Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Strong demand at this months preconditioned feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $250.73/cwt on 266 head.

Average price

$250.73

266 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$49.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.18

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	632	253.34	1,601	242
Medium and Large 2	521	226.39	1,179	21
Medium 1-2	490	225.00	1,103	1thin
Large 1-2	675	203.72	1,375	2thin

One grade step is worth $49.62/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 sale266 hd

250.73

—

KY average26 barns · 6,634 hd

238.55

+12.18

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

33 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 1-2	—	252	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	248.13/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,151	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	256.61/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,629	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	268.86/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,253	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	241.97/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,619	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,865	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	238.81/cwt	229.00–240.50	1,753	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	247.61/cwt	242.50–252.50	1,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	244.81/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,283	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	215.72/cwt	208.00–221.00	1,655	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	233.87/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,768	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	927	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	210.54/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,307	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	231.75/cwt	224.00–232.00	1,465	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	226.24/cwt	216.00–233.00	1,500	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	221.18/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,586	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	269.35/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,403	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	257.63/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,492	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	241.26/cwt	232.00–256.00	1,380	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	245.45/cwt	232.00–252.50	1,024	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,270	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	675	203.72/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,375	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	587	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,159	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,124	1

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 Oct 20, 2023

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

Receipts 533Last week 550Year ago 858

Strong demand at this months preconditioned feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	252	262.50	262.50
5	—	464	240.00–251.00	248.13
9	—	524	238.00–248.00	244.81
26	—	767	208.00–221.00	215.72
32	—	632	224.00–232.00	231.75
37	—	663	216.00–233.00	226.24
52	—	717	210.00–223.00	221.18
68	—	572	232.00–256.00	241.26
1	—	345	261.00	261.00
6	—	417	232.00–252.50	245.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	206.00	206.00
4	—	557	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	587	197.50	197.50
1	—	470	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	635	254.00–260.00	256.61
10	—	466	260.00–281.00	268.86
15	—	669	232.00–246.00	241.97
4	—	442	280.00	280.00
17	—	811	230.00	230.00
24	—	734	229.00–240.50	238.81
16	—	756	230.00–236.00	233.87
2	—	382	290.00	290.00
27	—	521	261.00–275.00	269.35
44	—	579	247.00–263.00	257.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	242.50–252.50	247.61
2	—	547	234.00	234.00
2	—	307	232.50	232.50
4	—	367	252.50	252.50
11	—	621	210.00–212.00	210.54
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	200.00–207.50	203.72
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	200.00	200.00
1	—	555	202.50	202.50

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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