Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded steady to 4.00 higher with good demand for precondition cattle. Test on slaughter cows was to light to trend. Slaughter bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.47/cwt on 163 head.

Average price

$137.47

163 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$17.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.10

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	634	137.58	872	162
Medium and Large 2-3	560	120.00	672	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.58/cwt here — about $200 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 sale163 hd

137.47

—

KY average28 barns · 4,805 hd

133.38

+4.10

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,582	89.29	1,413	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	62.00	880	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,014	54.81	556	4thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	126.22/cwt	121.00–128.00	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	734	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	108.84/cwt	104.00–110.00	903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	934	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	152.94/cwt	152.00–154.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	154.42/cwt	154.00–155.00	800	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	135.94/cwt	132.00–140.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	876	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	871	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	351	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	136.59/cwt	130.00–138.00	907	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	146.38/cwt	144.00–150.00	698	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	904	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	112.19/cwt	108.00–114.00	821	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	544	126.01/cwt	124.00–128.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	141.83/cwt	141.00–143.00	679	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	123.55/cwt	121.00–124.00	755	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	126.99/cwt	124.00–130.00	714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	153.16/cwt	147.00–156.00	649	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	135.47/cwt	132.00–142.00	692	4
Bulls	—	—	1,360	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	177.91/cwt	170.00–181.00	587	5
Bulls	—	—	1,693	92.93/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	162.38/cwt	162.00–164.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	155.52/cwt	155.00–156.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	784	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	972	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	740	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	518	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,314	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	719.54/cwt	710.00–730.00	8,634	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	668.09/cwt	610.00–760.00	8,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	816.73/cwt	700.00–910.00	7,130	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	11,760	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	880	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	420	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	56.41/cwt	52.00–61.00	605	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	756	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	132.80/cwt	132.00–133.00	681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	140.71/cwt	137.00–142.00	733	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	107.61/cwt	106.00–108.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	838	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	863	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	138.85/cwt	138.00–139.00	601	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	141.17/cwt	140.00–143.00	614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	135.79/cwt	132.00–140.00	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	125.24/cwt	121.00–129.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	128.36/cwt	126.00–130.00	777	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	147.55/cwt	147.00–151.00	577	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	143.90/cwt	143.00–145.00	698	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	148.01/cwt	147.00–149.00	801	14

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY

Tue Jun 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 365Last week 370Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 34Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder cattle traded steady to 4.00 higher with good demand for precondition cattle. Test on slaughter cows was to light to trend. Slaughter bulls traded steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	121.00–128.00	126.22
5	—	830	104.00–110.00	108.84
6	—	425	152.00–154.00	152.94
6	—	616	132.00–140.00	135.94
2	—	205	195.00	195.00
6	—	726	120.00	120.00
3	—	351	175.00	175.00
14	—	477	144.00–150.00	146.38
3	—	766	118.00	118.00
14	—	541	147.00–149.00	148.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	734	123.00	123.00
6	—	934	110.00	110.00
19	—	518	154.00–155.00	154.42
19	—	617	142.00	142.00
23	—	664	130.00–138.00	136.59
26	—	784	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	97.00	97.00
4	—	544	124.00–128.00	126.01
1	—	390	144.00	144.00
1	—	405	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	732	108.00–114.00	112.19
1	—	830	87.00	87.00
7	—	479	141.00–143.00	141.83
1	—	895	101.00	101.00
9	—	611	121.00–124.00	123.55
3	—	562	124.00–130.00	126.99
13	—	424	147.00–156.00	153.16
4	—	511	132.00–142.00	135.47
5	—	330	170.00–181.00	177.91
5	—	391	162.00–164.00	162.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	155.00–156.00	155.52
5	—	513	132.00–133.00	132.80
5	—	731	106.00–108.00	107.61
1	—	695	108.00	108.00
7	—	433	138.00–139.00	138.85
2	—	280	155.00	155.00
8	—	476	132.00–140.00	135.79
3	—	573	121.00–129.00	125.24
10	—	391	147.00–151.00	147.55
3	—	618	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	695	114.00	114.00
1	—	705	112.00	112.00
19	—	521	137.00–142.00	140.71
4	—	575	131.00	131.00
4	—	838	103.00	103.00
5	—	435	140.00–143.00	141.17
11	—	605	126.00–130.00	128.36
13	—	485	143.00–145.00	143.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	129.00	129.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	82.00	82.00
2	—	1,693	92.00–94.00	92.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,072	52.00–61.00	56.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	610.00	610.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	710.00–730.00	719.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,205	610.00–760.00	668.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	873	700.00–910.00	816.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	980.00	980.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	74.50	74.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	69.00	69.00

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.

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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle