Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder classes sold mostly steady. Good quality offering of feeder classes with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.79/cwt on 34 head, down $2.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 29 comparable sales and sits +5.90 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.

Average price

$398.79

▼ 2.93 vs prior sale

34 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$30.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.47

vs KY average

−5.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	407.74	2,161	24
Medium and Large 2	535	377.29	2,019	10thin

One grade step is worth $30.45/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.26, low $340.38, median $392.89 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

398.79

—

KY average25 barns · 1,424 hd

412.26

−13.47

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−5.97

This barn, trailing median29 sales

392.89

+5.90

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,654	213.71	3,534	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,541	173.80	2,679	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	163.56	2,022	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	930	138.72	1,291	16

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,505	$3,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$3,242	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,353	$2,737	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,450	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,360	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,250	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,478	$3,824	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	945	$2,399	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$4,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,213	$3,445	4thin

Every lot, as filed

89 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	373.85/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	405.80/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,281	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	531.11/cwt	515.00–555.00	1,806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	559.91/cwt	555.00–565.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	449.41/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,130	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	518.17/cwt	495.00–540.00	2,202	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	591.58/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,988	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	403.80/cwt	392.50–412.50	2,471	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	524.20/cwt	495.00–555.00	1,693	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	320.76/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,287	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,269	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	490.98/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,308	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	441.32/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,114	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	466.55/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	521.24/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	410.10/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,116	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	354.71/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,384	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	330.10/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,459	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	381.49/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,988	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	327.53/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,529	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,245	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,414	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	161.57/cwt	150.00–177.50	1,512	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	139.01/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,411	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	866	109.95/cwt	102.00–116.00	952	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,113	1
Bulls	—	—	1,611	212.34/cwt	208.00–217.00	3,421	9
Bulls	—	—	2,040	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	4,610	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	169.50/cwt	161.00–178.00	2,575	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	188.86/cwt	181.00–203.00	2,312	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	168.00/cwt	162.00–174.00	2,060	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	152.35/cwt	143.00–159.00	1,901	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	127.09/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	333.61/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	657	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,147	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	637	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,911	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,478	3,823.86/head	3,500.00–4,100.00	3,824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	463	479.92/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	2,399.47/head	1,800.00–2,900.00	2,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	425.53/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,204	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	395.05/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,611	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	332	560.54/cwt	555.00–565.00	1,861	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	373	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,918	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	4,069.26/head	3,800.00–4,250.00	4,069	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,353	2,737.43/head	2,450.00–2,950.00	2,737	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	424.69/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,395	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	574.95/cwt	570.00–585.00	2,064	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	3,242.32/head	2,950.00–3,400.00	3,242	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	531.05/cwt	485.00–545.00	2,103	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,820.75/head	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	385.98/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	354.32/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,168	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	387.47/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,162	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	473.09/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,020	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	1,633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	456.65/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,343	6

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY

Tue Jun 2, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 453Last week 262Year ago 342

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 64Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 35Year ago 21

Compared to last week feeder classes sold mostly steady. Good quality offering of feeder classes with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	695.00	695.00
1	250–300	280	655.00	655.00
11	300–350	336	570.00–610.00	591.58
5	350–400	359	570.00–585.00	574.95
44	400–450	425	495.00–540.00	518.17
20	450–500	470	475.00–505.00	490.98
6	500–550	513	440.00–460.00	456.65
16	550–600	564	410.00–430.00	424.69
7	600–650	612	392.50–412.50	403.80
19	650–700	661	385.00–405.00	395.05
5	700–750	712	350.00–380.00	373.85
1	750–800	750	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	590	415.00	415.00
4	600–650	627	385.00	385.00
2	650–700	675	375.00	375.00
2	800–850	810	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	477	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	571	320.00–375.00	333.61
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	515.00–555.00	531.11
6	350–400	373	490.00–540.00	521.24
3	400–450	432	465.00–470.00	466.55
6	450–500	479	430.00–465.00	441.32
16	500–550	518	400.00–435.00	425.53
11	550–600	562	400.00–425.00	405.80
5	600–650	602	380.00–410.00	385.98
6	650–700	672	335.00–370.00	354.71
1	700–750	745	320.00	320.00
8	750–800	772	320.00–330.00	327.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	630	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	637	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	650.00	650.00
2	450–500	463	475.00–485.00	479.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	640.00	640.00
2	250–300	270	555.00–565.00	559.91
6	300–350	323	495.00–555.00	524.20
5	350–400	396	485.00–545.00	531.05
7	400–450	427	450.00–495.00	473.09
22	450–500	474	435.00–460.00	449.41
11	500–550	516	395.00–425.00	410.10
8	550–600	558	375.00–395.00	387.47
8	600–650	612	345.00–365.00	354.32
2	650–700	672	330.00	330.00
11	700–750	713	305.00–325.00	320.76
1	750–800	750	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	516	435.00	435.00
29	600–650	605	375.00	375.00
29	700–750	745	330.00–331.00	330.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	395.00	395.00
7	500–550	521	375.00–390.00	381.49
3	550–600	568	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
2	650–700	657	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	555.00–565.00	560.54
2	350–400	373	545.00	545.00
2	400–450	425	510.00	510.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	936	150.00–177.50	161.57
4	—	1,015	130.00–148.00	139.01
4	—	866	102.00–116.00	109.95
2	—	873	126.00–128.00	127.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	191.00	191.00
4	—	1,519	161.00–178.00	169.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,224	181.00–203.00	188.86
10	—	1,226	162.00–174.00	168.00
13	—	1,248	143.00–159.00	152.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,611	208.00–217.00	212.34
1	—	2,040	226.00	226.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,478	3,500.00–4,100.00	3,823.86
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	945	1,800.00–2,900.00	2,399.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	3,000.00	3,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,353	2,450.00–2,950.00	2,737.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,505	3,250.00	3,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,450	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,313	2,950.00–3,400.00	3,242.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	2,550.00	2,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,220	3,800.00–4,250.00	4,069.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	4,300.00	4,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,820.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	240.00	240.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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How this sale compares

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