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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 1

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

431 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 389▲ 431 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 69▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

73 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 51▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls traded steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady. Buyer participation was less aggressive due to extreme heat and dry weather conditions. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 lower with quality not as attractive as last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.94/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$120.94

138 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$8.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.68

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	481	122.59	590	110
Medium and Large 2-3	485	114.46	555	28

One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about $34 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 sale138 hd

120.94

—

KY average27 barns · 6,235 hd

118.26

+2.68

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,876	70.48	1,322	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	54.11	614	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	50.52	721	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,061	42.88	455	46

Every lot

85 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	160	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	260	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	183	152.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	279	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	455	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	476	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	591	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	422	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	570	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	137.67/cwt	135.00–141.00	643	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	132.60/cwt	132.00–135.00	709	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	543	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	662	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	133.72/cwt	129.00–135.00	746	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	594	126.10/cwt	126.00–126.50	749	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	128.56/cwt	124.00–131.00	789	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	827	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	165	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	223	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	200	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	132.06/cwt	130.00–136.00	361	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	125.50/cwt	122.00–128.00	409	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	125.10/cwt	122.00–131.00	474	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	382	114.51/cwt	111.00–120.00	437	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	124.21/cwt	121.00–126.00	533	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	433	115.67/cwt	113.00–119.00	501	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	122.97/cwt	119.00–125.00	595	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	493	115.98/cwt	113.00–119.00	572	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	513	113.42/cwt	110.00–117.00	582	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	121.58/cwt	120.00–124.00	636	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	122.75/cwt	121.00–128.00	680	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	586	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	680	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	604	117.99/cwt	114.00–120.00	713	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	109.98/cwt	108.00–111.00	682	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	110.85/cwt	110.00–112.00	745	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	813	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	616	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	323	135.33/cwt	133.00–138.00	437	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	147.29/cwt	140.00–153.00	489	10
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	355	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	430	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	143.48/cwt	143.00–144.00	547	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	382	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	478	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	413	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	506	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	133.87/cwt	130.00–135.00	577	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	134.31/cwt	131.00–138.00	626	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	122.12/cwt	120.00–125.00	586	10
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	492	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	590	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	537	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	618	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	125.53/cwt	120.00–131.00	675	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	120.59/cwt	119.00–121.00	680	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	581	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	668	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	114.06/cwt	113.00–116.00	717	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	110.81/cwt	110.00–111.00	709	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	661	103.29/cwt	100.00–108.00	683	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	733	106.61/cwt	100.00–110.00	781	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	786	102.58/cwt	102.00–105.00	806	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	830	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	689	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,770	66.13/cwt	65.00–67.00	1,171	2
Bulls	—	—	1,929	72.66/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,402	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	40.32/cwt	35.00–45.00	423	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	46.99/cwt	45.00–51.00	506	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	54.11/cwt	52.00–56.00	614	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	716	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	607	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,455	51.65/cwt	49.00–55.00	752	4
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	992.00/cwt	992.00–992.00	12,946	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,570	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,068	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	645	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,419	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2-3	845	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,225	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,650	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,010	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,979	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,089	551.86/cwt	480.00–640.00	6,010	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,988	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,193	742.01/cwt	580.00–975.00	8,852	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,320	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,203	609.96/cwt	590.00–630.00	7,338	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,257	634.79/cwt	630.00–640.00	7,979	2
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,464	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,094	675.23/cwt	650.00–690.00	7,387	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	7,590	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,783	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY

Tue Oct 1, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 431Last week 389Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 69Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 73Last week 51Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	110.00–117.00	113.42
6	—	433	113.00–119.00	115.67
3	—	620	108.00–111.00	109.98
3	—	586	116.00	116.00
3	—	382	111.00–120.00	114.51
2	—	493	113.00–119.00	115.98
1	—	770	80.00	80.00
1	—	200	135.00	135.00
1	—	165	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	484	119.00–125.00	122.97
17	—	429	121.00–126.00	124.21
16	—	554	121.00–128.00	122.75
16	—	379	122.00–131.00	125.10
12	—	523	120.00–124.00	121.58
7	—	672	110.00–112.00	110.85
6	—	604	114.00–120.00	117.99
6	—	326	122.00–128.00	125.50
6	—	273	130.00–136.00	132.06
4	—	707	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	492	120.00	120.00
1	—	355	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	480	120.00–125.00	122.12
5	—	640	110.00–111.00	110.81
4	—	661	100.00–108.00	103.29
3	—	733	100.00–110.00	106.61
2	—	581	115.00	115.00
2	—	537	115.00	115.00
2	—	413	120.00–125.00	122.52
2	—	382	125.00	125.00
2	—	323	133.00–138.00	135.33
1	—	830	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	564	119.00–121.00	120.59
14	—	629	113.00–116.00	114.06
10	—	332	140.00–153.00	147.29
9	—	466	131.00–138.00	134.31
6	—	538	120.00–131.00	125.53
6	—	431	130.00–135.00	133.87
5	—	786	102.00–105.00	102.58
4	—	381	143.00–144.00	143.48
1	—	825	86.00	86.00
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
1	—	650	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	594	126.00–126.50	126.10
3	—	543	122.00	122.00
2	—	422	135.00	135.00
2	—	183	150.00–155.00	152.53
1	—	615	122.00	122.00
1	—	475	134.00	134.00
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
1	—	310	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	558	129.00–135.00	133.72
15	—	614	124.00–131.00	128.56
8	—	467	135.00–141.00	137.67
5	—	535	132.00–135.00	132.60
4	—	419	141.00	141.00
2	—	725	131.00	131.00
2	—	667	124.00	124.00
1	—	315	151.00	151.00
1	—	290	157.00	157.00
1	—	160	162.50	162.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,048	35.00–45.00	40.32
15	—	1,076	45.00–51.00	46.99
1	—	1,235	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,455	49.00–55.00	51.65
1	—	1,320	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	52.00–56.00	54.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,929	70.00–75.00	72.66
2	—	1,770	65.00–67.00	66.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	375.00	375.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,193	580.00–975.00	742.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,257	630.00–640.00	634.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,089	480.00–640.00	551.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,203	590.00–630.00	609.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	610.00	610.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	500.00	500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	790.00	790.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	640.00	640.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	690.00	690.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,094	650.00–690.00	675.23

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,305	992.00	992.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,570	68.00	68.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.