Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.65/cwt on 411 head.

Average price

$130.65

411 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$19.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.03

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	132.38	832	292
Medium and Large 1-2	578	128.23	742	105
Medium and Large 2-3	542	112.91	612	14thin

One grade step is worth $19.47/cwt here — about $220 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 sale411 hd

130.65

—

KY average21 barns · 5,877 hd

123.63

+7.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - 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	—	516	135.09/cwt	133.00–137.00	697	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	133.97/cwt	131.00–135.00	770	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	131.09/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,009	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	131.42/cwt	130.00–133.00	887	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	132.62/cwt	130.00–134.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	128.67/cwt	127.00–129.00	712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	122.59/cwt	122.00–127.00	783	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	124.44/cwt	120.00–125.00	891	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	123.83/cwt	120.00–125.50	960	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	130.58/cwt	127.00–132.00	695	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	105.98/cwt	100.00–112.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	106.95/cwt	104.00–110.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	647	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	162.07/cwt	160.00–164.00	545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	151.81/cwt	151.00–152.00	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	133.29/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	152.07/cwt	150.00–155.00	722	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	148.67/cwt	145.00–150.00	772	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	140.85/cwt	139.00–143.00	931	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	142.64/cwt	141.00–145.00	887	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	134.21/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,091	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	141.99/cwt	140.00–145.00	821	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	138.95/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,007	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	542	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	145.38/cwt	144.00–146.00	608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	984	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	146.44/cwt	145.00–148.00	693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	140.44/cwt	139.00–142.00	723	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	136.78/cwt	135.00–139.00	854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	134.87/cwt	131.00–136.00	927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	133.92/cwt	130.00–136.00	974	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	134.67/cwt	130.00–137.00	567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	531	133.60/cwt	133.00–134.00	709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	604	134.99/cwt	130.00–137.00	815	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	132.59/cwt	130.00–134.00	817	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	129.29/cwt	128.00–130.00	939	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	132.93/cwt	127.00–135.00	637	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	134.61/cwt	133.00–136.00	573	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	430	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 - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Ledbetter, KY

Fri Nov 15, 2019

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

Receipts 806Last week 612Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	516	133.00–137.00	135.09
36	—	575	131.00–135.00	133.97
49	—	770	126.00–133.00	131.09
77	—	675	130.00–133.00	131.42
24	—	616	130.00–134.00	132.59
23	—	726	128.00–130.00	129.29
20	—	479	127.00–135.00	132.93
13	—	426	133.00–136.00	134.61
4	—	811	125.00	125.00
2	—	307	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	124.00	124.00
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
2	—	482	129.00	129.00
3	—	383	130.00–134.00	132.62
6	—	553	127.00–129.00	128.67
7	—	414	130.00	130.00
8	—	639	122.00–127.00	122.59
9	—	716	120.00–125.00	124.44
13	—	775	120.00–125.50	123.83
55	—	532	127.00–132.00	130.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	125.00	125.00
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
2	—	673	100.00–112.00	105.98
4	—	478	104.00–110.00	106.95
6	—	558	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	159.00	159.00
4	—	336	160.00–164.00	162.07
5	—	428	151.00–152.00	151.81
7	—	773	133.00–134.00	133.29
10	—	475	150.00–155.00	152.07
21	—	519	145.00–150.00	148.67
30	—	661	139.00–143.00	140.85
43	—	622	141.00–145.00	142.64
44	—	813	133.00–136.00	134.21
50	—	578	140.00–145.00	141.99
55	—	725	138.00–142.00	138.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	157.00	157.00
2	—	392	152.00	152.00
4	—	575	137.00	137.00
5	—	418	144.00–146.00	145.38
6	—	757	130.00	130.00
8	—	473	145.00–148.00	146.44
12	—	515	139.00–142.00	140.44
12	—	624	135.00–139.00	136.78
13	—	687	131.00–136.00	134.87
34	—	727	130.00–136.00	133.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	131.00	131.00
1	—	715	124.00	124.00
1	—	795	125.00	125.00
1	—	845	123.00	123.00
3	—	421	130.00–137.00	134.67
5	—	531	133.00–134.00	133.60
14	—	604	130.00–137.00	134.99

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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