Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2019-07-30

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 30
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
288 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 386▲ 288 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 29▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 68▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and Heifer calves were mostly steady. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Moderate supply of slaughter cattle with moderate

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.20/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$134.20
90 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.72
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513134.9169170
Medium and Large 2-3421133.5856217thin
Large 1404121.004893thin
One grade step is worth $13.91/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale90 hd
134.20
—
KY average27 barns · 5,146 hd
132.47
+1.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,77779.101,4065thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29055.467164thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30654.8171628
CowsLean 85-90%Low90340.503662thin

Every lot

65 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255184.00/cwt184.00–184.004691
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3294154.61/cwt149.00–155.0045515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319173.35/cwt163.00–174.0055318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376164.61/cwt160.00–166.006198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440148.51/cwt148.00–149.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517139.79/cwt139.00–140.007235
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3585134.00/cwt134.00–134.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608137.00/cwt137.00–137.008336
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3611129.80/cwt125.00–132.007935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663136.84/cwt136.00–137.009076
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3695126.00/cwt126.00–126.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743130.50/cwt130.50–130.509708
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770126.00/cwt126.00–126.009701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811121.00/cwt121.00–121.009812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875111.00/cwt111.00–111.009714
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3260141.00/cwt141.00–141.003671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2306154.00/cwt154.00–154.0047115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340137.00/cwt137.00–137.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358149.00/cwt149.00–149.005333
Heifers—Large 1371121.00/cwt121.00–121.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3389135.82/cwt130.00–137.005286
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3417131.63/cwt127.00–135.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436136.29/cwt136.00–137.005947
Heifers—Large 1470121.00/cwt121.00–121.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472134.81/cwt133.00–137.006366
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485131.00/cwt130.00–132.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3515129.49/cwt128.00–131.006672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535134.00/cwt134.00–134.007171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579132.10/cwt129.00–134.5076519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632121.79/cwt119.00–123.007705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667121.12/cwt117.00–125.0080810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741115.00/cwt115.00–115.008524
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3272150.00/cwt150.00–150.004082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290177.00/cwt177.00–177.005132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375161.52/cwt156.00–167.006066
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3402143.98/cwt140.00–146.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413148.01/cwt146.00–150.006115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472145.08/cwt144.00–146.0068512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475144.00/cwt144.00–144.006842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3518129.14/cwt125.00–135.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2536136.65/cwt133.00–142.007326
Bulls—Large 1542121.34/cwt120.00–124.006583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
Bulls—Large 1570131.00/cwt131.00–131.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3591121.00/cwt121.00–121.007152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624126.97/cwt123.00–130.0079210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2674117.96/cwt116.00–121.007956
Bulls—Large 169096.00/cwt96.00–96.006621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3710109.00/cwt109.00–109.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723114.20/cwt114.00–115.008265
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,75585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4921
Bulls——1,78377.63/cwt74.00–80.001,3844
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88534.00/cwt34.00–34.003011
Cows—Lean 85-90%92047.00/cwt47.00–47.004321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,09548.00/cwt48.00–48.005261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27253.28/cwt50.00–56.006783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27753.89/cwt50.00–57.0068822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34562.00/cwt62.00–62.008341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47760.24/cwt59.00–62.008905
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Large 11,2681,071.38/cwt1,050.00–1,090.0013,5852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160844.45/cwt810.00–890.009,7963

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.