Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, May 17, 2025

760 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $262.41/cwt -1.57 vs last sale · ≈ $2,106/hd at 802 lb · 70 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $330.18/cwt +0.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,741/hd at 527 lb · 33 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $380.27/cwt -14.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,398/hd at 368 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	760	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	525.00	$525.00	$866	—
220 fancy	220	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,100	—
270	270	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,296	—
315 fancy	315	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,386	-70.00
332–347	339	5	400.00–420.00	$403.96	$1,369	-66.00
365–395	380	2	430.00–450.00	$439.61	$1,671	+6.78
405 fancy	405	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,762	+7.78
427–445	431	9	394.00–415.00	$398.82	$1,719	+8.41
465 fancy	465	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,860	-3.86
480–490	486	4	367.50–385.00	$376.94	$1,832	-0.82
505 fancy	505	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,020	—
505–539	522	15	360.00–375.00	$370.36	$1,933	+24.01
555–595	574	6	335.00–350.00	$341.21	$1,959	+6.21
600–622	609	8	332.50–352.50	$339.35	$2,067	+21.73
650–685	672	5	339.00–340.00	$339.60	$2,282	+59.60
745	745	1	316.00	$316.00	$2,354	+3.35
750	750	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,250	+23.73
830	830	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,490	+26.00
1029 value added	1029	52	254.00	$254.00	$2,614	—
1101 value added	1101	53	239.00	$239.00	$2,631	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	4	397.50	$397.50	$1,467	—
410	410	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,578	+23.21
465	465	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,581	+2.11
510–540	530	6	315.00–325.00	$321.75	$1,705	-0.25
585–595	590	3	307.50–320.00	$314.15	$1,853	+14.15
665	665	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,895	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	250.00–270.00	$260.00	$1,404	—
610	610	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,708	—
825	825	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,650	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,110	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,350	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 fancy	205	1	475.00	$475.00	$974	+54.34
240	240	3	457.50	$457.50	$1,098	—
305–320 fancy	313	2	400.00–432.00	$416.38	$1,303	-7.91
315	315	2	370.00–385.00	$377.50	$1,189	-19.09
350–398	367	24	375.00–390.00	$382.57	$1,404	-5.11
380	380	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,235	-62.68
402–445	428	16	350.00–370.00	$355.44	$1,521	-10.60
453 fancy	453	3	357.50	$357.50	$1,619	-7.26
450–497	475	22	330.00–350.00	$339.47	$1,612	-8.47
517 value added	517	9	350.00	$350.00	$1,810	-1.13
510–545	531	24	320.00–340.00	$322.75	$1,714	+2.92
555–595	568	7	300.00–320.00	$311.61	$1,770	+10.58
580 fancy	580	2	324.00	$324.00	$1,879	—
610 fancy	610	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,891	—
600–640	626	7	275.00–295.00	$286.35	$1,793	+1.84
650–695	668	6	260.00–277.50	$269.56	$1,801	-13.00
705	705	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,692	-37.70
730 fancy	730	1	274.00	$274.00	$2,000	—
770–780	775	2	240.00–250.00	$245.03	$1,899	+30.03
802 value added	802	68	263.00	$263.00	$2,109	-1.48
815–820	818	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,984	-4.04
880	880	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,244	+5.00
1031 value added	1031	54	226.00	$226.00	$2,330	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	350.00	$350.00	$945	—
325–345	333	3	350.00–365.00	$358.18	$1,193	-11.82
375–385	382	3	350.00–360.00	$354.96	$1,356	-4.65
400–445	424	13	320.00–345.00	$334.91	$1,420	-6.84
455–490	469	6	300.00–320.00	$316.73	$1,485	-12.83
505–515	510	3	300.00–312.00	$307.34	$1,567	—
555–592	579	10	285.00–295.00	$288.23	$1,669	+18.23
610	610	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,616	+25.00
657	657	2	236.50	$236.50	$1,554	—
715–740	723	3	200.00–225.00	$216.47	$1,565	—
845	845	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,859	—
945	945	1	212.50	$212.50	$2,008	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	285.00	$285.00	$770	-45.00
345	345	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,087	-12.15
365–385	375	2	225.00–245.00	$234.73	$880	-105.27
420	420	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,134	-42.57
500–545	523	2	267.50–270.00	$268.70	$1,405	—
630	630	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,512	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,122	—
440	440	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,408	—
610	610	2	284.00	$284.00	$1,732	—
675	675	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,738	—
1100	1100	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,815	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	200.00–205.00	$202.44	$840	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	525.00	$525.00	$998	—
310 fancy	310	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,488	—
365 fancy	365	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,478	-65.00
350–395	374	6	380.00–400.00	$388.64	$1,454	-36.02
412–435	415	9	375.00–390.00	$386.04	$1,602	+9.27
455–487	473	11	330.00–355.00	$346.28	$1,638	-14.60
500–545	525	18	320.00–345.00	$329.61	$1,730	-1.60
555 fancy	555	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,970	+17.61
550–595	573	10	320.00–339.00	$327.98	$1,879	+15.75
600 fancy	600	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,010	+6.00
605–625	618	5	300.00–315.00	$310.08	$1,916	+17.13
705–735	715	3	290.00–295.00	$291.71	$2,086	+1.52
762	762	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,057	—
820	820	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,030	-14.29
892	892	2	252.50	$252.50	$2,252	—
905	905	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,082	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,032	-95.00
370–385	377	5	360.00–375.00	$368.94	$1,391	-26.16
400–445	433	13	320.00–350.00	$343.91	$1,489	-6.79
450	450	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,440	—
500–522	511	6	300.00–317.00	$306.50	$1,566	-1.00
560–587	575	6	300.00–310.00	$301.67	$1,735	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,424	—
495	495	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,683	—
545	545	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,635	—
552–586	572	5	308.00–320.00	$312.63	$1,788	—
752–775	760	3	275.00–281.00	$278.96	$2,120	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	300.00	$300.00	$900	—
370	370	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,184	—
472	472	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,369	—
505–530	515	3	237.50–260.00	$249.34	$1,284	—
620	620	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,643	—
760	760	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,147	—
805	805	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,053	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	2	235.00–250.00	$242.75	$930	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1090	1052	80-85%	3	120.00–129.00	$124.38	$1,308	—
1010–1295	1156	80-85%	10	140.00–159.00	$149.66	$1,730	+0.97
965–1390	1171	80-85%	16	160.00–180.00	$168.54	$1,974	+19.85

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–985	953	85-90%	3	100.00–108.00	$103.94	$991	—
905–1165	1021	85-90%	5	130.00–138.00	$133.89	$1,367	+3.84
920–1170	1025	85-90%	7	144.00–154.00	$149.83	$1,536	+19.78

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320	1320	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,716	—
1360–1556	1460	75-80%	5	152.00–159.00	$156.11	$2,279	—
1450–1660	1571	75-80%	6	163.00–175.00	$169.34	$2,660	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–2360	1428	7	187.00–205.00	$191.79	$2,739	—
1085–1940	1470	6	174.00–186.00	$179.18	$2,634	—
1305–1740	1523	2	150.00–167.00	$159.71	$2,432	-13.85

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1260	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,700.00–2,025.00	$1,879.61
1170–1185	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,350.00–3,250.00	$2,652.55
1180	1180	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00
1055–1350	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,875.00–2,350.00	$2,047.48
1020–1737	1277	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,675.00–2,450.00	$2,138.12

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–740	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,650.00–1,725.00	$1,687.88
845	845	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
885–945	910	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,550.00–2,050.00	$1,784.07
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,785.00	$1,785.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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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
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1272	1272	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,750.00	$3,750.00	+616.70
1045–1625	1332	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–4,275.00	$3,551.02	-333.77
1650	1650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,775.00	$3,775.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1935–1965	1950	85-90%	2	149.00–154.00	$151.48	$2,954	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665–995	802	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00–2,525.00	$2,123.75	—

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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.