560–590	583	11	275.00–285.00	$282.95	$1,650	-7.76
605–640	625	5	235.00–255.00	$244.10	$1,526	-17.82
785	785	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,923	+1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–385	366	3	265.00–267.50	$265.88	$973	-11.62
410–415	413	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,136	+10.00
465–485	478	5	250.00–272.50	$260.49	$1,245	-27.01
595	595	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,473	-27.50
670	670	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,407	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	295.00	$295.00	$634	-5.00
260–295	280	5	302.50–315.00	$309.60	$867	-13.01
287 fancy	287	2	320.00	$320.00	$918	—
302–320 fancy	308	5	335.00–350.00	$340.99	$1,050	—
300–345	327	12	300.00–320.00	$313.16	$1,024	-6.60
350–395	371	8	300.00–317.50	$308.04	$1,143	-6.71
360–391 fancy	383	4	320.00–322.50	$320.59	$1,228	-7.93
405–430 fancy	418	3	312.50–327.50	$322.48	$1,348	+7.48
400–445	429	16	292.50–310.00	$298.22	$1,279	+0.03
450–486	474	19	290.00–310.00	$304.23	$1,442	+1.13
460–486 fancy	477	6	312.50–315.00	$312.90	$1,493	-18.27
503–516 value added	514	67	293.00–305.00	$300.31	$1,544	-4.69
500–541	523	21	265.00–287.50	$280.14	$1,465	-3.18
552–593	577	42	257.50–280.00	$274.22	$1,582	+5.43
601–647	630	46	245.00–263.00	$257.19	$1,620	-6.40
655–693	666	13	242.00–255.00	$252.16	$1,679	-1.11
710	710	12	242.50–254.00	$253.04	$1,797	+8.34
710–725	717	3	210.00–217.50	$212.49	$1,524	-32.21
755–780	774	4	220.00–225.00	$221.22	$1,712	-21.27
776 value added	776	28	242.00	$242.00	$1,878	—
819–832	822	9	217.50–230.00	$220.31	$1,811	-2.94
945	945	1	212.00	$212.00	$2,003	—
979 value added	979	55	215.00	$215.00	$2,105	—
1042	1042	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,771	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	280.00	$280.00	$952	+23.75
357–380	366	7	275.00–295.00	$285.86	$1,046	+35.86
400–435	418	6	280.00–290.00	$284.15	$1,188	+15.82
450–480	469	7	280.00–282.50	$280.37	$1,315	-1.13
505–530	517	5	245.00–262.50	$255.43	$1,321	-7.92
571–590	575	7	240.00–252.50	$249.28	$1,433	-3.13
655–660	658	2	220.00–230.00	$225.02	$1,481	-11.65

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	280.00	$280.00	$658	—
275	275	1	275.00	$275.00	$756	+55.00
360	360	1	252.50	$252.50	$909	—
402–445	423	5	230.00–250.00	$244.94	$1,036	—
580	580	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,160	-15.19
675–685	680	2	172.50–185.00	$178.80	$1,216	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,024	—
460	460	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,104	—
800	800	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,120	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	355.00	$355.00	$657	+5.00
255–295	275	3	360.00–380.00	$371.79	$1,022	+1.79
275 fancy	275	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,100	-8.10
305 fancy	305	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,205	+10.35
315–345	330	2	355.00–360.00	$357.39	$1,179	+2.28
360–395	370	7	330.00–355.00	$340.08	$1,258	—
406–440	421	7	325.00–347.50	$336.58	$1,417	+6.67
455–485	471	7	315.00–335.00	$320.89	$1,511	-13.77
515–545	530	2	290.00–292.50	$291.29	$1,544	-19.89
570–591	588	7	260.00–275.00	$268.61	$1,579	-11.70
600–637	620	5	262.50–273.00	$268.09	$1,662	-7.69
650–690	664	11	257.50–274.00	$264.20	$1,754	+4.32
710–745	726	4	215.00–235.00	$223.73	$1,624	-34.50
755–785	770	4	217.50–228.00	$220.70	$1,699	-15.28
805	805	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,811	-2.38
857	857	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	2	300.00–330.00	$315.55	$868	-4.45
330	330	2	325.00–335.00	$330.00	$1,089	+20.62
350–390	375	3	300.00–325.00	$312.89	$1,173	-5.07
428	428	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,370	+23.27
455–490	471	7	287.50–310.00	$296.33	$1,396	+2.63
502–545	518	5	252.00–270.00	$261.35	$1,354	-18.65
595	595	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,368	-40.00
610	610	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,513	-2.05
690	690	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,501	-15.88
710	710	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,438	-32.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	2	291.00	$291.00	$1,126	—
475	475	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,223	-27.50
540	540	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,134	-25.00
575	575	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,322	±0.00
610–620	615	2	230.00–235.00	$232.52	$1,430	—
745	745	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,341	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–950	837	85-90%	5	72.00–90.00	$80.46	$673	-39.54
870–1250	1063	85-90%	14	102.00–119.00	$112.25	$1,193	-0.47
895–1225	1100	85-90%	6	120.00–125.00	$121.76	$1,339	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1430	1154	80-85%	4	145.00–160.00	$152.33	$1,758	+16.41
1055–1290	1175	80-85%	3	117.00–123.00	$119.13	$1,400	-16.79
1025–1405	1181	80-85%	13	125.00–139.00	$131.38	$1,552	-4.54

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1790	1487	75-80%	11	131.00–142.00	$135.75	$2,019	+1.57
1410–1685	1505	75-80%	4	148.00–153.00	$149.65	$2,252	—
1485–1890	1647	75-80%	3	124.00–129.00	$126.45	$2,083	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1600	1421	4	128.00–140.00	$134.99	$1,918	-5.01
1180–1790	1502	6	145.00–155.00	$149.01	$2,238	—
1370–2190	1725	3	164.00–167.00	$164.79	$2,843	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	172.00	$172.00	$2,116

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1270	1178	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,275.00–2,800.00	$2,575.92
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1160–1445	1222	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,650.00–2,450.00	$2,040.26
860–1485	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,750.00–2,450.00	$2,123.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–975	831	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,450.00–1,950.00	$1,727.15
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,225.00	$2,225.00

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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
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1165–1255	1207	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,925.00–2,575.00	$2,208.36	—
1260–1330	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,500.00	$2,243.24	—

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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.