Lake Cumberland Livestock Market Report

Somerset, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, July 11, 2026

1,034 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $384.28/cwt +34.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,440/hd at 635 lb · 86 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $383.75/cwt -11.17 vs last sale · ≈ $2,821/hd at 735 lb · 75 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $348.50/cwt ≈ $2,886/hd at 828 lb · 59 head

Somerset, KY 6-weight heifers brought $382/cwt, mid-pack for the state—$3/cwt above the KY average ($379) and $9/cwt under Mt. Sterling, KY ($391). The class is down $15/cwt from its early June peak of $390. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,034	839	1,094
Feeder cattle	882	784	960
Slaughter cattle	80	37	80
Replacement cattle	72	18	54

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to the market closure last week in observance of the July 4th holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	575.00	$575.00	$1,782	—
405 fancy	405	2	532.00	$532.00	$2,155	+25.60
410–428	421	5	490.00–520.00	$508.31	$2,140	+58.31
450–490	463	5	470.00–505.00	$494.67	$2,290	+32.34
512 fancy	512	5	502.50	$502.50	$2,573	—
535	535	2	475.00	$475.00	$2,541	+20.16
553–585	568	10	430.00–450.00	$437.69	$2,486	-8.30
586 value added	586	15	460.00	$460.00	$2,696	—
615–645	635	6	420.00–425.00	$423.14	$2,687	+23.14
653–687	664	8	380.00–400.00	$393.56	$2,613	+6.12
735 value added	735	75	383.75	$383.75	$2,821	-15.25
772–790	781	9	340.00–357.50	$351.61	$2,746	-14.02
828 value added	828	59	348.50	$348.50	$2,886	—
957 value added	957	50	339.25	$339.25	$3,247	+9.25
1006	1006	4	310.00	$310.00	$3,119	—
1022 value added	1022	56	321.00	$321.00	$3,281	—
1052 value added	1052	49	314.25	$314.25	$3,306	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	465.00	$465.00	$2,000	—
465	465	2	455.00	$455.00	$2,116	—
527–545	533	3	440.00–445.00	$441.70	$2,354	—
560	560	1	415.00	$415.00	$2,324	—
600	600	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,370	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	427.50	$427.50	$2,095	+26.05
550–570	563	4	385.00–400.00	$396.27	$2,231	-23.73
630	630	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,394	—
660	660	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,343	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–540	528	3	415.00–430.00	$425.22	$2,245	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	3	422.50	$422.50	$2,455	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
187	187	2	640.00	$640.00	$1,197	—
235	235	1	610.00	$610.00	$1,434	+110.00
255–290	276	4	470.00–495.00	$475.77	$1,313	-24.23
310–345	329	6	450.00–460.00	$454.05	$1,494	-23.27
360 fancy	360	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,800	—
367–386	375	13	440.00–470.00	$464.09	$1,740	+8.12
405–446	434	21	430.00–455.00	$437.83	$1,900	+1.32
436 fancy	436	5	490.00	$490.00	$2,136	+24.21
455–465 value added	463	8	455.00–460.00	$456.23	$2,112	—
450–490	473	23	420.00–450.00	$434.37	$2,055	+4.12
510–540	527	15	395.00–411.00	$406.51	$2,142	—
526–529 value added	528	10	420.00	$420.00	$2,218	+4.12
560–590	580	12	370.00–395.00	$379.22	$2,199	-1.31
580 fancy	580	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,378	—
605–630	620	6	355.00–375.00	$368.01	$2,282	+17.73
636 value added	636	80	385.50	$385.50	$2,452	—
650–657	655	12	360.00–370.00	$364.15	$2,385	+16.26
812	812	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,477	—
1030 value added	1030	48	283.00	$283.00	$2,915	—
1187	1187	14	225.00	$225.00	$2,671	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–220	218	2	490.00–500.00	$494.94	$1,079	—
300–342	328	5	425.00–440.00	$436.25	$1,431	+36.25
350	350	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,470	—
410	410	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,722	—
475	475	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,900	-1.01
510–545	530	7	350.00–380.00	$365.59	$1,938	+15.59
555–565	560	2	330.00–360.00	$344.87	$1,931	+39.87
625–630	628	2	320.00–327.50	$323.74	$2,033	—
655–690	673	3	290.00–325.00	$304.94	$2,052	—
765	765	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,295	+20.00
820	820	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,214	—
875	875	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,406	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–485	482	3	400.00–415.00	$404.93	$1,952	—
740	740	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,276	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,906	—
705	705	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,115	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,902	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	3	780.00	$780.00	$1,170	—
270	270	2	600.00	$600.00	$1,620	+80.00
330–340	335	2	530.00	$530.00	$1,776	+48.51
367–397	380	11	500.00–525.00	$514.35	$1,955	+47.03
400–435	420	5	475.00–500.00	$490.03	$2,058	+19.28
450	450	3	475.00–485.00	$478.33	$2,152	+37.05
510–545	530	18	400.00–430.00	$416.43	$2,207	-19.40
550–582	571	9	380.00–400.00	$388.61	$2,219	-34.50
605–625	613	6	360.00–370.00	$365.98	$2,243	-14.01
652–678	662	16	365.00–368.00	$366.13	$2,424	+1.13
705	705	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,468	—
805	805	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,254	—
854	854	5	260.00	$260.00	$2,220	-25.00
995	995	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,537	—
1010–1030	1020	2	252.50	$252.50	$2,576	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	680.00	$680.00	$1,224	—
200	200	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,000	—
270–273	272	5	450.00–550.00	$510.26	$1,388	+60.26
300–347	322	6	450.00–470.00	$464.16	$1,495	—
350–382	370	6	430.00–487.50	$459.67	$1,701	+24.67
405–437	422	10	400.00–460.00	$432.69	$1,826	+24.20
455–490	472	9	400.00–445.00	$430.06	$2,030	+29.48
500–545	516	13	335.00–390.00	$372.49	$1,922	-34.24
550–580	568	7	340.00–370.00	$350.05	$1,988	-33.53
625–630	628	2	335.00–350.00	$342.53	$2,151	-7.47
650–680	673	4	300.00–345.00	$316.32	$2,129	+16.32
735–745	740	3	290.00–300.00	$295.01	$2,183	—
945	945	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,268	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,598	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,850	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1670	1670	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	4,900.00	$4,900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1700	1477	75-80%	22	179.00–200.00	$183.85	$2,715	—
1260–1715	1498	75-80%	8	165.00–177.00	$173.11	$2,593	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1060	908	85-90%	6	125.00–140.00	$134.28	$1,219	—
835–1150	1003	85-90%	3	164.00–171.00	$167.49	$1,680	—
935–1150	1043	85-90%	2	152.00–153.00	$152.45	$1,590	—
1210–1530	1370	85-90%	2	175.00–182.00	$178.91	$2,451	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1280	1193	80-85%	5	177.00–200.00	$186.46	$2,224	—
1275	1275	80-85%	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,040	—
1150–1565	1289	80-85%	5	165.00–170.00	$168.03	$2,166	—
1630	1630	80-85%	1	134.00	$134.00	$2,184	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1975	1583	3	229.00–250.00	$239.26	$3,787	—
1185–2245	1701	4	178.00–194.00	$187.25	$3,185	—
1465–1980	1736	8	210.00–225.00	$219.12	$3,804	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1155	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,900.00–3,400.00	$3,143.90
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1115–1245	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,652.75
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1180–1595	1388	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,800.00–3,300.00	$3,012.61

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,175.00	$3,175.00
941	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,850.00	$2,850.00
945 thin fleshed	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1116	1116	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—
1150–1200	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00–4,000.00	$3,437.06	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	5,100.00	$5,100.00	—
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,150.00–4,300.00	$4,225.00	—
1322–1435	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,000.00–4,300.00	$4,105.54	—
1435–1775	1605	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,900.00–5,000.00	$4,955.30	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1312	1312	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–920	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,600.00–2,750.00	$2,676.03	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

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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
1175–1190	1183	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	5,000.00–5,400.00	$5,201.27	—

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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.