Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A high quality offering and strong demand was noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.23/cwt on 622 head.

Average price

$164.23

622 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$3.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.47

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	164.54	1,070	469
Medium and Large 1-2	615	163.61	1,006	133
Medium and Large 2-3	524	161.06	844	20

One grade step is worth $3.48/cwt here — about $226 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 sale622 hd

164.23

—

KY average20 barns · 4,182 hd

158.76

+5.47

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

64 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	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	176.77/cwt	176.00–177.00	859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	202.37/cwt	199.00–204.00	751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	199.47/cwt	199.00–201.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	169.19/cwt	164.00–179.00	694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	125.50/cwt	121.00–130.00	910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	140.71/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,231	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	157.29/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,024	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	175.61/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,012	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,165	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	199.81/cwt	191.00–201.00	907	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	168.26/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,035	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	150.81/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,101	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	145.65/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,110	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	127.00/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	147.23/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,056	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	187.77/cwt	185.00–190.00	971	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	142.96/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,158	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	151.47/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,053	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	183.16/cwt	179.00–188.00	872	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	200.22/cwt	199.00–201.00	837	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,275	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	166.65/cwt	163.00–167.50	850	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	178.68/cwt	176.00–180.00	761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	139.02/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,073	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	179.60/cwt	173.00–182.00	970	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	143.73/cwt	142.00–148.00	962	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	146.07/cwt	144.00–148.00	930	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	162.84/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,001	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	141.50/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,037	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	163.60/cwt	161.00–167.00	782	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	187.33/cwt	184.00–191.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	162.48/cwt	160.00–168.00	936	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	152.48/cwt	148.00–154.50	887	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	137.90/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,067	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	170.72/cwt	168.00–172.00	796	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	157.14/cwt	155.00–159.00	908	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	141.83/cwt	135.00–146.00	813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	158.15/cwt	153.00–160.00	841	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,030	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	140.74/cwt	137.00–143.00	874	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	169.18/cwt	168.00–173.00	714	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	133.20/cwt	130.00–134.00	974	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 Jan 21, 2022

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

Receipts 1,120Last week 682Year ago 0

A high quality offering and strong demand was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	176.00–177.00	176.77
3	—	565	154.00	154.00
1	—	680	123.00	123.00
1	—	270	181.00	181.00
3	—	410	164.00–179.00	169.19
2	—	725	121.00–130.00	125.50
4	—	548	167.00	167.00
1	—	385	172.50	172.50
1	—	635	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	371	199.00–204.00	202.37
4	—	336	199.00–201.00	199.47
21	—	875	139.00–142.00	140.71
17	—	651	154.00–158.00	157.29
4	—	275	214.00	214.00
57	—	576	173.00–177.00	175.61
17	—	454	191.00–201.00	199.81
87	—	615	165.00–171.00	168.26
82	—	730	150.00–153.00	150.81
70	—	762	144.00–148.00	145.65
52	—	517	185.00–190.00	187.77
27	—	810	142.00–144.00	142.96
14	—	418	199.00–201.00	200.22
9	—	931	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	838	139.00	139.00
5	—	447	190.00	190.00
4	—	910	126.00–130.00	127.00
22	—	717	143.00–148.00	147.23
18	—	695	142.00–152.00	151.47
39	—	476	179.00–188.00	183.16
8	—	772	138.00–140.00	139.02
11	—	540	173.00–182.00	179.60
13	—	615	161.00–164.00	162.84
1	—	850	130.00	130.00
2	—	368	184.00–191.00	187.33
4	—	576	160.00–168.00	162.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	510	163.00–167.50	166.65
7	—	292	190.00	190.00
6	—	426	176.00–180.00	178.68
4	—	371	181.00	181.00
3	—	825	128.00	128.00
1	—	880	125.00	125.00
66	—	669	142.00–148.00	143.73
16	—	637	144.00–148.00	146.07
56	—	733	140.00–142.00	141.50
65	—	774	135.00–139.00	137.90
23	—	466	168.00–172.00	170.72
37	—	578	155.00–159.00	157.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	282	169.00	169.00
34	—	478	161.00–167.00	163.60
17	—	582	148.00–154.50	152.48
2	—	940	108.00	108.00
6	—	376	175.00	175.00
1	—	675	138.00	138.00
63	—	532	153.00–160.00	158.15
15	—	792	130.00	130.00
8	—	621	137.00–143.00	140.74
13	—	422	168.00–173.00	169.18
3	—	318	167.00	167.00
5	—	731	130.00–134.00	133.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	144.00	144.00
7	—	573	135.00–146.00	141.83
1	—	240	175.00	175.00
1	—	315	144.00	144.00
2	—	490	150.00	150.00

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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