Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2020-06-16

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 16
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
723 head
358 vs last sale 365 5 vs year ago 718 · +0.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
37 vs last sale 15 5 vs year ago 57 · 8.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
38 vs last sale 11 21 vs year ago 28 · +75.0%
Also sold hereMonthly Feeder Cattle SaleFri May 15, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded 5.00-8.00 higher with strong demand for precondition cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.00/cwt on 255 head.
Average price
$131.00
255 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.20
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541132.63718236
Medium and Large 2-3631110.7469919thin
One grade step is worth $21.89/cwt here — about $19 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 sale255 hd
131.00
KY average27 barns · 5,084 hd
128.80
+2.20
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
BullsAverage1,76796.551,7063thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25463.087917thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37762.568619thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04355.7158119

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,044.05/cwt925.00–1,175.0010,9632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,068788.81/cwt700.00–860.008,4242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,103690.07/cwt665.00–720.007,6112
Dairy SteersLarge 352589.00/cwt89.00–89.004672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added727122.05/cwt118.00–125.0088716
SteersMedium and Large 2-3581126.16/cwt120.00–129.007336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2343177.00/cwt177.00–177.006075
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added576143.00/cwt143.00–143.008243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added616142.62/cwt140.00–143.0087916
SteersMedium and Large 2-3374152.28/cwt149.00–156.005704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2821105.00/cwt105.00–105.008624
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36055.00/cwt55.00–55.007481
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37963.51/cwt61.00–67.008768
CowsLean 85-90%1,00062.00/cwt62.00–62.006201
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720770.00/cwt770.00–770.005,5441
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-28501,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0013,1752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,090850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,2651
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4501,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0020,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,670.00/cwt1,670.00–1,670.0020,0403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770106.00/cwt106.00–106.008162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685117.00/cwt117.00–117.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2369166.91/cwt153.00–172.006164
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427154.00/cwt154.00–154.006584
BullsMedium and Large 1-2810113.00/cwt113.00–113.009151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2461150.67/cwt148.00–153.0069520
BullsMedium and Large 1-2920117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0761
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4651,320.00/cwt1,320.00–1,320.0019,3381
Bulls1,76796.55/cwt90.00–100.001,7063
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528131.00/cwt130.00–132.006922
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-275594.00/cwt94.00–94.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225154.00/cwt154.00–154.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added371153.03/cwt150.00–156.0056813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484133.77/cwt126.00–137.0064715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-282093.00/cwt93.00–93.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added432146.11/cwt144.00–148.0063113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519130.43/cwt125.00–135.0067718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615117.47/cwt114.00–121.007222
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added569133.41/cwt131.00–135.0075919
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25463.08/cwt60.00–68.007917
CowsLean 85-90%1,04357.56/cwt53.00–62.0060012
CowsLean 85-90%1,04950.95/cwt50.00–52.005346
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030670.39/cwt650.00–690.006,9052
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-28701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.008,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,186714.38/cwt650.00–815.008,4734
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,0801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1071,032.58/cwt800.00–1,250.0011,43111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635135.00/cwt127.00–138.0085720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added529152.58/cwt151.50–155.0080711
SteersMedium and Large 2-3525131.46/cwt122.00–137.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573124.99/cwt121.00–130.007168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516138.40/cwt134.50–142.507149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added641124.09/cwt124.00–126.0079556
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3681106.16/cwt105.00–108.0072313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2305155.00/cwt155.00–155.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429135.56/cwt131.00–141.005825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added705109.83/cwt109.00–110.007746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added472142.00/cwt140.00–145.0067033
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200175.00/cwt175.00–175.003501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379143.98/cwt141.00–145.005465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added345159.01/cwt157.00–160.005496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668112.67/cwt110.00–116.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2175175.00/cwt175.00–175.003061
HeifersMedium and Large 2-384090.00/cwt90.00–90.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added667118.28/cwt115.00–120.0078920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added763113.94/cwt110.00–116.008696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483154.08/cwt150.00–160.007446
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added679129.39/cwt128.00–130.0087920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added860111.00/cwt111.00–111.009558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434154.48/cwt151.00–159.006707
SteersMedium and Large 1-2223189.92/cwt187.50–192.504242
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added488158.78/cwt157.00–160.0077534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added358180.57/cwt177.00–184.0064610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584133.39/cwt130.00–141.007797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2272182.00/cwt182.00–182.004953
SteersMedium and Large 2-3488145.36/cwt138.00–149.007093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added421166.92/cwt164.00–170.0070310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521145.38/cwt142.00–149.007579
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368168.98/cwt168.00–171.006224

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.