Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

GROUPS:

STEERS:

25 head 567 lbs 143.00 mblk

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.69/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$126.69

202 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$18.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.60

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	129.11	830	158
Medium and Large 1-2	659	118.53	781	41
Medium and Large 2-3	698	111.00	775	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about $55 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 sale202 hd

126.69

—

KY average28 barns · 2,779 hd

125.09

+1.60

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

38 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	—	651	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	126.67/cwt	125.00–127.00	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	131.65/cwt	131.00–132.00	639	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	121.77/cwt	121.00–125.00	701	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	119.80/cwt	119.00–120.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	141.69/cwt	141.00–145.00	754	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	141.85/cwt	140.00–143.00	796	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	133.65/cwt	132.00–136.00	752	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	698	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	153.95/cwt	151.00–157.00	728	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	106.30/cwt	105.00–110.00	862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	794	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	933	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	123.94/cwt	123.00–125.00	772	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	842	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	121.45/cwt	119.00–122.00	798	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	341	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	447	116.62/cwt	115.00–125.00	521	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	524	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	691	93.91/cwt	90.00–95.00	649	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	120.99/cwt	120.00–123.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	119.60/cwt	118.00–120.00	689	5

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 Mar 20, 2020

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

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GROUPS:

STEERS:

25 head 567 lbs 143.00 mblk

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	651	104.00	104.00
3	—	628	113.00	113.00
6	—	519	125.00–127.00	126.67
14	—	485	131.00–132.00	131.65
46	—	576	121.00–125.00	121.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	90.00	90.00
6	—	678	101.00	101.00
7	—	783	86.00	86.00
11	—	416	126.00	126.00
3	—	537	120.00–123.00	120.99
4	—	262	143.00	143.00
5	—	576	118.00–120.00	119.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	111.00	111.00
2	—	341	121.00	121.00
3	—	515	95.00	95.00
6	—	447	115.00–125.00	116.62
9	—	691	90.00–95.00	93.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	119.00–120.00	119.80
5	—	760	106.00	106.00
15	—	563	132.00–136.00	133.65
1	—	670	117.00	117.00
1	—	890	97.00	97.00
5	—	831	95.00	95.00
7	—	715	111.00	111.00
1	—	385	137.00	137.00
1	—	465	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	532	141.00–145.00	141.69
41	—	561	140.00–143.00	141.85
8	—	473	151.00–157.00	153.95
8	—	811	105.00–110.00	106.30
15	—	864	108.00	108.00
21	—	623	123.00–125.00	123.94
9	—	732	115.00	115.00
13	—	657	119.00–122.00	121.45
6	—	1,000	91.00	91.00
8	—	431	159.00	159.00
6	—	907	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	698	111.00	111.00

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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