Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 14, 2024

349 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $278.62/cwt +5.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,337/hd at 480 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $299.44/cwt ≈ $1,554/hd at 519 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $267.89/cwt +1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,498/hd at 559 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	349	381	466
Feeder cattle	283	280	331
Slaughter cattle	34	78	80
Replacement cattle	32	23	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher with instances of light weight steers being sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with instances of sharply higher on light weight heifers. Good demand for 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
240	240	1	320.00	$320.00	$768	—
340	340	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,241	—
348 fancy	348	6	385.00	$385.00	$1,340	+20.22
395	395	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,304	+5.00
410	410	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,302	+16.88
424 fancy	424	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,399	+4.01
460 fancy	460	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,438	±0.00
460–485	467	5	290.00–307.50	$296.61	$1,385	+5.96
510 value added	510	2	307.00	$307.00	$1,566	—
510–535	520	15	289.00–303.00	$298.43	$1,552	—
555–594	590	9	272.50–280.00	$279.22	$1,647	-5.17
607–612	611	11	262.00–272.00	$270.19	$1,651	+13.96
913	913	3	192.50	$192.50	$1,758	—
955	955	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,767	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,620	—
755–760	758	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,668	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,539	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,632	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	275.00	$275.00	$825	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	282	3	300.00–317.50	$310.96	$877	+15.96
300	300	1	322.50	$322.50	$968	+17.50
318 fancy	318	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,097	+22.50
350–365	358	2	317.50–322.50	$319.95	$1,145	+11.93
367–387 fancy	383	9	330.00	$330.00	$1,264	+6.57
400 fancy	400	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,250	+7.08
410–430	423	4	280.00–300.00	$291.14	$1,232	+1.20
450–493	480	25	270.00–290.00	$278.62	$1,337	+7.17
500–545	519	14	250.00–261.00	$257.44	$1,336	-3.07
550–597	578	13	237.50–249.00	$242.42	$1,401	+1.45
610 value added	610	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,476	—
655–690	665	8	210.00–225.00	$217.39	$1,446	+7.39
740	740	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,406	-13.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	388	2	285.00–295.00	$289.90	$1,125	—
490	490	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,274	—
542–545	543	3	235.00–239.00	$237.66	$1,290	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,122	+6.77
450–495	475	3	215.00–255.00	$240.63	$1,143	+0.63
535	535	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,070	-30.80
550	550	1	180.00	$180.00	$990	-40.86
625	625	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,094	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,312	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 fancy	205	1	365.00	$365.00	$748	—
280 fancy	280	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,050	+35.00
303–340 fancy	312	4	350.00–395.00	$382.75	$1,194	+29.94
345	345	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,018	—
350–377 fancy	372	5	350.00–370.00	$366.23	$1,362	+26.36
370–385	378	2	320.00–330.00	$324.90	$1,228	+24.90
408–447	425	8	300.00–320.00	$313.23	$1,331	+8.21
450–478	461	12	285.00–311.00	$295.61	$1,363	+1.56
502–547	521	10	270.00–287.50	$281.27	$1,465	+7.38
550–567	559	15	255.00–271.00	$267.89	$1,498	+1.71
600 fancy	600	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,530	-2.50
635–640	638	2	227.50–232.50	$229.99	$1,467	-16.27
652 fancy	652	4	242.50	$242.50	$1,581	—
715 fancy	715	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,662	+9.67
775 fancy	775	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,724	—
750–797	781	3	200.00–210.00	$206.80	$1,615	+14.30

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	270.00	$270.00	$824	+17.41
475–485	480	5	260.00–285.00	$269.94	$1,296	+9.70
595	595	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,413	+27.50
650	650	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,381	—
810	810	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,377	—
890	890	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,491	—
970	970	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,455	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,490	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,348	—
540	540	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,431	+17.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1230	1150	80-85%	2	104.00–110.00	$106.79	$1,228	—
1190	1190	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,071	-29.15
1010–1525	1274	80-85%	8	115.00–127.00	$120.13	$1,530	—
1100–1390	1291	80-85%	7	130.00–135.00	$131.34	$1,696	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	85-90%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,050	—
855	855	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$598	-20.00
840–930	885	85-90%	2	92.00–102.00	$97.25	$861	+20.22
925	925	85-90%	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,101	+11.57

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	75-80%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,946	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1525	1325	5	130.00–144.00	$137.92	$1,827	—
1440	1440	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,469	—
1715–2045	1880	2	148.00–150.00	$149.09	$2,803	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,169
690–970	849	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	135.00–172.50	$147.45	$1,252

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
830–1090	1023	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,325.00–1,725.00	$1,547.68
1035–1125	1084	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,317.65
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
942–1205	1030	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,425.00–1,900.00	$1,610.29

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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
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1030–1155	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00–1,825.00	$1,636.44	—
1060–1165	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,150.00–2,250.00	$2,202.36	—
1170–1220	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,525.00–1,850.00	$1,744.67	—

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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.