Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, March 15, 2025

833 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $248.48/cwt +18.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,014/hd at 810 lb · 73 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $258.50/cwt ≈ $2,417/hd at 935 lb · 56 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $314.33/cwt -4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,484/hd at 472 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	833	—	—

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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 fancy	220	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,111	+90.00
220	220	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,023	—
298	298	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,207	—
300–322 fancy	312	7	440.00–455.00	$444.21	$1,386	+29.21
340	340	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,343	+10.00
350–390	360	14	400.00–415.00	$406.73	$1,464	-0.03
350–390 fancy	373	5	420.00–445.00	$434.91	$1,622	+1.67
405–440 fancy	429	6	405.00–425.00	$412.32	$1,769	+5.86
420–445	435	3	390.00–400.00	$396.63	$1,725	+13.41
437 value added	437	2	455.00	$455.00	$1,988	—
450–497 fancy	482	8	390.00–415.00	$405.36	$1,954	+2.06
455–498	484	13	360.00–385.00	$365.56	$1,769	+20.56
505–515 fancy	507	6	415.00–425.00	$416.69	$2,113	—
505–525	512	7	320.00–340.00	$329.18	$1,685	+2.00
500–535 value added	515	4	365.00–395.00	$376.83	$1,941	+17.85
560–565 value added	563	3	340.00–362.50	$355.04	$1,999	+20.12
590	590	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,829	+2.92
610–620 value added	615	2	316.00–320.00	$318.02	$1,956	+1.00
605–640	625	3	292.50–310.00	$303.19	$1,895	-1.71
666 value added	666	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,031	+6.70
740	740	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,016	+3.31
830	830	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,034	-5.77
850–870	863	3	230.00–247.50	$239.10	$2,063	-4.90
935 value added	935	56	258.50	$258.50	$2,417	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,018	+10.00
353–398	376	8	365.00–375.00	$369.70	$1,390	+24.70
430–440	434	5	360.00–365.00	$361.01	$1,567	+8.51
460–499	490	9	325.00–350.00	$328.72	$1,611	-23.82
540	540	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,593	+15.00
580	580	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,682	+5.00
605–635	620	2	250.00–260.00	$255.12	$1,582	-22.38

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,092	—
410–415	413	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,322	—
490	490	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,470	-5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,365	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,072	—

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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	360.00	$360.00	$792	-5.00
270–295 fancy	278	6	385.00–395.00	$391.62	$1,089	—
290	290	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,058	—
315–335 fancy	325	9	380.00–400.00	$390.99	$1,271	+48.26
320–330	325	3	350.00–370.00	$356.67	$1,159	—
358–370 fancy	363	13	380.00–397.00	$390.33	$1,417	+39.37
350–390	364	4	357.50–377.50	$364.76	$1,328	+28.37
400–435 fancy	410	9	355.00–380.00	$358.86	$1,471	-4.28
400–448	421	22	325.00–350.00	$338.05	$1,423	+11.32
435	435	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,262	-36.73
450–497 fancy	471	19	325.00–350.00	$329.18	$1,550	+6.06
450–495	473	31	300.00–322.00	$305.23	$1,444	+7.71
500–525 value added	508	7	302.50–320.00	$315.43	$1,602	+9.24
500–545	524	25	280.00–300.00	$288.58	$1,512	-0.66
550–593	573	16	275.00–295.00	$283.98	$1,627	+10.11
615–643	632	7	260.00–270.00	$264.99	$1,675	+14.22
660–687	676	5	235.00–245.00	$238.99	$1,616	-2.77
710	710	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,633	+2.68
713–730	716	11	257.50–266.00	$264.42	$1,893	+37.10
750–798	785	12	235.00–240.00	$239.20	$1,878	+2.91
810 value added	810	71	249.00	$249.00	$2,017	—
815–840	828	2	227.50–232.50	$229.96	$1,904	-0.04
885	885	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,991	—
900	900	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,800	-12.50
1046 value added	1046	53	221.50	$221.50	$2,317	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	320.00	$320.00	$736	—
255	255	2	310.00–320.00	$315.00	$803	+28.68
330	330	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,089	+35.00
380–395	387	6	315.00–335.00	$320.01	$1,238	+18.67
400–445	428	8	300.00–320.00	$312.35	$1,337	+22.51
450–485	471	8	270.00–297.50	$282.05	$1,328	+12.05
500–540	520	2	262.50–275.00	$268.99	$1,399	+18.99
565	565	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,412	-3.24
625–627	626	3	230.00–240.00	$233.33	$1,461	+18.33
685–690	688	2	200.00–217.50	$208.78	$1,436	—
830	830	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,660	±0.00
860	860	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,548	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–365	363	2	250.00–260.00	$255.03	$926	—
430	430	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,075	-25.00
503	503	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,232	—
570–585	575	3	220.00–230.00	$223.39	$1,284	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,185	+30.00
425	425	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,211	—
460–487	478	3	280.00–300.00	$286.42	$1,369	+11.42

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,140	-5.61
300–315 fancy	308	2	410.00–435.00	$422.80	$1,302	—
350–395 fancy	370	10	390.00–400.00	$396.42	$1,467	-8.58
355–397	380	7	370.00–385.00	$375.90	$1,428	-3.29
410–435	420	9	370.00–385.00	$373.33	$1,568	+13.33
415–435 fancy	425	2	400.00–410.00	$405.12	$1,722	+10.12
451–465 fancy	455	12	365.00–370.00	$368.94	$1,679	—
450–495	474	13	340.00–360.00	$347.13	$1,645	-9.87
500–515 fancy	508	7	332.50–345.00	$338.57	$1,720	+4.82
520–545	533	2	305.00–310.00	$307.56	$1,639	-2.05
550–595	572	12	287.50–307.50	$300.13	$1,717	+0.86
585	585	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,536	-36.77
600–630 fancy	617	5	306.00–307.50	$306.89	$1,894	—
620–640	631	6	277.50–299.00	$286.82	$1,810	+8.84
678–695	682	4	270.00–294.00	$287.89	$1,963	—
705 fancy	705	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,974	—
710–745	731	8	245.00–267.50	$254.94	$1,864	+10.01
755–785	770	2	235.00–250.00	$242.35	$1,866	-2.26
1255	1255	1	189.00	$189.00	$2,372	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,363	+70.00
370–395	383	2	340.00–360.00	$350.33	$1,342	—
410–445	427	6	345.00–355.00	$349.07	$1,491	+16.51
470–480	478	6	320.00–335.00	$328.75	$1,571	+5.40
510–515	513	2	285.00–295.00	$289.98	$1,488	-3.82
555–587	576	5	270.00–285.00	$276.97	$1,595	+3.63
620	620	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,534	—
650	650	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,560	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	367	3	300.00–306.00	$302.07	$1,109	+37.36
445	445	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,335	—
597	597	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,492	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,539	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1385	1156	80-85%	10	124.00–130.00	$127.75	$1,477	-9.06
1050–1340	1189	80-85%	15	134.00–146.00	$140.33	$1,669	+15.55
1070–1410	1240	80-85%	4	150.00–162.00	$154.90	$1,921	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1165	995	85-90%	3	90.00–105.00	$98.63	$981	—
765–1175	1019	85-90%	4	130.00–150.00	$135.13	$1,377	+29.21
925–1165	1041	85-90%	5	120.00–128.00	$122.63	$1,277	+16.71
835–1245	1081	85-90%	12	110.00–117.00	$112.37	$1,215	-24.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1440	1438	75-80%	2	124.00–128.00	$126.00	$1,812	—
1280–1740	1451	75-80%	10	130.00–145.00	$137.67	$1,998	+0.82
1295–1620	1499	75-80%	4	150.00–155.00	$152.42	$2,285	+15.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1530	1478	2	126.00–135.00	$130.34	$1,926	—
1110–1880	1494	9	151.00–165.00	$159.19	$2,378	—
1425–1850	1635	4	173.00–184.00	$178.66	$2,921	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–940	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	162.50–185.00	$171.97	$1,582

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055 fancy	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1045–1205 fancy	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,600.00–3,100.00	$2,827.59
1090–1180 fancy	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,700.00–3,150.00	$2,933.92
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1105–1245	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,729.47
1040–1380	1202	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,450.00–2,000.00	$1,726.28
1055–1360	1242	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,700.00–2,400.00	$2,034.76
1255–1450 fancy	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,525.00	$2,431.19

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
820–855	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,775.00	$1,459.83
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–885	776	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,200.00–2,125.00	$1,663.59
700–970	835	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–2,000.00	$1,727.54

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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
770–895	833	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,025.00–2,400.00	$2,226.58	—
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1390 fancy	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,180	—

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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.