Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report, Ledbetter, KY

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 20, 2021

1,005 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.34/cwt -4.85 vs last sale · ≈ $786/hd at 523 lb · 64 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.62/cwt +0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $954/hd at 725 lb · 58 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.31/cwt -3.73 vs last sale · ≈ $970/hd at 672 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,005	657	708
Feeder cattle	877	498	643
Slaughter cattle	114	82	44
Replacement cattle	14	77	21

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–286	282	9	155.00–161.00	$159.96	$451	+7.46
320–340	331	9	171.00–179.00	$175.01	$579	—
350–397	372	10	170.00–179.00	$175.67	$653	—
405–420	418	8	171.00–172.00	$171.88	$718	+2.21
453–493	475	12	159.00–170.00	$163.99	$779	-0.03
503–546	527	26	153.00–161.00	$157.21	$828	+2.21
573 value added	573	29	161.00	$161.00	$923	+3.00
570–597	588	11	150.00–152.00	$150.18	$883	-1.82
603–642	633	37	145.00–153.00	$150.97	$956	+0.45
650–678	672	52	135.00–148.00	$144.31	$970	+7.31
720–745	732	20	131.00–145.00	$141.51	$1,036	+7.10
771–787	781	12	133.00–136.00	$135.16	$1,056	+5.16
829–843	832	13	128.00–132.00	$131.06	$1,090	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	151.00–168.00	$159.50	$526	—
385	385	2	161.00	$161.00	$620	—
425–440	438	12	160.00–165.00	$162.84	$713	—
450–480	463	5	150.00–157.00	$154.56	$716	—
520–540	529	6	144.00–151.00	$149.32	$790	—
550–585	563	6	140.00–144.00	$141.34	$796	+1.34
630	630	1	140.00	$140.00	$882	+3.45
685	685	1	130.00	$130.00	$890	—
756	756	7	126.00	$126.00	$953	+26.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	181.00	$181.00	$534	—
320–340	327	6	180.00–185.00	$182.14	$596	—
350	350	1	185.00	$185.00	$648	—
428	428	3	180.00	$180.00	$770	—
501	501	9	171.00	$171.00	$857	—
551	551	4	163.00	$163.00	$898	—
600	600	1	155.00	$155.00	$930	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	160.00	$160.00	$344	—
415–440	428	2	162.00–170.00	$165.88	$710	—
470	470	4	155.00–156.00	$155.25	$730	—
500	500	1	151.00	$151.00	$755	—
622	622	3	142.00	$142.00	$883	—
668	668	4	142.00	$142.00	$949	—
722	722	3	133.00	$133.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	164.00	$164.00	$517	—
380	380	1	163.00	$163.00	$619	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–595	580	2	134.00–135.00	$134.51	$780	+23.51

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	2	150.00	$150.00	$432	—
300–343	328	5	153.00–162.00	$158.83	$521	-1.90
353–395	383	15	149.00–159.00	$153.72	$589	+1.09
410–425	420	4	148.00–155.00	$151.23	$635	+0.31
458–499	485	27	149.00–157.50	$154.00	$747	+8.13
502–524 value added	521	43	152.00–155.50	$152.97	$797	-6.03
500–548	527	21	140.00–150.00	$144.96	$764	+0.65
550–590	575	12	135.00–142.00	$138.68	$797	+0.58
601 value added	601	21	146.00	$146.00	$877	-4.50
607–643	624	26	134.00–144.00	$139.73	$872	—
655–697	674	17	124.00–137.00	$128.84	$868	+5.19
676 value added	676	34	134.00	$134.00	$906	—
718–730 value added	724	47	132.00–135.00	$133.39	$966	+2.39
706–743	727	11	121.00–127.00	$124.07	$902	—
750–795	772	16	113.00–126.00	$122.07	$942	+19.07
815–821	820	8	108.00–120.00	$118.51	$972	—
865	865	5	118.00	$118.00	$1,021	—
980–985	983	2	78.00–88.00	$82.99	$816	—
1080	1080	1	87.00	$87.00	$940	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	130.00	$130.00	$316	—
310–340	325	2	140.00–141.00	$140.48	$457	+6.48
380–395	385	15	133.00–142.00	$140.82	$542	-2.18
440	440	5	139.00	$139.00	$612	—
460–498	490	5	120.00–135.00	$125.04	$613	-8.96
515–540	525	11	130.00–138.00	$133.62	$702	+1.13
590–597	596	6	120.00–128.00	$121.32	$723	-8.30
635	635	12	122.00	$122.00	$775	—
660–673	669	3	120.00–121.00	$120.67	$807	—
723–735	728	4	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$819	—
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	—
845	845	1	88.00	$88.00	$744	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–733	718	12	110.00–125.00	$123.18	$884	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–366	364	5	160.00–163.00	$162.41	$591	—
428	428	2	161.00	$161.00	$689	—
525	525	2	154.00	$154.00	$808	—
565	565	1	150.00	$150.00	$848	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1478–1765	1523	9	83.00–90.00	$87.91	$1,339	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	2	150.00	$150.00	$645	-16.97
450–490	463	4	144.00–151.00	$148.54	$688	-3.52
525	525	2	146.00–149.00	$147.50	$774	-0.18
558–560	558	6	141.00–149.00	$147.66	$824	+7.15
626	626	5	133.00	$133.00	$833	-5.30
660	660	1	122.00	$122.00	$805	-7.00
735–745	740	2	112.00–116.00	$113.99	$844	—
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–428	420	3	140.00–148.00	$145.43	$611	—
500–540	507	6	132.00–138.00	$136.93	$694	—
600	600	1	114.00	$114.00	$684	—
660–695	678	2	117.00–120.00	$118.46	$803	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	135.00	$135.00	$709	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	155.00	$155.00	$473	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1235	1135	80-85%	8	59.00–64.00	$62.80	$713	—
1000–1415	1175	80-85%	22	65.00–75.00	$69.05	$811	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$503	-5.00
850–965	922	85-90%	3	50.00–55.00	$53.46	$493	-6.54
905–1120	1000	85-90%	3	70.00–73.00	$71.58	$716	—
820–1195	1016	85-90%	18	60.00–68.00	$62.89	$639	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1410	1211	75-80%	4	64.00	$64.00	$775	—
1135–1585	1384	75-80%	7	68.00–75.00	$71.32	$987	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1280	1275	2	78.00–80.00	$79.00	$1,007	—
1620–2380	1933	8	94.00–102.00	$97.76	$1,890	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
965–1395	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	800.00–1,085.00	$964.89
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1235	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	820.00	$820.00
1170–1360	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	770.00–850.00	$807.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

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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
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—

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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.