Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $399.21/cwt on 25 head, down $4.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 29 comparable sales and sits +6.32 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.

Average price

$399.21

▼ 4.61 vs prior sale

25 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$58.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.38

vs KY average

+3.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	403.92	2,131	23
Medium and Large 2-3	585	345.00	2,018	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.92/cwt here — about $113 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 sale25 hd

399.21

—

KY average26 barns · 1,419 hd

412.59

−13.38

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

+3.16

This barn, trailing median29 sales

392.89

+6.32

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	—	High	1,688	207.33	3,500	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	175.97	2,405	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,578	173.92	2,744	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,003	145.81	1,462	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	220.00	2,695	1thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,210	$3,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,130	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$3,101	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$2,950	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,126	$2,273	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,028	$1,859	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	960	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	725	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,380	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	484.90/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	527.62/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,039	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	322.49/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	472.02/cwt	457.50–480.00	2,285	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	361.96/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,248	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	441.65/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,367	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,579	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	362	521.54/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	312	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	426.16/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,254	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	470.10/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,191	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	447	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,235	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	361	534.84/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,126	2,272.93/head	2,025.00–2,400.00	2,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	210	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	356.93/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,195	5
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	823	1,422.95/head	1,200.00–1,650.00	1,423	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	725	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	960	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	630	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	220	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,496	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	119.01/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,116	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	133.98/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,384	4
Bulls	—	—	1,995	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,389	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	211.38/cwt	206.00–218.00	3,488	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	173.92/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,744	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	512.52/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,886	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	472.52/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	395.73/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,085	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	413.59/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,159	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	418.41/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	364.91/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	302.48/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	437.49/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,872	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	327.51/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	476	400.24/cwt	387.00–415.00	1,905	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	410.16/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,371	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,576	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	372.43/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,190	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	401.18/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,038	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	3,100.83/head	2,950.00–3,150.00	3,101	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	205.62/cwt	200.00–213.00	2,519	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,076.52/head	1,500.00–2,550.00	2,077	4
Bulls	—	—	1,650	188.86/cwt	181.00–196.00	3,116	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,695	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	189.16/cwt	175.00–202.00	2,569	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,490	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,026	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	156.15/cwt	146.00–168.00	1,451	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	175.59/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,025	2

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 Jul 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 171Last week 280Year ago 605

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 47Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 34Year ago 49

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	470.00–475.00	472.52
4	400–450	429	480.00–490.00	484.90
4	450–500	484	457.50–480.00	472.02
6	500–550	529	417.50–440.00	426.16
3	550–600	577	415.00–420.00	418.41
5	600–650	621	350.00–380.00	361.96
3	650–700	680	350.00	350.00
2	700–750	723	320.00–325.00	322.49
1	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	975	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	312	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	362	515.00–525.00	521.54
1	600–650	630	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	508	390.00–415.00	401.18
2	550–600	588	355.00–390.00	372.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	650.00	650.00
2	300–350	310	520.00–535.00	527.62
1	400–450	425	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	485.00	485.00
8	400–450	428	420.00–445.00	437.49
3	450–500	453	450.00	450.00
7	500–550	527	385.00–400.00	395.73
2	550–600	570	355.00–375.00	364.91
5	600–650	615	340.00–365.00	356.93
2	800–850	805	300.00–305.00	302.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
8	450–500	476	387.00–415.00	400.24
2	550–600	585	340.00–350.00	345.00
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	790	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	522	405.00–415.00	413.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	510.00–515.00	512.52
2	400–450	440	470.00	470.00
4	450–500	466	465.00–475.00	470.10
5	500–550	536	430.00–460.00	441.65
13	550–600	573	450.00	450.00
3	600–650	620	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	700	355.00	355.00
4	750–800	789	320.00–330.00	327.51
1	900–950	920	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	680.00	680.00
1	300–350	340	530.00	530.00
3	350–400	361	530.00–545.00	534.84
4	400–450	447	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	460	500.00	500.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	578	405.00–415.00	410.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	606	425.00	425.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,126	2,025.00–2,400.00	2,272.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,210	2,950.00–3,150.00	3,100.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	3,450.00	3,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	2,950.00	2,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	3,200.00	3,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,130	1,500.00–2,550.00	2,076.52
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	823	1,200.00–1,650.00	1,422.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,400.00	1,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	200.00–213.00	205.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	115.00–122.00	119.01
4	—	1,033	131.00–136.00	133.98
4	—	929	146.00–168.00	156.15
2	—	1,153	171.00–180.00	175.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	170.00–178.00	173.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	150.00	150.00
5	—	1,358	175.00–202.00	189.16
1	—	1,490	136.00	136.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,995	220.00	220.00
6	—	1,650	206.00–218.00	211.38
2	—	1,650	181.00–196.00	188.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	220.00	220.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY

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