Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2025-03-25

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 25
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
27 vs last sale 370 69 vs year ago 412 · 16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
82 vs last sale 64 63 vs year ago 83 · +75.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
19 vs last sale 28 35 vs year ago 12 · +291.7%
Also sold hereMonthly Feeder Cattle SaleFri May 15, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.08/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 104.82 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.
Average price
$288.08
24 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$363
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.02
vs KY average
33.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537299.111,60518thin
Medium and Large 2528273.331,4433thin
Medium and Large 2-3525236.591,2423thin
One grade step is worth $62.52/cwt here — about $363 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
431396361326median 392.8912/1603/0304/2106/1608/18
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 sale24 hd
288.08
KY average25 barns · 1,488 hd
304.10
−16.02
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−33.66
This barn, trailing median29 sales
392.89
−104.82
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,601153.642,46011
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,499145.132,17617
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,258133.191,67680
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low942104.9198919
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,495170.002,5421thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,203$2,0132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$1,9134thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,174$1,87910
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,232$1,8143thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,135$1,5751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)963$1,5432thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)974$2,1594thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,105$2,0252thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)941$1,7884thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,395$2,7001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,075$2,3453thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,315$2,2251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,005$1,8251thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,020$3,1001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,001$2,0003thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577283.96/cwt275.00–295.001,6385
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200175400.00/cwt400.00–400.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950930200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650628287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250230328.93/cwt320.00–350.007573
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572318.43/cwt305.00–322.501,8216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350321367.11/cwt365.00–375.001,1787
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475344.84/cwt340.00–350.001,6384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400369333.22/cwt325.00–350.001,2308
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850803215.02/cwt210.00–220.001,7272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7354
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500457362.49/cwt357.50–375.001,65713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800773266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,0568
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723228.31/cwt225.00–230.001,6513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400375413.22/cwt390.00–435.001,5503
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750705245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700695290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400375372.79/cwt365.00–385.001,3985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350323394.72/cwt385.00–400.001,27513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685237.54/cwt235.00–240.001,6272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500477333.30/cwt310.00–345.001,59014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250210390.00/cwt390.00–390.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600570335.96/cwt330.00–340.001,9155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427315.02/cwt300.00–325.001,3453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476326.41/cwt310.00–335.001,55411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550516309.18/cwt305.00–315.001,5957
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350315352.55/cwt335.00–365.001,1115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800760210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550527349.16/cwt340.00–365.001,84012
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4762
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550512275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4082
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850830190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5771
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5121
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650620320.58/cwt312.50–325.001,9884
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500465257.98/cwt235.00–280.001,2002
CowsLean 85-90%94584.93/cwt80.00–90.008036
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,478147.49/cwt143.00–161.002,18013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,254129.02/cwt120.00–138.001,61841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0562
Bulls1,549151.83/cwt147.00–155.002,3527
Bulls1,060120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,568137.45/cwt136.00–139.002,1554
CowsBoner 80-85%1,147110.24/cwt105.00–115.001,2646
SteersSelect and Choice1,495170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5421
Bulls1,902169.09/cwt162.00–175.003,2163
CowsLean 85-90%850152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2921
CowsLean 85-90%947103.16/cwt100.00–106.009775
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450410285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1695
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-37651,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
SteersLarge 1-2750–800770250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,291145.94/cwt140.00–152.001,88431
CowsLean 85-90%950116.56/cwt110.00–125.001,1077
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650645290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1201
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850830207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,7221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550525236.59/cwt220.00–245.001,2423
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350320280.00/cwt280.00–280.008961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0752,345.04/head2,050.00–2,550.002,3453
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0432,445.89/head1,900.00–2,675.002,4463
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1741,878.93/head1,500.00–2,400.001,87910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450403404.91/cwt390.00–420.001,6322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750730260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2032,013.15/head1,700.00–2,325.002,0132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2321,814.17/head1,525.00–2,125.001,8143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700685270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300282395.98/cwt390.00–400.001,1176
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800780250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550540290.05/cwt285.00–295.001,5662
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0203,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600583320.86/cwt315.00–325.001,8719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500471375.70/cwt375.00–380.001,7707
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450415359.21/cwt355.00–365.001,49113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450437390.37/cwt375.00–420.001,70617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500463346.84/cwt340.00–352.501,60621
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1052,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300277460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350337446.95/cwt430.00–455.001,5065
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350312441.31/cwt425.00–450.001,3773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400373430.38/cwt420.00–440.001,60519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250245400.00/cwt400.00–400.009801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy850–900870230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0051,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3152,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29411,788.34/head1,675.00–1,825.001,7884
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2805190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5301
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0012,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550530320.08/cwt315.00–325.001,6963
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3952,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0101,913.40/head1,675.00–2,025.001,9134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29631,543.05/head1,500.00–1,575.001,5432

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.