Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition cattle were of very high quality and met with strong demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.39/cwt on 506 head.

Average price

$143.39

506 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$9.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.84

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	146.41	905	245
Medium and Large 1-2	615	140.99	868	232
Medium and Large 2-3	548	137.17	752	29

One grade step is worth $9.24/cwt here — about $154 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 sale506 hd

143.39

—

KY average30 barns · 11,105 hd

137.56

+5.84

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

51 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	—	760	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	124.29/cwt	123.00–126.00	909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	141.37/cwt	140.00–142.00	670	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	142.39/cwt	140.00–143.00	625	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	136.28/cwt	132.00–138.00	924	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	145.72/cwt	141.00–149.00	785	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	144.15/cwt	141.00–147.00	843	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	150.70/cwt	150.00–153.00	657	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	151.33/cwt	150.00–153.00	716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	133.69/cwt	130.00–140.00	679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	136.43/cwt	126.00–140.00	782	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	135.96/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,047	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	140.91/cwt	139.00–143.00	944	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	143.35/cwt	142.00–145.00	896	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	152.00/cwt	151.00–153.00	549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	131.34/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	156.28/cwt	155.00–160.00	652	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	131.17/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,023	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	129.94/cwt	126.00–131.00	746	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	134.67/cwt	133.00–135.00	710	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	135.47/cwt	133.00–138.00	665	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	134.13/cwt	132.00–137.00	771	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	120.16/cwt	115.00–122.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	127.33/cwt	126.00–129.00	853	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	131.11/cwt	129.00–133.00	805	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	138.27/cwt	136.00–139.00	718	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	124.70/cwt	122.00–125.00	845	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	121.52/cwt	120.00–122.00	875	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	126.59/cwt	125.00–128.00	789	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	135.28/cwt	135.00–137.00	574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	152.89/cwt	150.00–153.00	873	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	159.57/cwt	156.00–160.00	750	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	137.55/cwt	137.00–139.00	999	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	151.00/cwt	150.00–153.00	778	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	127.54/cwt	124.00–130.00	602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	964	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	139.73/cwt	136.00–141.00	862	26

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 Dec 13, 2019

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

Receipts 976Last week 806Year ago 0

Precondition cattle were of very high quality and met with strong demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	121.00	121.00
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
5	—	394	142.00	142.00
7	—	731	123.00–126.00	124.29
10	—	474	140.00–142.00	141.37
14	—	439	140.00–143.00	142.39
69	—	575	132.00–137.00	134.13
58	—	670	126.00–129.00	127.33
52	—	614	129.00–133.00	131.11
40	—	519	136.00–139.00	138.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	574	126.00–131.00	129.94
24	—	527	133.00–135.00	134.67
23	—	491	133.00–138.00	135.47
2	—	393	138.00–139.00	138.50
1	—	335	139.00	139.00
46	—	678	122.00–125.00	124.70
17	—	720	120.00–122.00	121.52
15	—	623	125.00–128.00	126.59
7	—	424	135.00–137.00	135.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	621	115.00–122.00	120.16
4	—	680	120.00–121.00	120.51
2	—	425	131.00	131.00
1	—	795	113.00	113.00
1	—	700	117.00	117.00
10	—	472	124.00–130.00	127.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	678	132.00–138.00	136.28
38	—	539	141.00–149.00	145.72
58	—	585	141.00–147.00	144.15
5	—	847	116.00	116.00
7	—	436	150.00–153.00	150.70
9	—	473	150.00–153.00	151.33
4	—	361	151.00–153.00	152.00
18	—	780	130.00–132.00	131.17
3	—	315	175.00	175.00
27	—	714	135.00	135.00
26	—	617	136.00–141.00	139.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	146.00	146.00
7	—	508	130.00–140.00	133.69
14	—	573	126.00–140.00	136.43
1	—	335	160.00	160.00
1	—	680	130.00	130.00
2	—	720	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	770	134.00–137.00	135.96
42	—	670	139.00–143.00	140.91
44	—	625	142.00–145.00	143.35
3	—	803	130.00–132.00	131.34
8	—	417	155.00–160.00	156.28
73	—	571	150.00–153.00	152.89
19	—	470	156.00–160.00	159.57
18	—	726	137.00–139.00	137.55
11	—	515	150.00–153.00	151.00

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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