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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 27

● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

458 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 444▲ 105 vs year ago 353 · +29.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

98 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 45▲ 31 vs year ago 67 · +46.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

46 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 21▲ 1 vs year ago 45 · +2.2%

Also sold hereMonthly Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower and Feeder Heifers sold unevenly steady. Good demand on the feeder classes. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with a high quality offering.

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 $142.15/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$142.15

203 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$25.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.09

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	486	146.29	712	153
Medium and Large 2-3	504	129.63	653	49
Small and Medium 1-2	460	121.00	557	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.29/cwt here — about $155 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 sale203 hd

142.15

—

KY average26 barns · 5,383 hd

133.05

+9.09

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	—	High	1,820	87.07	1,585	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	61.99	766	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,523	60.47	921	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	984	47.90	471	28

Every lot

107 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	410	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	251	190.41/cwt	180.00–193.00	478	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	191.72/cwt	180.00–197.00	617	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	331	166.28/cwt	162.00–172.50	550	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	373	156.45/cwt	154.00–160.00	584	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	176.61/cwt	173.00–180.00	666	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	160.47/cwt	150.00–165.00	674	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	170.01/cwt	168.00–171.00	731	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	175.39/cwt	175.00–175.50	789	14
Steers	—	Large 1	473	154.06/cwt	150.00–162.00	729	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	486	150.00/cwt	146.00–154.00	729	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	832	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	153.83/cwt	145.00–156.00	857	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	583	141.53/cwt	140.00–143.00	825	4
Steers	—	Large 1	599	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	815	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	141.18/cwt	139.00–143.00	871	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	643	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	849	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	131.60/cwt	130.00–133.00	873	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	856	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	123.97/cwt	120.00–125.00	893	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	118.42/cwt	115.00–120.00	928	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	844	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	979	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	979	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	488	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	265	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	398	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	286	167.97/cwt	162.00–170.00	480	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	163.26/cwt	160.00–167.00	534	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	332	142.29/cwt	136.00–145.00	472	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	373	136.66/cwt	133.00–140.00	510	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	163.42/cwt	155.00–168.00	614	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	383	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	651	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	419	143.51/cwt	137.00–147.00	601	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	155.74/cwt	150.00–161.00	663	19
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	460	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	557	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	133.32/cwt	130.00–135.00	620	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	143.06/cwt	140.00–145.00	678	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	136.01/cwt	134.00–137.00	721	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	532	125.23/cwt	120.00–131.00	666	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	129.77/cwt	128.00–131.00	727	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	578	122.50/cwt	115.00–127.00	708	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	126.99/cwt	121.00–129.00	776	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	638	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	740	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	114.50/cwt	112.00–115.00	772	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	687	108.67/cwt	105.00–111.00	747	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	713	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	656	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	112.11/cwt	105.00–115.00	809	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	104.50/cwt	103.00–105.00	803	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	870	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	766	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	955	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	250	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	445	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	556	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	373	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	632	2
Bulls	—	Large 1	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	170.97/cwt	167.00–173.00	689	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	421	147.59/cwt	144.00–150.00	621	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	460	139.66/cwt	139.00–140.00	642	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	159.70/cwt	150.00–165.00	751	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	146.84/cwt	140.00–155.00	746	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	127.91/cwt	125.00–130.00	792	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	641	119.42/cwt	119.00–121.00	765	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	670	114.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	764	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	713	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	731	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	725	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	689	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	831	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	780	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	718	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	93.73/cwt	90.00–95.00	767	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	95.96/cwt	90.00–98.00	836	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	305	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	265	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	365	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	332	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	420	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	399	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,630	75.96/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,238	3
Bulls	—	—	1,833	85.41/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,566	8
Bulls	—	—	1,913	96.40/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,844	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	927	37.15/cwt	35.00–39.00	344	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	972	54.74/cwt	50.00–57.00	532	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	43.44/cwt	40.00–47.00	434	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	671	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,171	55.25/cwt	50.00–57.00	647	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	60.44/cwt	58.00–63.00	737	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,302	68.31/cwt	65.00–72.00	889	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,473	55.57/cwt	53.00–57.00	819	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	59.92/cwt	58.00–62.00	917	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,541	64.41/cwt	63.00–65.00	993	5
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,503	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	6,424	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,920	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,287	992.89/cwt	700.00–1,100.00	12,778	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	1,155.59/cwt	880.00–1,400.00	14,942	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,405	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	20,373	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	730	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,745	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	593.45/cwt	510.00–675.00	5,133	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	942	589.34/cwt	490.00–610.00	5,552	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,468	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	8,239	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,848	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	599.14/cwt	410.00–680.00	6,411	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,881	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	755.00/cwt	755.00–755.00	9,211	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,523	909.36/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	13,850	2

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 Apr 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 458Last week 444Year ago 353

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 45Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 21Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	107.00	107.00
3	—	322	180.00–197.00	191.72
4	—	844	116.00	116.00
6	—	617	139.00–143.00	141.18
6	—	430	168.00–171.00	170.01
6	—	530	157.00	157.00
1	—	240	171.00	171.00
14	—	450	175.00–175.50	175.39
10	—	663	130.00–133.00	131.60
10	—	720	120.00–125.00	123.97
5	—	557	145.00–156.00	153.83
5	—	251	180.00–193.00	190.41
6	—	377	173.00–180.00	176.61
12	—	784	115.00–120.00	118.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	130.00	130.00
3	—	373	154.00–160.00	156.45
8	—	420	150.00–165.00	160.47
4	—	583	140.00–143.00	141.53
7	—	331	162.00–172.50	166.28
2	—	643	130.00–134.00	132.01
1	—	690	124.00	124.00
6	—	486	146.00–154.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	599	136.00	136.00
3	—	473	150.00–162.00	154.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	135.00	135.00
3	—	403	167.00–173.00	170.97
1	—	285	195.00	195.00
4	—	871	90.00–98.00	95.96
7	—	619	125.00–130.00	127.91
6	—	508	140.00–155.00	146.84
5	—	777	107.00	107.00
4	—	818	90.00–95.00	93.73
6	—	470	150.00–165.00	159.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	92.00	92.00
2	—	373	169.00–170.00	169.50
3	—	460	139.00–140.00	139.66
1	—	725	95.00	95.00
5	—	421	144.00–150.00	147.59
3	—	670	110.00–116.00	114.00
7	—	641	119.00–121.00	119.42
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
1	—	250	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	100.00–105.00	102.49
1	—	375	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	376	155.00–168.00	163.42
23	—	530	134.00–137.00	136.01
6	—	674	112.00–115.00	114.50
1	—	805	90.00	90.00
15	—	474	140.00–145.00	143.06
12	—	611	121.00–129.00	126.99
5	—	560	128.00–131.00	129.77
7	—	722	105.00–115.00	112.11
1	—	965	99.00	99.00
7	—	327	160.00–167.00	163.26
19	—	426	150.00–161.00	155.74
4	—	286	162.00–170.00	167.97
4	—	768	103.00–105.00	104.50
2	—	900	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	383	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	116.00	116.00
7	—	578	115.00–127.00	122.50
2	—	713	92.00	92.00
3	—	687	105.00–111.00	108.67
3	—	465	130.00–135.00	133.32
8	—	532	120.00–131.00	125.23
2	—	373	133.00–140.00	136.66
1	—	870	88.00	88.00
16	—	419	137.00–147.00	143.51
1	—	265	150.00	150.00
3	—	332	136.00–145.00	142.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	95.00	95.00
1	—	305	87.00	87.00
1	—	365	91.00	91.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,293	880.00–1,400.00	1,155.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,287	700.00–1,100.00	992.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,405	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	730.00	730.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	640.00	640.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,070	410.00–680.00	599.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	942	490.00–610.00	589.34
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	755.00	755.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	770.00	770.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	710.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	865	510.00–675.00	593.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,523	800.00–1,000.00	909.36

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	730	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	670	300.00	300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,070	1,075.00	1,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,541	63.00–65.00	64.41
9	—	1,530	58.00–62.00	59.92
3	—	1,473	53.00–57.00	55.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,171	50.00–57.00	55.25
9	—	1,302	65.00–72.00	68.31
15	—	1,219	58.00–63.00	60.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	35.00–39.00	37.15
11	—	972	50.00–57.00	54.74
13	—	1,000	40.00–47.00	43.44
1	—	1,065	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,913	93.00–102.00	96.40
8	—	1,833	82.00–89.00	85.41
3	—	1,630	73.00–78.00	75.96

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