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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 16

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196

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Feeder Cattle receipts

526 head

▲ 308 vs last sale 218▲ 526 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 30▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 27▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereMonthly Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded sharply higher with strong demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

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 $167.33/cwt on 220 head.

Average price

$167.33

220 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$26.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.79

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	168.99	1,011	146
Medium and Large 1-2	508	167.37	850	64
Medium and Large 2-3	587	142.79	838	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.21/cwt here — about $173 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 sale220 hd

167.33

—

KY average27 barns · 5,265 hd

164.54

+2.79

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	1,592	99.54	1,585	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,113	84.96	946	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,355	80.88	1,096	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	68.01	708	12

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$940	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$925	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	917	$779	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,120	$1,084	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	915	$800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$1,225	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,127	$1,081	3thin

Every lot

79 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	236	200.01/cwt	195.00–202.50	472	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	193.85/cwt	190.00–195.00	529	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	614	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	708	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	766	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	187.65/cwt	187.00–188.00	766	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	842	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	907	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	192.93/cwt	192.00–195.00	941	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	502	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	939	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	187.90/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,077	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	573	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	951	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	175.54/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,016	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	177.77/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,088	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	972	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	168.22/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,073	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	167.38/cwt	164.00–171.00	1,130	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	166.22/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,147	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,145	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,181	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	154.65/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,183	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,116	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	126.50/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,176	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	226	191.67/cwt	190.00–192.50	433	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	526	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	311	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	550	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	179.95/cwt	174.00–182.00	695	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	727	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	173.96/cwt	166.00–178.00	743	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	448	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	824	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	182.94/cwt	179.00–184.00	863	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	170.36/cwt	165.00–173.00	840	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	757	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	179.44/cwt	178.00–181.00	933	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	168.06/cwt	166.00–171.00	874	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	175.49/cwt	173.00–177.00	992	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	572	149.63/cwt	130.00–154.00	856	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	165.72/cwt	159.00–169.00	964	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	172.01/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,042	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	162.56/cwt	153.00–166.00	1,013	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	126.05/cwt	120.00–132.00	788	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	159.88/cwt	159.00–164.00	1,082	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	150.16/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,038	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	132.00/cwt	128.00–136.00	924	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	141.30/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,012	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,003	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,103	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	185.94/cwt	180.00–191.00	694	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	185.27/cwt	184.00–190.00	773	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	162.35/cwt	157.50–165.00	839	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	531	149.60/cwt	144.00–151.00	794	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	153.93/cwt	149.00–156.00	868	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	782	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	145.25/cwt	145.00–146.00	883	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	680	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	911	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	816	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	966	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	95.57/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,395	3
Bulls	—	—	1,790	105.49/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,888	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	944	63.78/cwt	60.00–68.00	602	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	92.41/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,026	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,115	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	892	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,218	74.62/cwt	70.00–78.00	909	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,285	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,054	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,354	80.09/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,084	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,201	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	917	779.27/head	740.00–825.00	779	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	939.86/head	800.00–1,050.00	940	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,127	1,081.25/head	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,081	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	1,083.93/head	725.00–1,325.00	1,084	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 Aug 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 526Last week 218Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 27Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded sharply higher with strong demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	623	153.00–166.00	162.56
4	—	311	177.00	177.00
3	—	226	190.00–192.50	191.67
2	—	700	128.00–136.00	132.00
9	—	493	165.00–173.00	170.36
4	—	386	174.00–182.00	179.95
7	—	691	148.00–151.00	150.16
10	—	427	166.00–178.00	173.96
6	—	582	159.00–169.00	165.72
2	—	277	190.00	190.00
2	—	760	132.00	132.00
8	—	520	166.00–171.00	168.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	677	159.00–164.00	159.88
9	—	389	187.00	187.00
1	—	805	137.00	137.00
35	—	565	173.00–177.00	175.49
4	—	448	184.00	184.00
16	—	520	178.00–181.00	179.44
11	—	780	150.00	150.00
8	—	606	170.00–174.00	172.01
6	—	716	140.00–142.00	141.30
12	—	472	179.00–184.00	182.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	153.00	153.00
6	—	572	130.00–154.00	149.63
2	—	625	120.00–132.00	126.05
1	—	695	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	638	168.00–169.00	168.22
2	—	930	125.00–128.00	126.50
3	—	236	195.00–202.50	200.01
4	—	775	144.00	144.00
2	—	448	188.00	188.00
1	—	480	189.00	189.00
4	—	273	190.00–195.00	193.85
3	—	711	161.00	161.00
11	—	579	168.00–179.00	175.54
6	—	675	164.00–171.00	167.38
1	—	395	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	130.00	130.00
7	—	573	166.00	166.00
1	—	635	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	208.00	208.00
31	—	690	165.00–168.00	166.22
6	—	408	187.00–188.00	187.65
13	—	612	176.00–180.00	177.77
1	—	365	194.00	194.00
14	—	488	192.00–195.00	192.93
19	—	573	184.00–190.00	187.90
6	—	729	162.00	162.00
12	—	502	187.00	187.00
6	—	765	154.00–155.00	154.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	145.00–146.00	145.25
2	—	812	119.00	119.00
2	—	655	150.00	150.00
19	—	517	157.50–165.00	162.35
8	—	417	184.00–190.00	185.27
9	—	564	149.00–156.00	153.93
6	—	373	180.00–191.00	185.94
2	—	742	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	134.00	134.00
1	—	490	150.00	150.00
5	—	531	144.00–151.00	149.60
1	—	590	132.50	132.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,218	70.00–78.00	74.62
8	—	944	60.00–68.00	63.78
1	—	1,285	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	88.00	88.00
9	—	1,354	77.00–84.00	80.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,110	90.00–95.00	92.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,790	105.00–106.00	105.49
3	—	1,460	90.00–100.00	95.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	917	740.00–825.00	779.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,150	800.00–1,050.00	939.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,285	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,127	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,081.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	725.00–1,325.00	1,083.93
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	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.