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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 30

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196

← Nov 16Nov 30Dec 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

751 head

▲ 164 vs last sale 587▲ 307 vs year ago 444 · +69.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

175 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 151▲ 50 vs year ago 125 · +40.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

60 head

▼ 119 vs last sale 179▲ 24 vs year ago 36 · +66.7%

Also sold hereMonthly Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to holiday 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 $137.15/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$137.15

216 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$11.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

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	535	138.92	743	184
Medium and Large 2-3	521	126.95	661	32

One grade step is worth $11.97/cwt here — about $81 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 sale216 hd

137.15

—

KY average17 barns · 3,849 hd

133.13

+4.02

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	1,874	78.74	1,476	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	59.49	756	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	56.04	849	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,202	52.89	636	50

Every lot

88 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 2-3	270	169.22/cwt	165.00–173.00	457	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	287	183.82/cwt	178.00–190.00	528	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	187.64/cwt	179.00–189.00	591	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	165.50/cwt	161.00–172.00	718	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	442	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	654	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	161.40/cwt	158.00–165.00	757	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	524	145.66/cwt	145.00–147.00	763	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	160.70/cwt	157.00–163.00	844	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	153.87/cwt	151.00–156.00	883	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	577	142.07/cwt	139.00–145.00	820	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	130.50/cwt	128.00–132.00	816	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	147.37/cwt	142.00–151.00	923	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	974	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	677	132.27/cwt	131.00–136.00	895	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	132.17/cwt	130.00–137.00	957	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	134.00/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,040	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,150	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,224	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	153.10/cwt	146.00–156.00	426	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	155.86/cwt	152.00–158.00	513	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	337	137.66/cwt	136.00–141.00	464	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	378	145.69/cwt	141.00–148.00	551	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	150.46/cwt	148.00–156.00	570	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	145.20/cwt	139.00–149.00	617	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	434	129.92/cwt	120.00–138.00	564	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	140.77/cwt	136.00–145.00	667	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	135.32/cwt	131.00–140.00	704	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	690	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	578	126.34/cwt	120.00–129.00	730	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	133.61/cwt	130.00–140.00	779	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	133.70/cwt	127.00–137.00	837	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	638	123.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	788	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	120.76/cwt	118.00–123.00	808	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	703	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	963	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	705	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	599	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	788	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	702	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	807	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	968	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,024	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	325	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	171.97/cwt	168.00–178.00	590	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	177.85/cwt	172.50–179.00	646	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	383	160.39/cwt	151.00–166.00	614	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	163.48/cwt	160.00–166.00	688	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	145.71/cwt	145.00–152.00	634	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	462	134.07/cwt	121.00–141.00	619	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	156.29/cwt	151.00–165.00	735	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	502	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	788	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	518	130.80/cwt	123.00–135.00	678	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	141.20/cwt	140.00–148.00	765	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	148.49/cwt	147.00–150.00	827	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	131.50/cwt	130.00–132.00	756	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	801	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	123.21/cwt	118.00–125.00	844	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	685	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	736	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	876	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	777	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	874	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	350	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	273	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	446	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	392	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	490	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	426	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,801	74.75/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,346	7
Bulls	—	—	1,976	84.33/cwt	81.00–92.00	1,666	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	48.34/cwt	45.00–50.00	555	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,208	53.24/cwt	50.00–58.00	643	43
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	813	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	58.53/cwt	55.00–61.00	741	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	67.69/cwt	65.00–70.00	889	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	56.04/cwt	52.00–62.00	849	18
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,000	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	12,875	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,880	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,504	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	643.18/cwt	600.00–700.00	7,075	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	566.29/cwt	530.00–630.00	6,303	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	10,120	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,267	678.29/cwt	580.00–760.00	8,594	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,274	814.13/cwt	610.00–1,065.00	10,372	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,519	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,420	827.96/cwt	710.00–960.00	11,757	3
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	8,288	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,320	923.33/cwt	900.00–940.00	12,188	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	1,140.00/cwt	1,140.00–1,140.00	16,530	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 Nov 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 751Last week 587Year ago 444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 175Last week 151Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 179Year ago 36

No trend due to holiday last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	329	152.00–158.00	155.86
3	—	807	120.00	120.00
4	—	669	118.00–123.00	120.76
3	—	853	120.00	120.00
33	—	583	130.00–140.00	133.61
28	—	474	136.00–145.00	140.77
2	—	710	111.00	111.00
15	—	520	131.00–140.00	135.32
21	—	379	148.00–156.00	150.46
16	—	626	127.00–137.00	133.70
22	—	425	139.00–149.00	145.20
5	—	278	146.00–156.00	153.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	136.00–141.00	137.66
4	—	434	120.00–138.00	129.92
1	—	535	129.00	129.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
2	—	638	122.00–125.00	123.49
1	—	465	125.00	125.00
1	—	755	93.00	93.00
1	—	705	85.00	85.00
14	—	578	120.00–129.00	126.34
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
3	—	378	141.00–148.00	145.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	703	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	113.00	113.00
1	—	925	84.00	84.00
19	—	685	118.00–125.00	123.21
15	—	542	140.00–148.00	141.20
4	—	628	125.00–130.00	127.49
6	—	557	147.00–150.00	148.49
5	—	421	160.00–166.00	163.48
1	—	700	114.00	114.00
11	—	470	151.00–165.00	156.29
1	—	1,005	87.00	87.00
3	—	343	168.00–178.00	171.97
8	—	363	172.50–179.00	177.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	502	157.00	157.00
4	—	615	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	435	145.00–152.00	145.71
1	—	640	104.00	104.00
4	—	383	151.00–166.00	160.39
1	—	685	107.50	107.50
1	—	325	166.00	166.00
10	—	518	123.00–135.00	130.80
4	—	575	130.00–132.00	131.50
3	—	462	121.00–141.00	134.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	128.00–132.00	130.50
2	—	270	165.00–173.00	169.22
4	—	577	139.00–145.00	142.07
6	—	442	148.00	148.00
4	—	677	131.00–136.00	132.27
3	—	524	145.00–147.00	145.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	574	151.00–156.00	153.87
5	—	878	131.00	131.00
4	—	776	131.00–135.00	134.00
10	—	626	142.00–151.00	147.37
7	—	315	179.00–189.00	187.64
5	—	654	149.00	149.00
13	—	434	161.00–172.00	165.50
1	—	1,055	116.00	116.00
18	—	525	157.00–163.00	160.70
5	—	469	158.00–165.00	161.40
11	—	287	178.00–190.00	183.82
7	—	724	130.00–137.00	132.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	78.00	78.00
4	—	490	87.00	87.00
7	—	446	88.00	88.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,208	50.00–58.00	53.24
6	—	1,148	45.00–50.00	48.34
1	—	1,250	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,266	55.00–61.00	58.53
2	—	1,313	65.00–70.00	67.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,515	52.00–62.00	56.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,976	81.00–92.00	84.33
7	—	1,801	70.00–80.00	74.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,113	530.00–630.00	566.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,267	580.00–760.00	678.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	880.00	880.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,274	610.00–1,065.00	814.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,100	600.00–700.00	643.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,420	710.00–960.00	827.96

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	2	—	850	975.00	975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,140.00	1,140.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,320	900.00–940.00	923.33

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	—	1,880	80.00	80.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,250	1,030.00	1,030.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00

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.