Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 28, 2023

920 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $212.76/cwt -13.11 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 424 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $227.82/cwt +8.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,190/hd at 523 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $216.78/cwt -5.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 477 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	920	727	810
Feeder cattle	667	555	588
Slaughter cattle	199	124	179
Replacement cattle	54	48	43

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Volatile CME futures drive lighter demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 4.00 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
305–330	313	3	260.00–280.00	$272.98	$854	-6.58
365–395	387	9	248.00–261.00	$254.25	$984	-12.24
402–437	422	23	242.50–251.00	$245.98	$1,038	-3.76
469–490	472	13	234.00–250.00	$248.02	$1,171	-4.77
501–547	523	19	221.00–241.00	$232.73	$1,217	-11.37
558–593	576	28	220.00–233.00	$225.36	$1,298	-9.86
600–635	617	17	203.00–222.00	$216.06	$1,333	-0.90
655–695	675	16	190.00–211.00	$203.17	$1,371	-14.48
725	725	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,334	-33.50
795	795	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,487	—
865	865	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,566	—
1015–1020	1018	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,527	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	230.00	$230.00	$644	—
330	330	1	235.00	$235.00	$776	-9.00
385	385	1	230.00	$230.00	$886	-17.50
450	450	1	215.00	$215.00	$968	—
517	517	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,132	-3.50
565–575	572	3	192.00–206.00	$201.39	$1,152	—
785	785	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,374	—
970	970	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,358	—
1000	1000	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,360	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	-99.16
530	530	1	140.00	$140.00	$742	-72.50
552	552	2	150.00	$150.00	$828	—
700	700	2	140.00	$140.00	$980	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,096	—
560	560	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,064	—
605	605	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,143	—
890	890	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,246	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,155	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	220.00	$220.00	$484	-30.00
250–295	264	4	235.00–245.00	$239.83	$633	+19.83
300–345	330	15	210.00–222.00	$217.21	$717	-3.59
353–395	368	10	207.50–225.00	$217.94	$802	-6.81
410 fancy	410	4	235.00	$235.00	$964	—
400–441	425	36	200.00–218.00	$210.29	$894	-15.58
450–490	477	38	200.00–221.00	$216.78	$1,034	-5.27
500–547	523	38	190.00–212.00	$200.94	$1,051	-11.96
566 value added	566	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,302	—
550–595	569	33	182.50–202.00	$191.91	$1,092	-9.45
600–640	617	24	177.50–190.00	$183.61	$1,133	-3.65
650–695	667	12	167.50–184.00	$175.17	$1,168	-0.82
700	700	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,232	+5.00
750–755	753	4	160.00–170.00	$164.98	$1,242	—
800–817	811	5	130.00–147.50	$141.75	$1,150	—
867	867	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,222	—
970	970	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,164	—
1080	1080	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	210.00	$210.00	$588	+0.84
410	410	1	185.00	$185.00	$758	-21.04
450–490	471	6	185.00–192.00	$188.59	$888	-16.28
503–535	519	8	185.00–189.00	$187.98	$976	-9.70
568	568	7	170.00–180.00	$175.71	$998	-10.74
625–640	633	2	152.00–160.00	$156.05	$988	—
650–695	679	4	150.00–160.00	$157.44	$1,069	—
815	815	1	120.00	$120.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	180.00	$180.00	$387	-20.00
320–340	330	2	150.00–180.00	$165.45	$546	-19.55
358–390	366	4	155.00–165.00	$162.34	$594	—
400–430	413	3	160.00–175.00	$168.15	$694	-22.85
450–473	470	7	150.00–175.00	$153.42	$721	-34.29
540	540	1	157.00	$157.00	$848	-29.73

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	—
450	450	1	130.00	$130.00	$585	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,173	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,188	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	262.50	$262.50	$643	+27.50
340	340	1	245.00	$245.00	$833	-6.70
370–390	379	12	220.00–242.50	$235.70	$893	-14.19
405–443	430	13	220.00–240.00	$228.61	$983	-14.12
462–497	476	24	217.00–238.00	$225.24	$1,072	-0.81
500–545	517	15	204.00–225.00	$219.53	$1,135	+0.69
526 fancy	526	24	233.00	$233.00	$1,226	—
550–595	570	12	190.00–213.00	$203.10	$1,158	-6.83
610–645	629	15	180.00–200.00	$191.78	$1,206	+4.38
655–695	676	14	178.00–186.00	$181.09	$1,224	-1.40
700–745	731	5	167.50–179.00	$176.46	$1,290	-5.71
795	795	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,383	+2.16
846	846	4	157.50	$157.50	$1,332	+7.50
867–890	871	10	140.00–165.00	$157.47	$1,372	—
925	925	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,156	-5.00
1015	1015	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	210.00	$210.00	$966	-1.00
545	545	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,090	—
550–590	580	9	170.00–187.50	$184.36	$1,069	—
620–645	637	3	176.00–178.00	$176.65	$1,125	+7.65
770	770	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,174	±0.00
851	851	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,106	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	130.00	$130.00	$325	—
335	335	2	150.00	$150.00	$502	-65.00
350–378	371	4	180.00–185.00	$181.18	$672	—
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	—
465–485	475	2	138.00–150.00	$144.13	$685	—
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
553–570	557	4	150.00	$150.00	$836	—
725	725	2	136.00	$136.00	$986	-1.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1260	1177	80-85%	5	50.00–65.00	$59.05	$695	-15.80
1085–1345	1185	80-85%	22	70.00–79.00	$75.09	$890	+0.24
1020–1430	1217	80-85%	50	80.00–89.00	$83.09	$1,011	+18.09
1105–1440	1291	80-85%	13	90.00–95.00	$91.53	$1,182	-2.25

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–935	866	85-90%	5	55.00	$55.00	$476	-10.30
665–1045	924	85-90%	10	60.00–68.00	$63.70	$589	-18.89
935–1035	983	85-90%	6	80.00–91.00	$83.49	$821	+10.04
860–1080	988	85-90%	17	70.00–78.00	$73.69	$728	+0.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1635	1526	75-80%	5	90.00–100.00	$93.38	$1,425	+13.38
1465–1925	1588	75-80%	13	80.00–88.00	$83.62	$1,328	—
1860	1860	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,302	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1675	1454	8	82.00–98.00	$89.58	$1,302	—
1225–2440	1781	17	100.00–117.00	$107.83	$1,920	—
2035	2035	1	122.00	$122.00	$2,483	-2.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1070–1245	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	910.00–1,150.00	$1,038.05
1085–1230	1176	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,172.64
1010–1415	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,262.60
1265–1320	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,190.79
1190–1475	1346	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,010.00–1,325.00	$1,115.48
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–750	723	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	485.00–550.00	$516.26
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	630.00	$630.00
1035	1035	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
1195–1235	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–1,450.00	$1,363.94	—
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1335	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	+278.53
1335–1760	1548	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00–1,800.00	$1,735.30	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515	1515	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,439	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.