Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, December 6, 2025

904 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $308.08/cwt ≈ $2,939/hd at 954 lb · 110 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $326.51/cwt +11.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,687/hd at 823 lb · 68 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $301.25/cwt ≈ $2,603/hd at 864 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	904	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
206	206	3	490.00	$490.00	$1,009	—
250	250	2	490.00	$490.00	$1,225	—
250–260 fancy	255	2	535.00–550.00	$542.65	$1,384	—
308	308	3	435.00	$435.00	$1,340	—
340 fancy	340	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,700	+87.50
362–390 fancy	369	9	470.00–480.00	$477.65	$1,763	+67.65
352–390	374	8	410.00–435.00	$424.10	$1,586	+42.59
405–445	425	8	410.00–430.00	$416.14	$1,769	+42.78
445 fancy	445	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,047	+60.00
460–495	477	8	385.00–402.00	$394.82	$1,883	+28.63
478–490 fancy	486	9	425.00–430.00	$428.36	$2,082	—
514 fancy	514	5	435.00	$435.00	$2,236	—
510–545	528	9	370.00–387.50	$382.45	$2,019	+49.91
510–547 value added	535	22	400.00–415.00	$402.61	$2,154	—
565–567 fancy	566	5	400.00	$400.00	$2,264	—
551–590	569	10	340.00–360.00	$354.44	$2,017	+6.85
575–588 value added	586	8	375.00–385.00	$376.23	$2,205	—
600–635	613	13	320.00–335.00	$327.04	$2,005	-9.62
623–625 value added	624	10	370.00–380.00	$377.01	$2,353	—
652–655 value added	654	4	353.00–360.00	$356.51	$2,332	—
650–695	667	11	335.00–350.00	$342.54	$2,285	—
700–747	722	18	300.00–320.00	$313.53	$2,264	-9.01
728 value added	728	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,402	—
783 value added	783	7	320.00–321.00	$320.57	$2,510	—
787–795	789	12	300.00–310.00	$303.35	$2,393	—
822 value added	822	65	327.50	$327.50	$2,692	+12.50
842–845	843	3	300.00–307.50	$304.99	$2,571	—
910	910	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,776	—
950–957 value added	954	110	306.00–310.00	$308.08	$2,939	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	335	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,306	—
374–380	375	7	400.00–407.50	$406.41	$1,524	—
410–430	417	6	400.00–402.50	$400.41	$1,670	+50.41
450–485	461	5	375.00–380.00	$378.00	$1,743	+40.07
515–525	517	6	360.00–365.00	$362.51	$1,874	+70.50
580–588	586	4	335.00–337.50	$336.88	$1,974	+67.17
600	600	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,830	+35.00
650–660	655	2	305.00–315.00	$310.04	$2,031	+10.04
705	705	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,939	—
795	795	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,186	—
810	810	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,106	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	229	4	385.00–395.00	$389.81	$893	—
287–295 fancy	289	9	412.50–422.50	$419.73	$1,213	—
285–295	290	2	385.00–395.00	$389.91	$1,131	+30.10
302–320	310	4	375.00–390.00	$381.25	$1,182	—
327–345 fancy	333	3	400.00–417.50	$406.04	$1,352	—
366–380 fancy	370	4	402.50–412.50	$405.07	$1,499	—
361–395	384	14	385.00–400.00	$390.17	$1,498	+35.28
400–407 fancy	403	15	400.00–415.00	$402.02	$1,620	—
400–440	419	9	347.50–365.00	$355.84	$1,491	-2.78
450–495	477	10	330.00–340.00	$336.44	$1,605	-2.83
485–498 fancy	497	15	357.50–410.00	$361.25	$1,795	—
501 value added	501	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,804	—
506–539	529	25	330.00–345.00	$341.44	$1,806	+3.44
550–590	569	12	310.00–324.00	$317.43	$1,806	-7.15
569–585 value added	574	9	330.00–340.00	$336.60	$1,932	—
600–645	623	11	300.00–310.00	$300.88	$1,874	+8.52
615–645 value added	623	6	320.00–330.00	$328.28	$2,045	—
670–682	678	3	310.00–315.00	$313.35	$2,125	+33.35
740	740	1	287.50	$287.50	$2,128	—
790	790	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,291	+30.00
800	800	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,400	+55.00
864 value added	864	60	301.25	$301.25	$2,603	—
1065	1065	2	200.00	$200.00	$2,130	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	377.00	$377.00	$1,018	+112.00
315–340	328	2	350.00–360.00	$354.81	$1,164	—
381	381	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,391	—
415–445	426	6	330.00–332.00	$330.97	$1,410	+7.85
450–460	455	4	320.00–321.00	$320.51	$1,458	-3.15
500–548	538	27	310.00–320.00	$310.52	$1,671	+18.32
570–590	576	4	300.00–307.50	$303.13	$1,746	+9.22
625–640	635	3	275.00–280.00	$276.64	$1,757	—
655	655	2	285.00–294.00	$289.50	$1,896	+49.61
760	760	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,900	+35.00
837–840	838	5	220.00–260.00	$251.98	$2,112	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1850	1389	6	173.00–184.00	$176.23	$2,448	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	430.00	$430.00	$774	—
275	275	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,279	+85.00
325	325	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,446	—
382–392 fancy	387	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,742	—
402–435	413	3	380.00–400.00	$392.98	$1,623	+25.48
460–480	466	9	360.00–380.00	$369.39	$1,721	+14.39
515 fancy	515	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,008	—
518	518	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,942	+25.00
570	570	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,052	+36.00
602	602	4	315.00	$315.00	$1,896	+4.00
661–685	667	5	300.00–315.00	$308.92	$2,060	+38.92
710–747	735	3	285.00–295.00	$288.22	$2,118	+18.22
810	810	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,025	+30.00
865	865	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,054	—
920	920	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,162	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,238	—
370	370	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,369	+49.74
420–425	423	2	355.00–360.00	$357.49	$1,512	+44.85
450–475	463	2	320.00–330.00	$324.86	$1,504	-12.64
515	515	3	347.50	$347.50	$1,790	+66.27
550	550	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,622	-2.48
665	665	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,962	+40.84
705–745	726	4	245.00–255.00	$249.97	$1,815	+4.97

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1390	1242	80-85%	7	144.00–150.00	$146.62	$1,821	—
1025–1445	1247	80-85%	19	161.00–170.00	$164.72	$2,054	—
1025–1430	1269	80-85%	35	152.00–160.00	$156.45	$1,985	+1.77
1115–1420	1291	80-85%	4	133.00–140.00	$136.04	$1,756	-4.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1675	1529	75-80%	8	162.00–170.00	$164.68	$2,518	—
1450–1675	1567	75-80%	7	144.00–150.00	$147.64	$2,314	+2.55
1500–1765	1600	75-80%	6	153.00–160.00	$158.40	$2,534	—
1755	1755	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,369	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	85-90%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	—
915–1015	965	85-90%	2	153.00–154.00	$153.47	$1,481	+49.37
960–1015	996	85-90%	4	145.00–150.00	$147.74	$1,471	+43.64

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1870	1550	3	200.00–210.00	$205.37	$3,183	—
1320–1800	1623	3	175.00–180.00	$177.17	$2,875	-11.83
1650–2075	1877	3	191.00–194.00	$192.98	$3,622	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1305	1153	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	173.00–195.00	$185.46	$2,138
1305	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,271

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1082–1325	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,000.00–2,150.00	$2,062.10
910–1530	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,975.00–2,550.00	$2,359.13
1180–1530	1296	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,250.00–2,600.00	$2,451.39

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1002	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–900	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,600.00–2,400.00	$2,251.89

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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
1250–1300	1286	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,550.00–4,000.00	$3,098.70	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,870	—

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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.