Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2019-11-12

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 12
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 387 vs last sale 612▲ 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 107▲ 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 45▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.21/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$118.21
74 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$582
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$21
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2481120.0657862
Medium and Large 2-3551108.6459912thin
One grade step is worth $11.42/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale74 hd
118.21
—
KY average20 barns · 5,033 hd
120.77
−2.56
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—Average1,71165.521,1214thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39552.927382thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42245.3564515
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18841.3049140

Every lot

64 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3225141.00/cwt141.00–141.003171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2228151.86/cwt150.00–152.503464
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260160.29/cwt156.00–164.004173
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3277150.00/cwt150.00–150.004164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313147.46/cwt145.00–151.004623
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3375138.00/cwt138.00–138.005183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468140.04/cwt138.00–141.006553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500139.00/cwt139.00–139.006951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595121.00/cwt121.00–121.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610127.82/cwt115.00–130.007807
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245133.00/cwt133.00–133.003261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288129.39/cwt125.00–134.003739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319122.81/cwt121.00–124.003925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386122.57/cwt120.00–125.004734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420117.00/cwt117.00–117.004914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423122.07/cwt120.00–124.005169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474122.46/cwt120.00–124.0058016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529118.49/cwt118.00–119.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3568105.82/cwt98.00–114.006012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3602109.00/cwt109.00–109.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636113.00/cwt113.00–113.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658108.99/cwt107.00–110.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700104.00/cwt104.00–104.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373592.00/cwt92.00–92.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778104.35/cwt103.00–106.008123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815109.00/cwt109.00–109.008881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2853107.00/cwt107.00–107.009132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2905104.00/cwt104.00–104.009411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2341146.00/cwt146.00–146.004984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2377144.00/cwt144.00–144.005432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390134.00/cwt134.00–134.005231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426139.10/cwt132.50–140.005938
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430127.97/cwt125.00–131.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480125.98/cwt124.00–128.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487131.75/cwt129.00–133.006427
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514125.00/cwt125.00–125.006435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569120.08/cwt118.00–122.0068310
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-260080.00/cwt80.00–80.004802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007084
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3638107.48/cwt106.00–109.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672109.89/cwt109.00–111.0073811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-368591.00/cwt91.00–91.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715105.00/cwt105.00–105.007511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286592.00/cwt92.00–92.007961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-390076.00/cwt76.00–76.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-291374.00/cwt74.00–74.006763
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71068.02/cwt63.00–70.001,1633
Bulls——1,71558.00/cwt58.00–58.009951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15636.70/cwt34.00–38.0042416
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20744.03/cwt40.00–50.0053123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27052.00/cwt52.00–52.006601
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38946.02/cwt42.00–50.0063913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39552.92/cwt52.00–54.007382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64040.98/cwt40.00–42.006722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2815363.60/cwt200.00–450.002,9633
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2878334.58/cwt240.00–420.002,93811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,158524.51/cwt500.00–550.006,0742
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,161557.75/cwt500.00–610.006,4756
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218480.29/cwt460.00–500.005,8502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,275770.00/cwt770.00–770.009,8181
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,284560.11/cwt532.00–600.007,1924
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,295660.00/cwt660.00–660.008,5471

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.