Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2019-06-18

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 18
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
← earliestJun 18Jun 25 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
718 head
▲ 718 vs last sale 0▲ 718 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 0▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 0▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereMonthly Feeder Cattle SaleFri Sep 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded mostly steady with strong demand for weaned feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.06/cwt on 327 head.
Average price
$132.06
327 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$0.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.91
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2722132.07954315
Medium and Large 2-3524131.9069012thin
One grade step is worth $0.17/cwt here — about $263 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 sale327 hd
132.06
—
KY average20 barns · 5,071 hd
134.97
−2.91
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,67076.121,27111
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14357.6565911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41354.467706thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01051.4352017

Every lot, as filed

80 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—577132.61/cwt129.00–136.0076517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—472144.45/cwt142.00–150.0068215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—677123.01/cwt120.00–126.008339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—568143.52/cwt140.00–147.0081529
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—832120.88/cwt115.00–122.001,00619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—724127.01/cwt123.00–128.0092015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—630130.95/cwt129.00–135.0082512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—952112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,06610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—693131.50/cwt128.00–132.009118
SteersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added—467132.00/cwt132.00–132.006162
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—531131.72/cwt130.00–135.006998
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—645122.00/cwt122.00–122.007871
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—455143.00/cwt143.00–143.006511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—885129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,142115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420148.56/cwt147.00–149.006249
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—761119.33/cwt115.00–125.009087
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—638127.46/cwt124.00–131.008132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—333150.42/cwt147.00–154.005012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—995101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524126.90/cwt120.00–128.0066527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573125.69/cwt120.00–130.0072020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—425131.37/cwt129.00–134.0055814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—723104.67/cwt102.00–105.007579
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—622119.65/cwt115.00–121.007449
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673108.57/cwt105.00–113.007316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—527129.47/cwt128.00–132.0068214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—814107.00/cwt107.00–107.0087112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—672116.23/cwt113.00–119.0078111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—710112.69/cwt111.00–114.008007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477129.25/cwt125.00–133.0061732
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—380123.00/cwt123.00–123.004671
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—225135.00/cwt135.00–135.003041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—625123.70/cwt117.00–127.0077324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—569127.36/cwt125.00–130.0072524
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—623110.86/cwt106.00–116.006912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—358131.32/cwt130.00–132.004703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—75096.00/cwt96.00–96.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523140.57/cwt136.00–144.0073534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—512152.00/cwt152.00–152.007785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—768127.00/cwt127.00–127.009756
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—473127.41/cwt125.00–130.006032
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—370138.93/cwt134.00–144.005144
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—510124.99/cwt123.00–127.006376
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—762104.64/cwt102.00–106.007976
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—438143.48/cwt141.00–145.006288
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—514132.97/cwt132.00–134.006838
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—676112.23/cwt110.00–114.007598
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—623117.10/cwt114.00–120.007309
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—582125.26/cwt123.00–130.0072918
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—85091.00/cwt91.00–91.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01079.00/cwt79.00–79.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—322152.23/cwt150.00–155.004903
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—471136.95/cwt133.00–141.006454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—713108.57/cwt104.00–110.007745
Dairy SteersLarge 3—43575.00/cwt75.00–75.003261
Dairy SteersLarge 3—35680.50/cwt80.50–80.5028715
Bulls——1,23567.96/cwt64.00–70.008393
Bulls——1,82980.13/cwt76.00–84.001,4667
Bulls——1,86572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,3521
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42066.50/cwt66.50–66.509441
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11556.76/cwt54.00–60.0063310
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41354.46/cwt52.00–57.007706
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07564.00/cwt64.00–64.006881
CowsLean 85-90%—91145.97/cwt44.00–49.004194
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03852.20/cwt49.00–55.5054212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—970760.00/cwt760.00–760.007,3721
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 3—900580.00/cwt580.00–580.005,2201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 3—1,200550.00/cwt550.00–550.006,6003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—950610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,7951
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5501,180.00/cwt1,180.00–1,180.0018,2901
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2—950850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,0751
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000720.00/cwt720.00–720.007,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,360720.00/cwt720.00–720.009,7921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,240780.00/cwt780.00–780.009,6721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,336866.21/cwt810.00–890.0011,5739

How this sale compares

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.