Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to holiday last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.13/cwt on 142 head.

Average price

$127.13

142 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$7.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.74

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	489	127.92	626	127
Medium and Large 2-3	472	120.50	568	15thin

One grade step is worth $7.42/cwt here — about $58 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 sale142 hd

127.13

—

KY average20 barns · 3,428 hd

121.39

+5.74

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	1,604	75.70	1,214	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,350	53.35	720	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,455	51.61	751	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,172	46.80	548	36

Every lot, as filed

72 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	—	313	170.48/cwt	170.00–171.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	108.47/cwt	104.00–110.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	216	181.76/cwt	180.00–183.00	393	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	134.55/cwt	131.00–141.00	568	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	142.20/cwt	141.00–146.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	150.02/cwt	145.00–152.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	128.03/cwt	122.00–131.00	650	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	136.40/cwt	130.00–141.00	506	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	136.00/cwt	134.00–139.00	764	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	133.39/cwt	133.00–135.00	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	115.58/cwt	113.00–118.00	706	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	151.42/cwt	149.00–156.00	659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	107.40/cwt	106.00–111.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	127.79/cwt	125.00–130.00	838	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	138.51/cwt	134.00–144.00	470	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	92.32/cwt	90.00–97.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	662	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	855	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	176.67/cwt	170.00–180.00	451	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,920	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	8,335	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	1,243.45/cwt	920.00–1,400.00	15,381	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	89.63/cwt	86.00–93.00	778	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,155	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	554	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	53.35/cwt	52.00–57.00	720	14
Bulls	—	—	1,438	79.98/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,150	4
Bulls	—	—	1,715	72.85/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,249	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	42.14/cwt	40.00–44.00	496	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	47.55/cwt	45.00–50.50	557	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	8,352	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	686.07/cwt	570.00–780.00	10,085	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	881.91/cwt	810.00–940.00	10,362	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	890	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,607	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	423	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	338	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	51.97/cwt	50.00–54.00	772	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	124.30/cwt	120.00–127.00	542	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,412	773.01/cwt	660.00–880.00	10,915	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	10,080	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	616.00/cwt	490.00–700.00	7,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	116.66/cwt	116.00–117.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	113.44/cwt	110.00–117.00	719	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	145.74/cwt	141.00–149.00	517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	158.21/cwt	152.00–160.00	593	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	146.37/cwt	143.00–151.00	673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	101.00/cwt	99.00–103.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	149.52/cwt	147.00–155.00	656	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	136.64/cwt	134.00–140.00	713	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	114.01/cwt	110.00–118.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	120.47/cwt	118.00–123.00	685	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	102.03/cwt	101.00–103.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	136.83/cwt	133.00–138.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	127.38/cwt	124.00–130.00	725	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	123.44/cwt	120.00–128.00	755	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	129.67/cwt	125.00–133.00	616	20

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 Dec 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 542Year ago 734

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 108Year ago 176

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 28Year ago 108

No trend due to holiday last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	170.00–171.00	170.48
5	—	216	180.00–183.00	181.76
2	—	708	120.00–121.00	120.51
4	—	530	141.00–146.00	142.20
4	—	464	145.00–152.00	150.02
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
13	—	562	134.00–139.00	136.00
5	—	610	133.00–135.00	133.39
6	—	435	149.00–156.00	151.42
9	—	656	125.00–130.00	127.79
1	—	180	190.00	190.00
3	—	255	170.00–180.00	176.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
1	—	525	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	761	104.00–110.00	108.47
3	—	930	85.00	85.00
3	—	820	90.00–97.00	92.32
1	—	330	164.00	164.00
3	—	868	86.00–93.00	89.63
10	—	375	152.00–160.00	158.21
6	—	460	143.00–151.00	146.37
12	—	439	147.00–155.00	149.52
10	—	522	134.00–140.00	136.64
4	—	676	110.00–118.00	114.01
18	—	569	124.00–130.00	127.38
13	—	612	120.00–128.00	123.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	118.00–120.00	119.02
1	—	655	106.00	106.00
1	—	520	124.00	124.00
1	—	310	158.00	158.00
5	—	634	110.00–117.00	113.44
4	—	355	141.00–149.00	145.74
1	—	440	145.00	145.00
6	—	495	133.00–138.00	136.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	422	131.00–141.00	134.55
17	—	508	122.00–131.00	128.03
19	—	371	130.00–141.00	136.40
10	—	611	113.00–118.00	115.58
5	—	692	106.00–111.00	107.40
2	—	245	160.00	160.00
4	—	339	134.00–144.00	138.51
24	—	569	118.00–123.00	120.47
2	—	725	101.00–103.00	102.03
1	—	270	146.00	146.00
20	—	475	125.00–133.00	129.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	662	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	138.00	138.00
1	—	235	130.00	130.00
5	—	436	120.00–127.00	124.30
3	—	567	116.00–117.00	116.66
3	—	485	122.00	122.00
2	—	610	99.00–103.00	101.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	865	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	790.00	790.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	630.00	630.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,237	920.00–1,400.00	1,243.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	640.00	640.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,470	570.00–780.00	686.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	810.00–940.00	881.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,412	660.00–880.00	773.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	840.00	840.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	490.00–700.00	616.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	48.00	48.00
10	—	1,485	50.00–54.00	51.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,350	52.00–57.00	53.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,177	40.00–44.00	42.14
31	—	1,171	45.00–50.50	47.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,438	76.00–84.00	79.98
6	—	1,715	70.00–75.00	72.85

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle