Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower with quality not as attractive as last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.50/cwt on 102 head.

Average price

$127.50

102 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$6.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.24

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	534	129.13	690	75
Medium and Large 2-3	524	122.97	644	27

One grade step is worth $6.16/cwt here — about $45 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 sale102 hd

127.50

—

KY average28 barns · 5,609 hd

125.26

+2.24

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	1,825	90.44	1,651	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	64.50	764	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	59.30	856	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	52.34	574	9thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Bulls	—	—	1,415	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	118.14/cwt	112.00–121.00	779	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	106.35/cwt	100.00–109.00	771	5
Bulls	—	—	1,962	92.58/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	132.62/cwt	128.00–138.00	690	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	151.57/cwt	151.00–154.00	574	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	124.85/cwt	124.00–125.00	718	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	17,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	142.59/cwt	140.00–146.00	669	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	125.17/cwt	109.00–132.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	134.76/cwt	131.00–137.00	633	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	122.17/cwt	110.00–128.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	124.90/cwt	120.00–128.00	709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	102.99/cwt	102.00–104.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	133.90/cwt	129.00–138.00	691	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	139.78/cwt	137.00–145.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	126.70/cwt	126.00–128.00	687	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	140.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	584	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	110.55/cwt	110.00–114.00	748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	119.24/cwt	117.00–121.00	746	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	9,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	121.74/cwt	120.00–125.00	637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	148.36/cwt	142.00–151.00	629	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	350	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	273	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	9,828	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	64.50/cwt	62.00–66.00	764	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	59.30/cwt	55.00–65.00	856	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	48.90/cwt	47.00–51.00	498	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	55.10/cwt	52.00–58.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	135.42/cwt	135.00–136.00	710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	862	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	133.34/cwt	132.00–134.00	781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	686	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	132.04/cwt	130.00–134.00	893	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	148.16/cwt	143.00–151.00	698	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	143.38/cwt	142.00–146.00	740	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	131.89/cwt	128.00–134.00	819	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	119.45/cwt	115.00–121.00	747	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	98.98/cwt	98.00–100.00	815	2

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 Jul 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 346Last week 238Year ago 451

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 42Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 47Year ago 31

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower with quality not as attractive as last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,962	92.00–94.00	92.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,185	62.00–66.00	64.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,444	55.00–65.00	59.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	47.00–51.00	48.90
5	—	1,158	52.00–58.00	55.10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	659	112.00–121.00	118.14
5	—	725	100.00–109.00	106.35
18	—	520	128.00–138.00	132.62
7	—	379	151.00–154.00	151.57
7	—	575	124.00–125.00	124.85
8	—	469	140.00–146.00	142.59
1	—	315	154.00	154.00
9	—	424	142.00–151.00	148.36
1	—	790	111.00	111.00
11	—	625	115.00–121.00	119.45
2	—	823	98.00–100.00	98.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	147.00	147.00
1	—	595	108.00	108.00
3	—	523	120.00–125.00	121.74
3	—	663	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	109.00–132.00	125.17
4	—	474	110.00–128.00	122.17
4	—	610	109.00–110.00	109.51
14	—	542	126.00–128.00	126.70
1	—	550	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	470	131.00–137.00	134.76
2	—	387	142.00	142.00
9	—	568	120.00–128.00	124.90
2	—	735	102.00–104.00	102.99
22	—	516	129.00–138.00	133.90
3	—	327	137.00–145.00	139.78
7	—	414	135.00–142.00	140.95
7	—	677	110.00–114.00	110.55
8	—	626	117.00–121.00	119.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	125.00	125.00
4	—	568	132.00	132.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	78.00	78.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	114.00	114.00
6	—	586	132.00–134.00	133.34
1	—	1,070	86.00	86.00
6	—	676	130.00–134.00	132.04
3	—	775	116.00	116.00
10	—	471	143.00–151.00	148.16
13	—	516	142.00–146.00	143.38
1	—	290	145.00	145.00
18	—	621	128.00–134.00	131.89
1	—	340	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	135.00–136.00	135.42
6	—	686	125.00	125.00
1	—	445	134.00	134.00
1	—	785	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	634	136.00	136.00
2	—	562	145.00	145.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,295	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	780.00	780.00

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle