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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-19

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Jan 19

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221

← Dec 15Jan 19Feb 16 →

Receipts

662 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 608▼ 685 vs year ago 1,347 · −50.9%

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 $232.87/cwt on 328 head.

Average price

$232.87

328 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$33.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.56

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	663	233.22	1,547	324
Medium 1-2	633	208.75	1,320	2thin
Large 1-2	640	200.00	1,280	1thin
Medium and Large 2	640	200.00	1,280	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.22/cwt here — about $267 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 sale328 hd

232.87

—

KY average9 barns · 922 hd

227.31

+5.56

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

Every lot

28 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,008	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	282.52/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,201	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,286	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	269.75/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,389	38
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	565	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,314	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	248.25/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,430	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	234.05/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,486	31
Steers	—	Large 1-2	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	224.68/cwt	213.00–229.00	1,532	79
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	700	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,295	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	218.71/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,588	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	214.12/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,644	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	829	206.26/cwt	203.00–210.00	1,710	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,062	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,848	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	251.61/cwt	251.00–252.00	941	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	913	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	244.14/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,050	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	244.47/cwt	236.00–249.00	1,144	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,063	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	223.94/cwt	212.50–227.00	1,194	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	219.55/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,245	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	213.92/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,333	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	211.60/cwt	196.00–216.00	1,401	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	197.08/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,393	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	193.73/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,507	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	194.70/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,561	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,033	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,715	11

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 662Last week 608Year ago 1,347

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	374	251.00–252.00	251.61
8	—	430	240.00–245.00	244.14
11	—	1,033	166.00	166.00
14	—	533	212.50–227.00	223.94
19	—	623	210.00–218.00	213.92
66	—	567	210.00–222.00	219.55
31	—	468	236.00–249.00	244.47
38	—	707	190.00–200.00	197.08
93	—	662	196.00–216.00	211.60
16	—	778	193.00–195.00	193.73
17	—	802	185.00–196.00	194.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	481	221.00	221.00
1	—	415	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	315.00	315.00
3	—	471	273.00	273.00
6	—	1,062	174.00	174.00
40	—	576	245.00–252.00	248.25
31	—	635	225.00–241.00	234.05
79	—	682	213.00–229.00	224.68
12	—	768	200.00–217.00	214.12
38	—	515	260.00–274.00	269.75
51	—	726	205.00–226.00	218.71
44	—	829	203.00–210.00	206.26
18	—	425	277.50–285.00	282.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	232.50	232.50
1	—	700	185.00	185.00

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.