Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2020-06-09

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 9
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
365 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 370▲ 365 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 34▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 29▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded steady to 4.00 higher with good demand for precondition cattle. Test on slaughter cows was to light to trend. Slaughter bulls traded steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.47/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$137.47
163 head · 633 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.10
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2634137.58872162
Medium and Large 2-3560120.006721thin
One grade step is worth $17.58/cwt here — about $200 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 sale163 hd
137.47
—
KY average28 barns · 4,805 hd
133.38
+4.10
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—Low1,58289.291,4133thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42062.008801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01454.815564thin

Every lot

63 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 1-2205195.00/cwt195.00–195.004002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2351175.00/cwt175.00–175.006143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425152.94/cwt152.00–154.006506
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477146.38/cwt144.00–150.0069814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518154.42/cwt154.00–155.0080019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541148.01/cwt147.00–149.0080114
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616135.94/cwt132.00–140.008376
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617142.00/cwt142.00–142.0087619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660126.22/cwt121.00–128.008334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664136.59/cwt130.00–138.0090723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726120.00/cwt120.00–120.008716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added734123.00/cwt123.00–123.009036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766118.00/cwt118.00–118.009043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784124.00/cwt124.00–124.0097226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830108.84/cwt104.00–110.009035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added934110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0276
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331155.52/cwt155.00–156.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391147.55/cwt147.00–151.0057710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433138.85/cwt138.00–139.006017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435141.17/cwt140.00–143.006145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3465129.00/cwt129.00–129.006001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476135.79/cwt132.00–140.006468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485143.90/cwt143.00–145.0069813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513132.80/cwt132.00–133.006815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521140.71/cwt137.00–142.0073319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573125.24/cwt121.00–129.007183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575131.00/cwt131.00–131.007534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605128.36/cwt126.00–130.0077711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618114.00/cwt114.00–114.007053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695114.00/cwt114.00–114.0079213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695108.00/cwt108.00–108.007511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731107.61/cwt106.00–108.007875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added838103.00/cwt103.00–103.008634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330177.91/cwt170.00–181.005875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390144.00/cwt144.00–144.005621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2391162.38/cwt162.00–164.006355
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3405139.00/cwt139.00–139.005631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424153.16/cwt147.00–156.0064913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479141.83/cwt141.00–143.006797
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511135.47/cwt132.00–142.006924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3544126.01/cwt124.00–128.006854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2562126.99/cwt124.00–130.007143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611123.55/cwt121.00–124.007559
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2732112.19/cwt108.00–114.008216
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-377597.00/cwt97.00–97.007521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283087.00/cwt87.00–87.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2895101.00/cwt101.00–101.009041
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 374070.00/cwt70.00–70.005181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1151
Bulls——1,69392.93/cwt92.00–94.001,5732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84050.00/cwt50.00–50.004201
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07256.41/cwt52.00–61.006053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42062.00/cwt62.00–62.008801
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2873816.73/cwt700.00–910.007,1302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,3141
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200980.00/cwt980.00–980.0011,7601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200719.54/cwt710.00–730.008,6342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205668.09/cwt610.00–760.008,0503
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01574.50/cwt74.50–74.507561
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16569.00/cwt69.00–69.008041

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.