Livingston Co. Livestock Market Report, Ledbetter, KY

Ledbetter, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 20, 2024

678 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $254.58/cwt -0.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,611/hd at 633 lb · 45 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $226.09/cwt +10.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,519/hd at 672 lb · 42 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $210.00/cwt -9.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,529/hd at 728 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	678	575	247
Feeder cattle	618	490	194
Slaughter cattle	50	70	46
Replacement cattle	10	15	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, heifers over 500lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 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
222	222	2	320.00	$320.00	$710	—
280 fancy	280	2	332.50	$332.50	$931	—
330–345	333	6	290.00–315.00	$310.68	$1,035	+0.68
380	380	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,121	-8.92
409 fancy	409	6	317.50	$317.50	$1,299	—
405–436	427	12	280.00–300.00	$287.21	$1,226	-5.90
484 fancy	484	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,476	—
475–495	486	7	275.00–290.00	$282.21	$1,372	—
505–535	520	24	262.50–282.50	$276.81	$1,439	-7.25
525 value added	525	17	287.00	$287.00	$1,507	—
550–591	571	11	252.50–267.50	$260.76	$1,489	-20.18
600–647	633	45	242.50–261.00	$254.58	$1,611	-0.53
665–670	667	3	232.50–237.50	$234.18	$1,562	-20.94
700–730	725	15	225.00–235.00	$234.17	$1,698	—
767–793	782	10	220.00–222.50	$221.27	$1,730	-14.80
815–845	839	5	212.50–217.50	$216.53	$1,817	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	280.00	$280.00	$728	—
320	320	1	245.00	$245.00	$784	—
366	366	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,025	—
497	497	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,280	-2.50
520	520	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,196	-30.00
655–695	675	2	200.00–210.00	$205.15	$1,385	—
715–735	725	3	185.00–200.00	$191.69	$1,390	-18.31
805	805	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,570	—
870	870	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,653	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,451	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,532	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	275.00–280.00	$277.36	$632	—
275–296	292	5	285.00–290.00	$288.99	$844	-1.01
293 fancy	293	3	315.00	$315.00	$923	—
310 fancy	310	4	310.00	$310.00	$961	-2.50
315–332	328	6	285.00–290.00	$289.20	$949	-1.99
355–395	376	18	285.00–300.00	$292.91	$1,101	-4.91
380–381 fancy	381	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,162	-5.00
400–443	429	13	257.50–280.00	$269.08	$1,154	-6.42
460–495	476	21	250.00–269.00	$260.15	$1,238	-4.52
500–530	509	7	242.50–255.00	$251.73	$1,281	+7.27
550–585	564	12	230.00–245.00	$236.31	$1,333	+3.56
602–621	610	35	221.00–239.00	$231.16	$1,410	+9.75
657–682	672	42	224.00–228.00	$226.09	$1,519	+10.06
705–745	728	42	206.00–212.00	$210.00	$1,529	+6.65
776–790	780	4	200.00–202.50	$201.87	$1,575	-0.69
840	840	23	204.00	$204.00	$1,714	—
855	855	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,624	-10.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237–245	240	3	250.00–260.00	$256.59	$616	+56.59
276–290	278	6	270.00	$270.00	$751	—
305–335	321	5	230.00–267.50	$258.80	$831	-16.20
360–390	375	2	220.00–270.00	$244.00	$915	-12.63
415	415	4	242.50	$242.50	$1,006	+17.78
465	465	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,046	-9.59
510–540	525	2	212.50–215.00	$213.71	$1,122	+23.71
560–595	578	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,272	—
605	605	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,301	—
675–682	680	3	200.00–205.00	$203.34	$1,383	—
750–755	753	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–497	488	5	242.50–247.50	$246.00	$1,200	—
512–515	513	3	230.00–232.50	$230.84	$1,184	+10.84
585–592	590	3	222.50–225.00	$223.33	$1,318	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,743	—
1355	1355	3	158.00	$158.00	$2,141	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,454	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,129	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	300.00	$300.00	$819	-20.00
300–346	321	13	260.00–315.00	$305.50	$981	+9.63
366–398	381	9	280.00–295.00	$289.02	$1,101	-1.05
400–445	413	10	255.00–285.00	$268.95	$1,111	-25.20
456–495	475	12	252.50–277.50	$264.17	$1,255	-3.09
515–530	523	3	230.00–232.50	$230.84	$1,207	-8.69
568–590	573	10	230.00–250.00	$240.67	$1,379	-2.14
605 fancy	605	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,407	—
600–641	621	8	210.00–222.50	$216.61	$1,345	-13.89
653–690 fancy	662	4	227.50–230.00	$228.15	$1,510	—
670–695	686	9	212.50–225.00	$221.97	$1,523	-1.73

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	250.00	$250.00	$962	+25.00
405–445	428	4	215.00–245.00	$234.35	$1,003	-32.06
480–495	492	5	232.50–235.00	$234.50	$1,154	-0.62
530	530	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,166	-7.49
640	640	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,248	—
700	700	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,190	—
857	857	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,071	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	3	247.50	$247.50	$1,129	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1395	1214	80-85%	9	120.00–132.00	$126.61	$1,537	—
1105–1330	1222	80-85%	7	110.00–117.00	$113.83	$1,391	—
1180–1370	1291	80-85%	5	134.00–150.00	$141.31	$1,824	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–930	893	85-90%	3	137.50–147.50	$141.87	$1,267	+60.20
900–1005	941	85-90%	5	90.00–104.00	$93.67	$881	-32.91
995	995	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$597	-43.07
985–1065	1020	85-90%	3	112.00–115.00	$113.04	$1,153	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,903	-3.01
1450–1685	1549	75-80%	5	135.00–140.00	$136.92	$2,121	+7.91

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,059	—
1350–1795	1555	3	146.00–152.00	$149.47	$2,324	—
2000	2000	1	160.00	$160.00	$3,200	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1105	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,460.78
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1125–1370	1257	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,850.00–2,350.00	$2,136.14
1245–1405	1337	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,634.48

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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
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	-100.00

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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.