Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.80/cwt on 395 head.

Average price

$143.80

395 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$14.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.03

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	144.71	981	254
Medium and Large 1-2	606	143.28	869	127
Medium and Large 2-3	562	132.00	742	13thin
Small and Medium 1-2	525	130.00	683	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.71/cwt here — about $298 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 sale395 hd

143.80

—

KY average27 barns · 5,423 hd

139.77

+4.03

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

55 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
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	157.04/cwt	156.00–158.00	671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	154.54/cwt	151.00–156.00	875	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	168.41/cwt	167.00–169.00	776	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	124.36/cwt	120.00–127.00	576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	841	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	133.83/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,041	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	135.63/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,119	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	153.64/cwt	152.00–154.00	804	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	149.46/cwt	148.00–150.00	791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	138.58/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,006	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	134.33/cwt	133.00–134.50	1,001	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	129.98/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	136.92/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,060	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	132.66/cwt	130.00–134.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	138.61/cwt	136.00–141.00	877	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	155.37/cwt	150.00–161.00	598	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	149.82/cwt	144.00–151.00	956	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	954	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	136.34/cwt	135.00–137.00	705	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	143.14/cwt	142.00–145.00	699	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	137.70/cwt	137.00–139.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	455	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	701	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	133.81/cwt	133.00–136.00	844	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	127.40/cwt	127.00–129.00	879	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	117.80/cwt	117.00–118.00	902	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	123.28/cwt	122.00–124.00	900	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	123.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	716	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	799	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,060	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	142.20/cwt	141.00–144.00	968	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	139.18/cwt	136.00–140.00	941	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	147.64/cwt	144.00–150.00	843	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	130.02/cwt	124.00–132.00	728	4

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 Sep 18, 2020

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

Receipts 769Last week 311Year ago 653

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
1	—	530	116.00	116.00
2	—	440	146.00	146.00
2	—	675	130.00	130.00
3	—	640	130.00–134.00	132.66
4	—	560	124.00–132.00	130.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	156.00–158.00	157.04
7	—	778	131.00–135.00	133.83
9	—	529	148.00–150.00	149.46
1	—	490	155.00	155.00
9	—	745	133.00–134.50	134.33
3	—	816	128.00–131.00	129.98
40	—	633	136.00–141.00	138.61
5	—	385	150.00–161.00	155.37
5	—	676	136.00–140.00	139.18
42	—	571	144.00–150.00	147.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	566	151.00–156.00	154.54
10	—	461	167.00–169.00	168.41
46	—	825	133.00–136.00	135.63
22	—	523	152.00–154.00	153.64
24	—	726	138.00–140.00	138.58
1	—	950	100.00	100.00
25	—	774	136.00–138.00	136.92
1	—	1,125	100.00	100.00
37	—	638	144.00–151.00	149.82
5	—	441	167.00	167.00
6	—	930	114.00	114.00
37	—	681	141.00–144.00	142.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	120.00–127.00	124.36
5	—	642	126.00	126.00
3	—	701	109.00	109.00
3	—	675	122.00	122.00
3	—	543	122.00	122.00
1	—	780	111.00	111.00
13	—	580	120.00–125.00	123.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	673	125.00	125.00
4	—	456	139.00	139.00
15	—	517	135.00–137.00	136.34
3	—	415	137.00–139.00	137.70
8	—	345	132.00	132.00
7	—	740	123.00	123.00
5	—	766	117.00–118.00	117.80
5	—	646	132.50	132.50
4	—	558	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	763	125.00	125.00
13	—	488	142.00–145.00	143.14
6	—	867	110.00	110.00
64	—	631	133.00–136.00	133.81
1	—	445	142.00	142.00
58	—	690	127.00–129.00	127.40
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
36	—	730	122.00–124.00	123.28
1	—	275	144.00	144.00
28	—	565	141.50	141.50

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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