Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 30, 2024

409 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $265.05/cwt -4.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,393/hd at 526 lb · 26 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $225.20/cwt -8.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,401/hd at 622 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $313.98/cwt ≈ $1,475/hd at 470 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	409	390	544
Feeder cattle	279	265	383
Slaughter cattle	89	96	85
Replacement cattle	41	29	76

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	340.00	$340.00	$969	—
345 fancy	345	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,190	—
371	371	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,243	-0.02
367–391 fancy	383	6	340.00–345.00	$341.60	$1,308	-24.65
400	400	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,200	—
410–435 fancy	423	2	322.50–330.00	$326.36	$1,381	-3.64
455–476 fancy	468	5	317.50–322.50	$319.45	$1,495	—
461–495	471	9	310.00–312.50	$310.94	$1,465	—
517 value added	517	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,551	—
510–545	530	10	277.50–290.00	$283.90	$1,505	—
566–577	573	9	280.00–285.00	$283.35	$1,624	-0.29
600–623	613	9	264.00–272.50	$266.99	$1,637	+3.15
662–695	684	6	250.00–255.00	$251.61	$1,721	-6.42
700	700	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,610	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	3	292.50	$292.50	$1,310	—
475	475	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,389	—
522	522	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,409	—
592	592	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,584	—
632	632	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,580	+2.50
690	690	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,673	—
765	765	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,683	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,368	+50.00
685	685	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,593	—
895	895	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,611	—
985	985	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,478	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,605	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,220	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,729	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,003	—
367–380 fancy	371	7	315.00–330.00	$325.76	$1,209	-0.71
405–447 fancy	433	9	300.00–312.50	$304.41	$1,318	-8.91
410–445	435	4	280.00–292.50	$288.03	$1,253	+2.23
470–495	490	5	267.50–270.00	$269.52	$1,321	-7.15
515–541 value added	525	8	272.50–275.00	$273.47	$1,436	-4.89
505–540	526	18	250.00–267.50	$261.31	$1,374	-3.44
555–590	574	9	237.50–247.50	$244.45	$1,403	-13.05
600–635	613	10	220.00–240.00	$231.28	$1,418	-2.73
645	645	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,354	-24.01
705	705	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,480	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	6	205.00	$205.00	$636	-65.00
387	387	2	255.00	$255.00	$987	—
415	415	3	215.00	$215.00	$892	+15.00
532–545	536	3	185.00–220.00	$196.86	$1,055	+9.78
580	580	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,218	—
820	820	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,394	—
850	850	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,275	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,222	+1.65
547	547	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,313	—
570	570	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,311	—
680	680	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,394	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–530	528	2	200.00–225.00	$212.56	$1,122	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1280	1193	2	140.00	$140.00	$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
305–345 fancy	325	2	340.00–345.00	$342.65	$1,114	-14.17
385	385	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,232	-3.78
420–440	428	5	295.00–310.00	$298.01	$1,275	-1.90
465–495	483	6	270.00–290.00	$281.64	$1,360	-18.25
500 fancy	500	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,450	+5.00
503–538	520	10	270.00–280.00	$276.93	$1,440	-0.47
565	565	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,412	-13.73
602–625	610	6	230.00–250.00	$239.54	$1,461	-5.46
650–690	681	8	222.00–235.00	$224.01	$1,526	—
720–730	723	3	215.00–222.50	$219.15	$1,584	-0.85
795	795	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,590	±0.00
950	950	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,662	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	2	255.00	$255.00	$859	+1.94
378	378	9	250.00	$250.00	$945	+5.00
485	485	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,212	—
535	535	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,230	—
570–585	578	2	220.00–222.50	$221.23	$1,279	-11.27
655–685	670	2	200.00–202.50	$201.22	$1,348	—
745	745	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,341	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,204	+10.00
545	545	3	252.50–257.50	$255.83	$1,394	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
856	856	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,198	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1385	1174	80-85%	6	104.00–114.00	$108.82	$1,278	—
995–1335	1177	80-85%	34	115.00–127.00	$122.24	$1,439	—
1025–1390	1182	80-85%	6	130.00–135.00	$130.98	$1,548	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$646	—
740–1030	906	85-90%	9	112.00–125.00	$116.76	$1,058	+25.20
860–985	906	85-90%	4	100.00–109.00	$104.26	$945	+12.70
1115	1115	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,004	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	75-80%	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,800	-6.56
1490–1640	1580	75-80%	3	130.00–135.00	$131.57	$2,079	-3.55
1705	1705	75-80%	1	125.00	$125.00	$2,131	+8.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1810	1413	6	126.00–138.00	$130.85	$1,849	—
1395–1985	1730	9	140.00–155.00	$147.16	$2,546	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–860	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	152.50–155.00	$153.58	$1,160
775–780	778	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	140.00–147.00	$143.49	$1,116

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00
930–1110	1074	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,475.00–1,600.00	$1,578.35
1020–1215	1118	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,325.00	$1,256.54
1002–1367	1199	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,425.00–1,825.00	$1,650.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
932	932	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00
815–1037	966	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,500.00–2,025.00	$1,890.13
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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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
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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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.