Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 31, 2023

491 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $244.71/cwt +21.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,268/hd at 518 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $241.23/cwt +1.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,377/hd at 571 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $224.68/cwt +6.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 462 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	491	792	829
Feeder cattle	348	602	646
Slaughter cattle	73	107	91
Replacement cattle	70	83	92

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Strong demand for weaned and preconditioned feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	2	266.00	$266.00	$604	+16.00
285–295	290	2	264.00–270.00	$267.05	$774	—
313 fancy	313	4	295.00	$295.00	$923	—
405	405	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,045	+2.38
426 fancy	426	4	267.00	$267.00	$1,137	-6.00
468–493 fancy	477	15	263.00–265.00	$263.61	$1,257	—
485	485	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,164	-9.77
501 value added	501	5	267.00	$267.00	$1,338	+9.00
540	540	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,355	+10.96
550–590	571	21	234.00–249.00	$241.23	$1,377	+1.64
610–647	640	9	225.00–240.00	$236.63	$1,514	-3.62
680–685	682	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,569	-1.97
710–748	732	6	215.00–225.00	$221.81	$1,624	—
750	750	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,650	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,084	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–297	292	9	220.00–238.00	$230.48	$673	-8.52
300–338	322	8	227.50–243.00	$237.43	$765	+6.28
350–392	383	16	227.00–243.00	$237.46	$909	+7.38
405–430	413	8	222.00–237.00	$229.41	$947	+9.32
423–435 value added	427	8	241.00–244.00	$242.13	$1,034	—
450–490	457	13	212.00–232.00	$220.20	$1,006	+2.47
457–488 value added	480	4	239.00–240.00	$239.24	$1,148	—
500–545	515	11	207.00–221.00	$215.96	$1,112	+4.20
551–592	565	14	208.00–214.00	$211.38	$1,194	+2.37
612–635	627	11	191.00–207.00	$199.05	$1,248	-2.32
653–695	669	11	180.00–195.00	$190.04	$1,271	-7.09
735–740	738	2	170.00–180.00	$174.98	$1,291	-2.02
771	771	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,349	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	215.00	$215.00	$441	±0.00
305	305	1	220.00	$220.00	$671	+11.51
370–393	383	7	214.00–220.00	$216.48	$829	+7.79
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	+1.32
528–535	529	5	188.00–200.00	$190.43	$1,007	-2.28
630	630	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,172	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	160.00	$160.00	$856	-3.44

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590	1590	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,670	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	291	4	250.00–272.50	$255.70	$744	—
330–345	335	3	266.00–275.00	$269.09	$901	+19.07
370–397	387	5	260.00–266.00	$262.66	$1,016	+3.34
400–440	423	15	239.00–259.00	$250.63	$1,060	+10.14
450–495	468	10	240.00–261.00	$249.63	$1,168	+15.70
500–545	518	21	224.00–255.00	$244.71	$1,268	+21.62
555–595	577	13	215.00–234.00	$223.22	$1,288	+5.72
620–627	625	3	205.00–223.00	$217.04	$1,356	+12.57
650–665	657	5	189.00–208.00	$201.01	$1,321	+12.61
705–735	725	3	180.00–192.00	$187.43	$1,359	+16.70
755–792	780	5	160.00–187.50	$175.87	$1,372	—
855	855	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,394	+22.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	219.00	$219.00	$909	+2.75
505	505	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,086	—
550–595	577	5	205.00–211.00	$208.67	$1,204	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,055	—
685	685	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	200.00	$200.00	$810	+3.15
615	615	1	162.50	$162.50	$999	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1565	1565	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1400	1202	80-85%	16	80.00–92.00	$84.89	$1,020	—
1080–1330	1203	80-85%	10	70.00–78.00	$75.95	$914	—
980–1435	1214	80-85%	6	94.00–101.00	$96.55	$1,172	—
1100–1370	1235	80-85%	2	64.00–65.00	$64.55	$797	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1055	853	85-90%	4	60.00–70.00	$62.94	$537	—
750–1060	921	85-90%	10	70.00–79.00	$73.53	$677	+8.52
975–1015	997	85-90%	3	80.00–81.00	$80.33	$801	-2.55

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1590	1447	75-80%	5	80.00–92.00	$86.28	$1,248	—
1570	1570	75-80%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,492	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1775	1495	3	90.00–102.00	$95.41	$1,426	—
1825–2080	1945	3	110.00–115.00	$111.78	$2,174	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–820	732	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	550.00–825.00	$667.73
740–795	773	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–700.00	$666.16
790–970	902	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	700.00–810.00	$733.44

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
930–1005	968	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$777.91
840–1465	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	675.00–1,375.00	$1,066.44
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–1,000.00	$900.00
815–1255	1036	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	975.00–1,375.00	$1,218.86
1050–1130	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$951.83
1216	1216	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1095–1320	1229	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	725.00–1,100.00	$957.32

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
805	805	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	-100.00

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	1	71.00	$71.00	$614	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.