Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report, Ledbetter, KY

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 13, 2021

693 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.15/cwt +2.99 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 431 lb · 36 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.71/cwt -2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 470 lb · 36 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $162.40/cwt -8.52 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 467 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	693	657	449
Feeder cattle	523	539	351
Slaughter cattle	85	56	70
Replacement cattle	85	62	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded unevenly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	3	210.00	$210.00	$479	+15.00
250–277	270	4	200.00	$200.00	$540	-5.90
340	340	1	191.00	$191.00	$649	-15.97
360–385	373	2	185.00–195.00	$189.83	$708	+6.83
405–435	417	3	183.00–186.00	$184.31	$769	+1.61
467–495	479	11	166.00–176.00	$170.99	$819	-6.70
500–540	521	4	150.00–160.00	$157.08	$818	-2.13
551–575	560	8	152.00–157.00	$155.07	$868	+9.62
600–630	615	2	135.00–144.00	$139.39	$857	+3.39
661–685	670	11	130.00–140.00	$135.75	$910	+4.80
722–730	726	4	127.00–128.00	$127.75	$927	—
835–838	837	4	118.00–122.00	$120.00	$1,004	+6.00
943	943	3	112.00	$112.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	4	189.00–190.00	$189.50	$502	+7.00
340	340	1	169.00	$169.00	$575	—
415–435	429	4	163.00–170.00	$167.22	$717	-6.50
457–482	469	7	150.00–164.00	$153.75	$721	—
555–598	586	6	130.00–144.00	$141.13	$827	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	200.00	$200.00	$380	—
245	245	4	170.00	$170.00	$416	+4.33
280–299	296	7	160.00–172.00	$170.38	$504	—
320–340	331	4	161.00–171.00	$164.82	$546	+5.52
370 fancy	370	11	172.00	$172.00	$636	—
355–395	380	13	157.00–168.00	$160.29	$609	-0.42
405–440	431	36	155.00–166.00	$157.15	$677	+2.99
450–495	470	36	142.00–152.00	$147.71	$694	-2.14
505–540	528	9	139.00–147.00	$142.03	$750	-0.94
550–599	573	19	130.00–140.00	$135.70	$778	+2.20
600–635	613	11	126.00–134.00	$131.50	$806	+3.97
655–695	664	11	118.00–128.00	$125.58	$834	+2.59
705–740	731	4	112.00–121.00	$118.83	$869	+7.10
775	775	2	111.00	$111.00	$860	-4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	159.00	$159.00	$382	+14.00
270	270	1	151.00	$151.00	$408	—
300	300	1	155.00	$155.00	$465	+19.00
370–375	373	2	150.00–156.00	$152.98	$571	+3.98
400–445	433	8	148.00–154.00	$151.96	$658	+9.49
461	461	4	135.00	$135.00	$622	-5.00
525	525	1	130.00	$130.00	$682	+6.50
581	581	4	123.00	$123.00	$715	+3.00
650–675	663	4	108.00–113.00	$110.96	$736	—
740	740	1	108.00	$108.00	$799	+2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	325	—	—	4	175.00–190.00	$183.07	$595	-0.72
358–395	376	—	—	14	171.00–177.50	$175.36	$659	-5.19
400–445	418	—	—	4	172.00–181.00	$176.84	$739	+1.09
450–490	467	—	—	32	160.00–169.00	$162.40	$758	-8.52
500–548	538	—	—	17	148.00–156.00	$153.84	$828	-1.08
550–583	563	—	—	10	143.00–150.00	$145.47	$819	+5.71
600–630	617	—	—	11	131.00–139.00	$134.16	$828	+3.33
670	670	—	—	1	126.00	$126.00	$844	+1.00
702–715	705	—	—	5	115.00–124.00	$120.58	$850	—
765	765	—	—	1	106.00	$106.00	$811	—
810	810	—	—	1	94.00	$94.00	$761	-7.00
1890	1890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,739	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	329	7	164.00–172.00	$166.00	$546	+6.00
373–390	379	3	156.00–166.00	$162.57	$616	+0.07
401–430	407	5	145.00–150.00	$146.06	$594	-10.87
483–485	484	5	146.00–157.00	$152.59	$739	-2.02
530–545	538	3	140.00–145.00	$141.69	$762	+1.66
593	593	3	139.00	$139.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$497	—
930–1475	1142	85-90%	10	45.00–53.00	$51.22	$585	-4.00
900–1460	1155	85-90%	24	54.00–65.00	$57.98	$670	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1550	1456	75-80%	10	60.00–68.00	$63.94	$931	—
1680	1680	75-80%	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,210	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1450	1315	80-85%	8	60.00–70.00	$64.26	$845	-9.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1111–1600	1356	2	82.00–85.00	$83.77	$1,136	—
1180–1605	1368	6	78.00–85.00	$80.61	$1,103	—
2020	2020	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,121	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1000–1300	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	550.00–780.00	$656.13
1000–1450	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	760.00–925.00	$857.65
1000–1500	1323	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	510.00–850.00	$759.52
1100–1500	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	800.00–1,000.00	$878.30
1250–1500	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	710.00–935.00	$832.73

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
950	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–950.00	$925.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	860.00–940.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	83.00	$83.00	$295	—
457	457	3	90.00	$90.00	$411	—
518–535	525	5	80.00–82.00	$81.18	$426	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–750	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	775.00–800.00	$788.89	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.