Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 9, 2024

428 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $300.47/cwt +8.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,296/hd at 431 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $267.97/cwt +0.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,302/hd at 486 lb · 20 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $270.35/cwt +14.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,532/hd at 567 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	428	627	523
Feeder cattle	327	509	403
Slaughter cattle	80	98	78
Replacement cattle	21	20	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold unevenly steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter 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
260	260	1	305.00	$305.00	$793	—
325 fancy	325	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,138	-1.02
330	330	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,089	—
378–385 fancy	379	7	330.00–340.00	$338.55	$1,283	+8.55
385	385	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,213	—
420 fancy	420	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,344	-9.42
435	435	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,305	+1.40
495	495	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,411	-16.01
510–540	524	9	270.00–290.00	$279.73	$1,466	-1.57
615 value added	615	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,645	—
652–658	656	6	245.00–260.00	$249.16	$1,634	-5.84
724 value added	724	7	243.00	$243.00	$1,759	—
750–770	760	2	225.00–230.00	$227.47	$1,729	+7.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,058	—
557	557	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,379	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,287	—
645	645	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,290	—
1030	1030	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,545	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,434	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237 fancy	237	2	335.00	$335.00	$794	-1.61
265–283 fancy	279	5	320.00–332.50	$322.37	$899	-14.93
307–315	310	3	295.00	$295.00	$914	±0.00
325–337 fancy	331	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,059	-16.59
355–390	367	3	285.00–295.00	$291.45	$1,070	-0.02
384–395 fancy	386	7	305.00–322.50	$318.16	$1,228	+0.77
410–435 fancy	429	17	297.50–315.00	$307.78	$1,320	+5.07
415–445	436	8	275.00–290.00	$284.93	$1,242	+0.33
450–497	486	20	260.00–277.50	$267.97	$1,302	+2.14
500–525 value added	517	10	262.50–265.00	$264.21	$1,366	-8.29
518–546	532	9	237.50–250.00	$242.16	$1,288	-13.69
552–595	574	14	235.00–250.00	$242.08	$1,390	+5.30
613 value added	613	3	242.50	$242.50	$1,487	+2.50
617–633	627	6	217.50–235.00	$224.53	$1,408	-4.41
651–697	665	15	210.00–227.00	$221.52	$1,473	—
720–735	729	10	190.00–210.00	$204.76	$1,493	-1.47
775–790	783	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,409	—
802	802	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,564	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–497	481	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,202	-1.99
515–525	522	3	222.50–235.00	$226.61	$1,183	-9.36
550	550	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	250.00	$250.00	$850	-7.91
432–440	435	3	222.50–250.00	$231.78	$1,008	+13.82
500	500	1	190.00	$190.00	$950	-40.00
645	645	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,258	—
715	715	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,251	±0.00
920	920	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,288	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,086	—
505	505	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,086	-15.00
955	955	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,337	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,175	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	300.00–310.00	$304.95	$726	—
255–292 fancy	275	4	320.00–355.00	$335.22	$922	-22.24
375–395 fancy	385	2	320.00–330.00	$324.87	$1,251	+5.69
395	395	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,146	-9.17
403–410 fancy	405	4	310.00–317.50	$315.60	$1,278	+10.07
410	410	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,128	-16.66
450–495	468	8	270.00–290.00	$275.54	$1,290	-13.76
505–525	515	2	265.00–270.00	$267.55	$1,378	+1.14
550–572 fancy	560	12	270.00–280.00	$278.09	$1,557	+5.59
550–591	578	7	247.50–260.00	$257.08	$1,486	+5.90
640 fancy	640	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,600	—
640	640	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,536	+8.36
695	695	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,598	—
750 fancy	750	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,650	—
815–845	826	4	175.00–192.50	$186.93	$1,544	-3.07

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	2	230.00–260.00	$245.69	$798	—
380	380	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,026	+22.71
430–440	435	2	270.00–275.00	$272.47	$1,185	+41.33
455–460	458	2	240.00–270.00	$254.92	$1,168	+14.92
510	510	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,262	+16.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1220	1108	80-85%	10	104.00–114.00	$110.02	$1,219	—
1015–1400	1183	80-85%	19	115.00–128.00	$119.05	$1,408	+6.10
925–1400	1226	80-85%	5	130.00–140.00	$132.96	$1,630	+1.90

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	85-90%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,183	—
775–1015	889	85-90%	4	88.00–95.00	$90.43	$804	+0.43
840–1105	962	85-90%	11	100.00–114.00	$105.08	$1,011	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1565	1542	75-80%	3	120.00–128.00	$122.62	$1,891	—
1550–1885	1667	75-80%	5	130.00–140.00	$134.16	$2,236	—
1695	1695	75-80%	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,966	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1390	1242	3	112.00–120.00	$117.09	$1,454	—
1240–1825	1475	4	125.00–137.00	$129.98	$1,917	—
1265–2060	1761	9	140.00–157.00	$146.90	$2,587	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
975–1010	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,150.44
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
935–1205	1114	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,225.00–1,700.00	$1,400.90

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00

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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
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1420	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—

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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
960	960	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.