Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Strong offering of preconditioned feeders this month with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $232.34/cwt on 448 head.

Average price

$232.34

448 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,443

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$32.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.73

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	628	233.16	1,464	426
Medium 1-2	527	223.50	1,178	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	390	220.00	858	12thin
Large 1-2	655	208.33	1,365	3thin
Medium and Large 2	662	201.00	1,330	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.16/cwt here — about $134 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 sale448 hd

232.34

—

KY average26 barns · 5,760 hd

225.61

+6.73

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

43 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 1-2	—	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	635	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,111	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	735	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,473	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	193.85/cwt	188.00–196.00	1,407	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	223.28/cwt	211.00–225.00	1,190	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	272.68/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,121	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	748	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	215.47/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,676	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	316	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	503	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,792	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	495	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,158	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	246.98/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,307	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	215.08/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,581	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	538	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	233.31/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,444	112
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	207.48/cwt	203.00–212.00	1,687	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	257.94/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,212	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	239.16/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,366	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	225.37/cwt	214.00–231.00	1,505	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	369	205.61/cwt	200.00–208.00	759	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,043	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,201	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	695	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,494	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	635	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	182.65/cwt	172.00–184.00	1,485	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	230.14/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,109	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	205.76/cwt	194.00–211.00	1,352	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	209.78/cwt	197.00–216.00	1,296	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	240.54/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,001	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	238.09/cwt	231.00–241.00	929	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	256.60/cwt	238.00–260.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	213.63/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,237	25

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 Nov 17, 2023

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

Receipts 798Last week 533Year ago 858

Strong offering of preconditioned feeders this month with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	200.00	200.00
1	—	635	175.00	175.00
2	—	735	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	771	191.00	191.00
34	—	726	188.00–196.00	193.85
37	—	533	211.00–225.00	223.28
9	—	813	172.00–184.00	182.65
36	—	482	222.00–235.00	230.14
44	—	657	194.00–211.00	205.76
61	—	618	197.00–216.00	209.78
16	—	416	240.00–243.00	240.54
7	—	390	231.00–241.00	238.09
1	—	940	160.00	160.00
6	—	286	238.00–260.00	256.60
1	—	305	226.00	226.00
25	—	579	208.00–218.00	213.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	369	200.00–208.00	205.61
7	—	515	202.50	202.50
2	—	557	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	183.00	183.00
1	—	465	230.00	230.00
1	—	730	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	411	265.00–274.00	272.68
36	—	778	210.00–220.00	215.47
10	—	874	205.00	205.00
34	—	529	240.00–255.00	246.98
4	—	321	291.00	291.00
11	—	735	210.00–219.00	215.08
112	—	619	221.00–236.00	233.31
17	—	813	203.00–212.00	207.48
21	—	470	245.00–264.00	257.94
51	—	571	232.00–245.00	239.16
106	—	668	214.00–231.00	225.37
1	—	970	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	316	240.00	240.00
3	—	503	185.00	185.00
5	—	381	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	234.00	234.00
3	—	538	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	215.00	215.00
2	—	635	205.00	205.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	125.00	125.00

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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