Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder bulls traded 3.00-4.00 higher . Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.65/cwt on 171 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −65.51 against this barn's trailing median of $207.15.

Average price

$141.65

171 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$19.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.66

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	474	144.79	686	125
Medium and Large 2-3	469	133.68	627	43
Small and Medium 1-2	470	125.00	588	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.79/cwt here — about $98 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

11 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.02, low $180.69, median $207.15 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale171 hd

141.65

—

KY average27 barns · 2,604 hd

131.99

+9.66

This barn, trailing median11 sales

207.15

−65.51

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	—	Average	1,822	84.50	1,539	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	59.59	800	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,337	56.05	750	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,150	52.01	598	49

Every lot, as filed

73 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	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	146.34/cwt	140.00–148.00	558	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	154.33/cwt	150.00–157.00	586	16
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	112.37/cwt	106.00–119.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	160.55/cwt	155.00–166.00	512	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	144.07/cwt	142.00–147.00	769	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	111.94/cwt	110.00–116.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	165	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	164.76/cwt	164.00–165.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	177.10/cwt	170.00–185.00	413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	123.33/cwt	123.00–124.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	127.31/cwt	125.00–129.00	936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	163.23/cwt	160.00–165.00	446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	244	160.51/cwt	159.00–165.00	392	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	155.32/cwt	154.00–156.00	727	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	155.92/cwt	152.50–160.00	340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	144.74/cwt	143.00–146.00	465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	112.31/cwt	111.00–114.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	112.89/cwt	104.00–116.00	827	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	134.18/cwt	123.00–138.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	130.14/cwt	127.00–132.00	634	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	121.05/cwt	117.00–124.00	629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	129.44/cwt	125.00–134.00	664	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	139.08/cwt	136.00–145.00	503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	117.19/cwt	114.00–123.00	570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	133.74/cwt	130.00–137.00	567	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	121.97/cwt	121.00–124.00	710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	144.06/cwt	140.00–148.00	673	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	118.73/cwt	117.00–120.00	790	4
Bulls	—	—	1,760	87.60/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,542	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	136.47/cwt	128.00–140.00	595	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	159.64/cwt	148.00–162.00	664	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	795	6
Bulls	—	—	1,884	81.39/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	138.37/cwt	138.00–140.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	127.00/cwt	125.00–128.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	126.01/cwt	120.00–129.00	475	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	115.67/cwt	113.00–118.00	719	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	48.86/cwt	46.00–50.00	520	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	910.93/cwt	900.00–920.00	12,707	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	53.40/cwt	50.00–60.00	634	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	642.20/cwt	590.00–680.00	6,730	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	603.33/cwt	560.00–630.00	6,033	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	59.59/cwt	57.00–62.00	800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	755.00/cwt	700.00–810.00	7,550	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,233	51.80/cwt	49.00–54.00	639	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	811.92/cwt	690.00–900.00	9,167	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	58.88/cwt	57.00–62.00	828	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	670	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	532.05/cwt	450.00–580.00	5,746	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,106	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	991.67/cwt	775.00–1,120.00	12,297	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	123.09/cwt	119.00–130.00	662	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	138.37/cwt	131.00–140.00	739	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	109.17/cwt	105.00–110.00	784	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	1,133.25/cwt	1,025.00–1,275.00	14,483	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	131.62/cwt	129.00–138.00	633	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	130.72/cwt	127.00–132.00	729	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	15,428	1

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 Sep 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 496Last week 311Year ago 380

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 29Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 14Year ago 6

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder bulls traded 3.00-4.00 higher . Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	381	140.00–148.00	146.34
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
2	—	628	106.00–119.00	112.37
3	—	582	121.00–124.00	121.97
5	—	436	128.00–140.00	136.47
6	—	538	119.00–130.00	123.09
11	—	481	129.00–138.00	131.62
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	380	150.00–157.00	154.33
17	—	319	155.00–166.00	160.55
19	—	467	140.00–148.00	144.06
4	—	665	117.00–120.00	118.73
22	—	416	148.00–162.00	159.64
6	—	626	127.00	127.00
24	—	534	131.00–140.00	138.37
6	—	718	105.00–110.00	109.17
11	—	558	127.00–132.00	130.72
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	534	142.00–147.00	144.07
3	—	833	110.00–116.00	111.94
1	—	165	205.00	205.00
4	—	339	164.00–165.00	164.76
1	—	915	107.00	107.00
5	—	602	141.00	141.00
2	—	233	170.00–185.00	177.10
7	—	735	125.00–129.00	127.31
3	—	273	160.00–165.00	163.23
12	—	468	154.00–156.00	155.32
3	—	556	138.00	138.00
3	—	677	125.00–128.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	127.00	127.00
1	—	695	123.00	123.00
3	—	585	123.00–124.00	123.33
4	—	244	159.00–165.00	160.51
5	—	538	138.00–140.00	138.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	218	152.50–160.00	155.92
9	—	321	143.00–146.00	144.74
3	—	667	111.00–114.00	112.31
11	—	733	104.00–116.00	112.89
4	—	291	146.00	146.00
15	—	487	127.00–132.00	130.14
4	—	578	125.00	125.00
15	—	513	125.00–134.00	129.44
6	—	362	136.00–145.00	139.08
31	—	424	130.00–137.00	133.74
1	—	190	185.00	185.00
6	—	622	113.00–118.00	115.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	100.00	100.00
4	—	641	109.00	109.00
5	—	323	123.00–138.00	134.18
6	—	520	117.00–124.00	121.05
9	—	486	114.00–123.00	117.19
10	—	377	120.00–129.00	126.01
1	—	405	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,760	85.00–90.00	87.60
5	—	1,884	80.00–83.00	81.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,065	46.00–50.00	48.86
34	—	1,188	50.00–60.00	53.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	57.00–62.00	59.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	49.00–54.00	51.80
6	—	1,407	57.00–62.00	58.88

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	—	1,395	97.50	97.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,395	900.00–920.00	910.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,048	590.00–680.00	642.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,000	560.00–630.00	603.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	700.00–810.00	755.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,129	690.00–900.00	811.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,080	450.00–580.00	532.05
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	840.00	840.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,240	775.00–1,120.00	991.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,278	1,025.00–1,275.00	1,133.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,275.00	1,275.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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