Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2019-10-18

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Oct 18

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221

← Sep 20Oct 18Nov 15 →

Receipts

827 head

▲ 132 vs last sale 695▲ 827 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleTue Oct 27, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

GROUPS:

Steers: Heifers:

29 head 520 lbs 155.00 mix 27 head 557 lbs 138.00 mix

34 head 819 lbs 136.00 blk 27 head 594 lbs 135.00 mblk

24 head 834 lbs 135.00 mblk 25 head 637 lbs 134.00 blk

20 head 728 lbs 122.00 mix

35 head 765 lbs 121.00 mix

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.13/cwt on 462 head.

Average price

$139.13

462 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$950

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$0.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	702	139.16	977	388
Medium and Large 1-2	585	138.99	814	74

One grade step is worth $0.17/cwt here — about $163 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 sale462 hd

139.13

—

KY average29 barns · 7,793 hd

137.11

+2.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	649	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	721	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	143.39/cwt	140.00–150.00	675	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	154.49/cwt	151.00–155.00	805	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	143.29/cwt	140.00–146.00	765	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	146.15/cwt	143.00–148.00	827	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	139.91/cwt	137.00–141.00	817	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	137.39/cwt	132.00–139.00	850	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	141.79/cwt	140.00–145.00	886	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	132.90/cwt	130.00–135.00	878	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	138.83/cwt	136.00–141.00	936	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	133.55/cwt	131.00–135.00	971	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	930	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	134.29/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,037	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,019	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	135.34/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,118	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,044	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	130.47/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,147	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,127	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,188	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,133	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	521	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	401	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	541	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	675	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	135.71/cwt	135.00–138.00	721	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	131.60/cwt	128.00–132.00	712	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	135.75/cwt	133.00–138.00	781	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	129.25/cwt	124.00–131.00	750	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	124.51/cwt	123.00–127.00	781	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	131.70/cwt	128.00–134.00	834	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	121.64/cwt	120.00–122.00	808	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	127.39/cwt	124.00–130.00	868	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.50	889	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	120.14/cwt	115.00–121.00	921	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	951	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	978	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	879	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.

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