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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Jan 20

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221

← Sep 16Jan 20Sep 15 →

Receipts

1,347 head

▲ 489 vs last sale 858▲ 227 vs year ago 1,120 · +20.3%

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.62/cwt on 726 head.

Average price

$176.62

726 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$25.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

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	665	177.53	1,181	700
Medium and Large 2-3	617	152.09	939	26

One grade step is worth $25.44/cwt here — about $242 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 sale726 hd

176.62

—

KY average23 barns · 5,909 hd

174.48

+2.14

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

Every lot

54 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	245	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	435	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	309	210.26/cwt	190.00–217.50	650	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	310	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	519	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	330	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	743	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	396	213.81/cwt	200.00–216.00	847	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	429	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	948	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	198.65/cwt	180.00–206.00	862	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	453	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	938	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	193.99/cwt	180.00–201.00	927	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	732	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	511	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,032	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	524	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	891	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	190.67/cwt	182.00–194.00	1,005	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	186.01/cwt	175.00–194.00	1,064	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	621	142.98/cwt	135.00–150.00	888	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	180.00/cwt	169.00–186.00	1,125	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	172.70/cwt	150.00–178.00	1,162	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	680	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,047	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	170.88/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,247	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	740	144.24/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,067	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	167.15/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,277	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,155	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	159.92/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,311	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	847	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,101	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	161.06/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,403	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	909	155.07/cwt	144.00–158.00	1,410	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	940	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	893	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,021	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,480	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	188.68/cwt	185.00–191.00	528	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	184.83/cwt	184.00–185.00	604	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	729	3
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	400	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	510	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	183.18/cwt	177.00–185.00	777	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	483	155.03/cwt	150.00–160.00	749	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	177.68/cwt	171.00–181.00	871	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	174.74/cwt	164.00–178.00	933	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	170.16/cwt	165.00–174.00	958	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	147.84/cwt	130.00–157.00	843	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	165.98/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,019	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	158.40/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,074	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	692	144.04/cwt	130.00–145.00	997	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	156.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,116	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	153.40/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,207	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	834	140.70/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,173	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	936	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,254	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	945	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,115	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	973	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,265	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	124.12/cwt	100.00–130.00	1,272	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,030	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,112	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 Jan 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,347Last week 858Year ago 1,120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	152.50	152.50
1	—	370	155.00	155.00
1	—	310	167.50	167.50
1	—	245	177.50	177.50
7	—	524	170.00	170.00
4	—	740	144.00–145.00	144.24
4	—	621	135.00–150.00	142.98
1	—	940	95.00	95.00
2	—	770	150.00	150.00
2	—	847	130.00	130.00
2	—	680	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	572	175.00–194.00	186.01
42	—	527	182.00–194.00	190.67
7	—	396	200.00–216.00	213.81
6	—	1,021	145.00	145.00
148	—	625	169.00–186.00	180.00
128	—	730	160.00–173.00	170.88
121	—	764	160.00–170.00	167.15
81	—	673	150.00–178.00	172.70
6	—	820	155.00–165.00	159.92
4	—	309	190.00–217.50	210.26
32	—	871	150.00–162.00	161.06
18	—	478	180.00–201.00	193.99
10	—	909	144.00–158.00	155.07
7	—	434	180.00–206.00	198.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	225.00	225.00
4	—	453	207.00	207.00
13	—	429	221.00	221.00
29	—	511	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	936	134.00	134.00
6	—	327	184.00–185.00	184.83
5	—	1,025	100.00–130.00	124.12
5	—	280	185.00–191.00	188.68
3	—	973	130.00	130.00
3	—	388	188.00	188.00
148	—	678	150.00–161.00	158.40
40	—	563	165.00–174.00	170.16
43	—	534	164.00–178.00	174.74
50	—	490	171.00–181.00	177.68
56	—	614	161.00–168.00	165.98
79	—	715	150.00–160.00	156.09
62	—	787	147.00–157.00	153.40
12	—	834	130.00–144.00	140.70
31	—	424	177.00–185.00	183.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	120.00	120.00
3	—	570	130.00–157.00	147.84
15	—	692	130.00–145.00	144.04
1	—	945	118.00	118.00
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,030	108.00	108.00
2	—	483	150.00–160.00	155.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	127.50	127.50

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.