Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2021-09-17

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Sep 17

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221

← Apr 16Sep 17Oct 15 →

Receipts

577 head

▼ 702 vs last sale 1,279▼ 192 vs year ago 769 · −25.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleTue Nov 3, 2026

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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 $137.22/cwt on 308 head.

Average price

$137.22

308 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$20.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.46

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	138.87	922	261
Medium and Large 1-2	644	134.90	869	27
Medium and Large 2-3	546	118.74	649	20

One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $273 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 sale308 hd

137.22

—

KY average27 barns · 5,323 hd

137.67

−0.46

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

Every lot

44 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	319	181.59/cwt	180.00–183.00	579	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	421	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	610	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	168.40/cwt	168.00–169.00	731	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	779	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	161.57/cwt	158.00–164.00	737	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	483	159.93/cwt	150.00–165.00	772	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	872	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	154.95/cwt	154.00–157.00	790	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	157.26/cwt	157.00–158.00	917	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	147.97/cwt	146.00–151.00	875	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	153.09/cwt	150.00–155.00	942	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	147.52/cwt	144.00–148.00	931	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	634	135.74/cwt	132.00–141.00	861	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	994	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	142.86/cwt	140.00–144.00	997	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	142.80/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,015	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	987	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	728	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	939	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,075	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,029	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	847	136.59/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,157	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,134	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	126.33/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,118	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	408	123.43/cwt	120.00–127.50	504	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	152.78/cwt	152.00–153.00	666	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	670	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	469	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	563	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	152.56/cwt	151.00–154.00	744	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	143.56/cwt	143.00–150.00	751	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	139.06/cwt	136.00–140.00	737	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	142.51/cwt	141.00–144.00	814	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	143.34/cwt	141.00–145.00	876	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	872	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	139.06/cwt	134.00–140.00	947	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	131.86/cwt	131.00–132.00	910	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	746	113.34/cwt	110.00–115.00	846	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	132.10/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,025	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	126.50/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,049	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,245	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 - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Ledbetter, KY

Fri Sep 17, 2021

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

Receipts 577Last week 1,279Year ago 769

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,245	100.00	100.00
12	—	523	143.00–150.00	143.56
14	—	436	152.00–153.00	152.78
14	—	488	151.00–154.00	152.56
23	—	611	141.00–145.00	143.34
48	—	776	131.00–133.00	132.10
31	—	571	141.00–144.00	142.51
91	—	681	134.00–140.00	139.06
26	—	829	125.00–127.00	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	690	131.00–132.00	131.86
4	—	530	136.00–140.00	139.06
7	—	627	139.00	139.00
1	—	465	144.00	144.00
1	—	755	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
4	—	408	120.00–127.50	123.43
6	—	746	110.00–115.00	113.34
9	—	469	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	510	154.00–157.00	154.95
14	—	591	146.00–151.00	147.97
1	—	830	124.00	124.00
2	—	715	138.00	138.00
5	—	434	168.00–169.00	168.40
5	—	456	158.00–164.00	161.57
17	—	631	144.00–148.00	147.52
21	—	698	140.00–144.00	142.86
3	—	885	125.00–129.00	126.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	779	138.00	138.00
3	—	872	130.00	130.00
11	—	510	171.00	171.00
11	—	583	157.00–158.00	157.26
27	—	615	150.00–155.00	153.09
6	—	319	180.00–183.00	181.59
17	—	847	136.00–138.00	136.59
21	—	654	152.00	152.00
7	—	440	177.00	177.00
10	—	711	140.00–145.00	142.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	145.00	145.00
6	—	634	132.00–141.00	135.74
2	—	728	129.00	129.00
3	—	483	150.00–165.00	159.93
1	—	550	140.00	140.00
3	—	660	135.00	135.00

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.