Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 3, 2020

604 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $125.26/cwt +5.16 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 562 lb · 19 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.80/cwt -2.66 vs last sale · ≈ $515/hd at 423 lb · 19 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $108.99/cwt -11.06 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 623 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	604	718	764
Feeder cattle	433	591	612
Slaughter cattle	96	82	107
Replacement cattle	75	45	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded unevenly steady with quality not as attractive as last week. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	165.00	$165.00	$297	—
335	335	1	166.00	$166.00	$556	+4.99
375–390	378	5	144.00–156.00	$146.48	$554	-16.52
462–492	485	11	139.00–145.00	$143.78	$697	+7.45
512–542	526	12	129.00–136.00	$132.92	$699	-7.08
562–585	571	18	127.00–133.00	$131.83	$753	+1.32
675–697	684	8	113.00–117.00	$115.61	$791	-6.64
720	720	2	115.00–117.00	$116.00	$835	—
755	755	1	112.00	$112.00	$846	—
835–845	838	3	108.00–114.00	$111.98	$938	—
850	850	1	111.00	$111.00	$944	—
900	900	1	100.00	$100.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–492	491	8	129.00–131.00	$130.50	$641	+4.51
500–540	515	8	122.00–128.00	$125.62	$647	+0.37
550	550	1	124.00	$124.00	$682	+3.00
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	309	9	125.00–134.00	$129.23	$399	-2.68
350–397	385	8	123.00–131.00	$127.47	$491	-1.05
405–447	423	19	120.00–130.00	$121.80	$515	-2.66
462–495	473	14	122.00–125.00	$123.54	$584	+4.03
500–547	522	13	114.00–121.00	$116.20	$607	+4.11
557–585	569	8	108.00–114.00	$110.24	$627	-0.90
605–645	623	19	105.00–110.00	$108.99	$679	-0.55
692	692	2	100.00	$100.00	$692	-5.63
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	-0.37
750–785	773	5	95.00–103.00	$100.46	$777	—
908–912	909	6	83.00–85.00	$84.33	$767	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	123.00	$123.00	$326	-8.58
315	315	1	120.00	$120.00	$378	-5.00
365–395	380	2	100.00–120.00	$109.61	$417	-8.89
450–455	453	3	116.00–118.00	$117.34	$532	+2.83
505–545	525	4	99.00–113.00	$108.89	$572	+1.37
586	586	3	100.00	$100.00	$586	-8.00
610	610	2	99.00	$99.00	$604	—
650–665	660	3	96.00–97.00	$96.33	$636	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	151.00	$151.00	$506	-1.68
360–378	371	5	147.00–156.00	$152.50	$566	+5.08
401–430	409	7	150.00–155.00	$151.50	$620	+8.04
456–481	468	17	135.00–143.00	$138.21	$647	+4.84
500–532	512	11	127.00–134.00	$131.18	$672	+8.10
551–595	562	19	120.00–127.00	$125.26	$704	+5.16
610–640	627	7	114.00–119.00	$115.26	$723	+2.46
671	671	4	112.00	$112.00	$752	+4.55
705	705	3	110.00	$110.00	$776	+10.00
790	790	5	105.00	$105.00	$830	+6.98
825	825	1	92.00	$92.00	$759	-1.50
910	910	1	85.00	$85.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–437	427	4	126.00–135.00	$129.63	$554	-0.57
470–496	491	9	128.00–131.00	$129.00	$633	+6.52
525	525	1	125.00	$125.00	$656	+10.50
553–580	564	5	119.00	$119.00	$671	+5.67
635	635	2	108.00	$108.00	$686	—
760	760	1	90.00	$90.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1210	1210	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1050	1023	85-90%	3	40.00	$40.00	$409	—
935–1730	1275	85-90%	32	43.00–54.00	$47.68	$608	-7.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1715	1524	75-80%	13	50.00–55.00	$52.35	$798	—
1445–1725	1540	75-80%	3	47.00–49.00	$48.06	$740	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1515	1353	80-85%	7	51.00–57.00	$53.71	$727	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1600	1498	3	67.00–72.00	$69.56	$1,042	-0.72

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
900–1300	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	600.00–780.00	$729.79
1115–1235	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	535.00–580.00	$558.65
1100–1375	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	600.00–810.00	$760.79
1000–1325	1194	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	500.00–710.00	$597.62
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	860.00	$860.00
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1225	1101	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,179.43

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	760.00–1,110.00	$935.00	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	6	62.00	$62.00	$769	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.