Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with instances of light weight steers being sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with instances of sharply higher on light weight heifers. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.27/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −147.62 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.

Average price

$245.27

32 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

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

$60.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.51

vs KY average

−24.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	250.21	1,370	27
Medium and Large 2	543	237.66	1,290	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	543	190.00	1,031	2thin

One grade step is worth $60.21/cwt here — about $339 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.26, low $340.38, median $392.89 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale32 hd

245.27

—

KY average26 barns · 1,353 hd

263.78

−18.51

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−24.73

This barn, trailing median29 sales

392.89

−147.62

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	—	High	1,478	136.22	2,014	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	128.00	1,946	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,262	121.33	1,531	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	878	101.70	893	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,023	$1,548	5
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,500	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$1,375	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,084	$1,318	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	890	$1,075	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,030	$1,610	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,103	$1,919	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,203	$1,745	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	313.23/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,331	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	768	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,636.44/head	1,425.00–1,825.00	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	257.44/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,336	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	324.90/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	296.61/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,406	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	1,317.65/head	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,318	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	849	147.45/cwt	135.00–172.50	1,252	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	2,202.36/head	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,202	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	1,744.67/head	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	229.99/cwt	227.50–232.50	1,467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	289.90/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,348	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,610.29/head	1,425.00–1,900.00	1,610	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	278.62/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,337	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,381	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,169	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,094	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	237.66/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,290	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,547.68/head	1,325.00–1,725.00	1,548	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Bulls	—	—	1,880	149.09/cwt	148.00–150.00	2,803	2
Bulls	—	—	1,325	137.92/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,827	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,071	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	599	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,946	1
Bulls	—	—	1,440	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,469	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	97.25/cwt	92.00–102.00	861	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,050	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,101	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	120.13/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,530	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	131.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,696	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	106.79/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	240.63/cwt	215.00–255.00	1,143	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	685	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,490	2
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	855	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	820	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	366.23/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,362	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	269.94/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,296	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	318	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,097	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	312	382.75/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,304	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	775	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	652	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	242.42/cwt	237.50–249.00	1,401	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	217.39/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,446	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	205	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	383	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,264	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	279.22/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,647	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	310.96/cwt	300.00–317.50	877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	715	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	348	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	270.19/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,651	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	295.61/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,363	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	281.27/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,465	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	424	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,399	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	267.89/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,498	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	319.95/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	291.14/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	298.43/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,552	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	206.80/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	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 May 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 280Year ago 331

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 78Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 23Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	300.00–317.50	310.96
1	300–350	300	322.50	322.50
2	350–400	358	317.50–322.50	319.95
4	400–450	423	280.00–300.00	291.14
25	450–500	480	270.00–290.00	278.62
14	500–550	519	250.00–261.00	257.44
13	550–600	578	237.50–249.00	242.42
8	650–700	665	210.00–225.00	217.39
1	700–750	740	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	285.00–295.00	289.90
2	450–500	490	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	543	235.00–239.00	237.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	255.00	255.00
3	450–500	475	215.00–255.00	240.63
1	500–550	535	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	550	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	625	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	345.00	345.00
9	350–400	383	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	400	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	295.00	295.00
2	350–400	378	320.00–330.00	324.90
8	400–450	425	300.00–320.00	313.23
12	450–500	461	285.00–311.00	295.61
10	500–550	521	270.00–287.50	281.27
15	550–600	559	255.00–271.00	267.89
2	600–650	638	227.50–232.50	229.99
3	750–800	781	200.00–210.00	206.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	540	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	270.00	270.00
5	450–500	480	260.00–285.00	269.94
1	550–600	595	237.50	237.50
1	650–700	650	212.50	212.50
1	800–850	810	170.00	170.00
1	850–900	890	167.50	167.50
1	950–1000	970	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	685	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	365.00	365.00
1	250–300	280	375.00	375.00
4	300–350	312	350.00–395.00	382.75
5	350–400	372	350.00–370.00	366.23
1	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
4	650–700	652	242.50	242.50
2	700–750	715	232.50	232.50
1	750–800	775	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	340	365.00	365.00
4	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	410	317.50	317.50
5	450–500	467	290.00–307.50	296.61
15	500–550	520	289.00–303.00	298.43
9	550–600	590	272.50–280.00	279.22
11	600–650	611	262.00–272.00	270.19
3	900–950	913	192.50	192.50
1	950–1000	955	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	217.50	217.50
2	750–800	758	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	855	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	385.00	385.00
5	400–450	424	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	460	312.50	312.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	1,425.00–1,825.00	1,636.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,113	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,202.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,203	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,744.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,625.00	1,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,084	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,317.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,085	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,023	1,325.00–1,725.00	1,547.68
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	849	135.00–172.50	147.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	187.00	187.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,030	1,425.00–1,900.00	1,610.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,880	148.00–150.00	149.09
5	—	1,325	130.00–144.00	137.92
1	—	1,440	102.00	102.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	90.00	90.00
8	—	1,274	115.00–127.00	120.13
7	—	1,291	130.00–135.00	131.34
2	—	1,150	104.00–110.00	106.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	70.00	70.00
2	—	885	92.00–102.00	97.25
1	—	840	125.00	125.00
1	—	925	119.00	119.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	128.00	128.00

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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How this sale compares

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