Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 24, 2023

792 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $209.01/cwt -8.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,191/hd at 570 lb · 35 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $233.93/cwt -0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,116/hd at 477 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $220.09/cwt -15.70 vs last sale · ≈ $931/hd at 423 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	792	863	829
Feeder cattle	602	613	646
Slaughter cattle	107	146	91
Replacement cattle	83	104	92

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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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	7	250.00	$250.00	$570	-25.00
356–380	374	13	247.50–265.00	$252.00	$942	-3.44
375 fancy	375	1	273.00	$273.00	$1,024	-6.00
415 fancy	415	21	273.00	$273.00	$1,133	+3.00
406–445	424	8	251.00–260.00	$255.62	$1,084	+1.75
455–498	487	4	249.00–250.00	$249.77	$1,216	-9.54
500 value added	500	3	258.00	$258.00	$1,290	-7.56
500–545	514	20	230.00–250.00	$240.04	$1,234	-4.49
550–595	579	29	230.00–251.00	$239.59	$1,387	+3.02
600–648	638	5	237.00–241.00	$240.25	$1,533	+8.36
650–695	686	16	231.00–238.00	$231.97	$1,591	-0.20
717 value added	717	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,656	—
985	985	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,576	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	220.00	$220.00	$506	—
315	315	1	220.00	$220.00	$693	—
420–430	425	2	165.00–205.00	$185.24	$787	—
500–525	517	3	152.50–180.00	$161.37	$834	—
640	640	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,152	—
855	855	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,120	—
945	945	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,040	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,137	—
661–665	662	5	185.00–210.00	$204.98	$1,357	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,246	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	3	239.00	$239.00	$707	—
310–347	327	18	220.00–240.00	$231.15	$756	-14.14
350–399	385	19	226.00–236.00	$230.08	$886	-10.29
400–445	423	33	211.00–231.00	$220.09	$931	-15.70
450–493	475	22	207.00–224.00	$217.73	$1,034	-16.44
500–549	534	26	203.00–218.00	$211.76	$1,131	-7.34
555–585	570	35	200.00–220.00	$209.01	$1,191	-3.22
612–626	620	9	192.00–210.00	$201.37	$1,248	-2.70
655–680	672	9	181.00–202.00	$197.13	$1,325	+0.18
745	745	4	177.00	$177.00	$1,319	—
830	830	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,170	-14.00
870	870	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,096	—
1010	1010	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	5	215.00	$215.00	$471	—
305–345	325	2	200.00–216.00	$208.49	$678	-13.57
355–395	375	2	205.00–212.00	$208.69	$783	-13.81
400–440	427	6	195.00–205.00	$200.08	$854	-20.57
465–475	468	3	195.00–201.00	$198.68	$930	-20.83
516–547	528	5	192.50–193.00	$192.71	$1,018	-15.15
555–587	576	3	192.00–193.00	$192.68	$1,110	-9.32
748	748	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	180.00	$180.00	$360	—
255–272	266	3	175.00–205.00	$195.43	$520	+12.08
330	330	1	192.00	$192.00	$634	-12.00
350–365	358	2	180.00–200.00	$189.79	$679	-19.50
400–445	417	3	175.00–190.00	$181.42	$757	-22.31
460	460	1	160.00	$160.00	$736	-29.86
505–525	518	3	155.00–170.00	$163.44	$847	-21.56
558–590	564	7	170.00–186.00	$174.54	$984	—
620–635	628	2	150.00–175.00	$162.65	$1,021	—
655	655	1	130.00	$130.00	$852	—
750	750	1	122.50	$122.50	$919	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–525	520	3	186.00–192.00	$187.96	$977	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,021	-12.50

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	130.00	$130.00	$754	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	245.00	$245.00	$612	-20.00
325–327	326	4	245.00–255.00	$250.02	$815	-3.98
355–390	365	9	252.00–270.00	$259.32	$947	+8.74
405–435	420	12	234.00–255.00	$240.49	$1,010	-4.73
450–495	477	33	228.00–244.00	$233.93	$1,116	-0.84
520–540	531	20	218.00–228.00	$223.09	$1,185	-10.43
550–595	571	15	204.00–224.00	$217.50	$1,242	-0.34
605–645	627	23	193.00–213.00	$204.47	$1,282	+1.82
655–675	663	5	184.00–191.00	$188.40	$1,249	+0.44
700–728	721	6	165.00–185.00	$170.73	$1,231	-16.31
880	880	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,241	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	212.50	$212.50	$489	—
405–440	428	6	180.00–200.00	$196.85	$843	-8.15
482–495	489	4	173.00–205.00	$195.63	$957	—
510–546	537	4	180.00–187.00	$181.66	$976	+6.56
662	662	4	150.00	$150.00	$993	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	220.00	$220.00	$583	-17.50
365–395	380	2	210.00–234.00	$222.47	$845	—
425–445	433	5	210.00–224.00	$216.25	$936	—
620	620	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,116	-4.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,196	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	140.00	$140.00	$875	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	163.00	$163.00	$676	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1335	1195	80-85%	7	70.00–79.00	$74.29	$888	-6.06
980–1420	1268	80-85%	29	80.00–88.00	$83.77	$1,062	—
1105–1420	1284	80-85%	12	90.00–102.00	$93.71	$1,203	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–925	803	85-90%	2	45.00–55.00	$49.24	$395	—
825–1075	918	85-90%	5	60.00–69.00	$65.01	$597	-11.55
810–1105	972	85-90%	21	70.00–79.00	$72.67	$706	—
930–1020	985	85-90%	3	80.00–87.00	$82.88	$816	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1530	1491	75-80%	7	80.00–90.00	$86.86	$1,295	—
1495–1565	1530	75-80%	2	92.00–95.00	$93.53	$1,431	+8.49

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1925	1665	4	80.00–98.00	$91.57	$1,525	—
2005	2005	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,326	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
971	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	975.00	$975.00
1108	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00	$975.00
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
909	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	1,225.00	$1,225.00
830–1050	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	850.00–1,250.00	$1,050.67
905–1200	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,128.60
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1036–1238	1099	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,335.09
1005–1220	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–1,050.00	$935.03
1090–1450	1187	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	900.00–1,450.00	$1,182.29
1030–1495	1216	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,269.32
1371	1371	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
950–1397	1248	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00–1,700.00	$1,560.44	+507.53
1285	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-275.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	-175.00
1300–1400	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,288.89	-487.08
1490	1490	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	145.00	$145.00	$508	—

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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.