Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2025-04-15

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 15
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
432 head
257 vs last sale 175 37 vs year ago 395 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
2 vs last sale 64 26 vs year ago 88 · 29.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
23 vs last sale 17 25 vs year ago 15 · +166.7%
Also sold hereMonthly Feeder Cattle SaleFri May 15, 2026
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.17/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 100.72 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.
Average price
$292.17
32 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$290
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$60.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.66
vs KY average
29.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548300.431,64623
Medium and Large 2555274.951,5268thin
Medium and Large 2-3565240.001,3561thin
One grade step is worth $60.43/cwt here — about $290 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 sale32 hd
292.17
KY average25 barns · 1,422 hd
312.83
−20.66
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−29.01
This barn, trailing median29 sales
392.89
−100.72
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
BullsAverage1,409149.432,1057thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,412137.751,94513
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,195131.361,56919
CowsLean 85-90%Average989115.201,13923
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,172133.231,5613thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,180$2,1489
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,102$2,1252thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,335$2,0003thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,190$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,208$1,9973thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)880$1,7001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$1,6752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,120$1,5751thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)845$1,2751thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)795$1,6751thin

Every lot, as filed

120 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5101
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6201
SteersMedium and Large 2-3250–300273323.53/cwt310.00–335.008832
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850802165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500482403.36/cwt400.00–405.001,9443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620268.02/cwt250.00–275.001,66215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300278452.66/cwt450.00–455.001,2582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377420.72/cwt410.00–425.001,5868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250208455.18/cwt450.00–460.009472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350310457.50/cwt455.00–460.001,4182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250203419.92/cwt415.00–430.008523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750707280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9806
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350324436.22/cwt425.00–445.001,4138
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445205.00/cwt205.00–205.009121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236130.90/cwt125.00–138.001,6188
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650625265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009751
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450420225.00/cwt225.00–225.009453
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 3300–350320225.00/cwt225.00–225.007201
CowsLean 85-90%1,030120.39/cwt115.00–125.001,2407
CowsLean 85-90%983108.74/cwt102.00–114.001,0693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450405405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400380415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28401,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529353.02/cwt335.00–365.001,86716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638301.62/cwt300.00–305.001,9243
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473368.74/cwt365.00–375.001,74416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550529324.99/cwt310.00–340.001,71919
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800752265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450406395.01/cwt370.00–405.001,6048
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200155400.00/cwt400.00–400.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,040200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585283.75/cwt280.00–285.001,6608
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465349.50/cwt345.00–365.001,62511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900895220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425379.97/cwt365.00–385.001,61520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528308.45/cwt290.00–315.001,62913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650621300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2150–200190400.00/cwt400.00–400.007601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600557334.26/cwt330.00–355.001,8626
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365357.40/cwt355.00–360.001,3052
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450407329.84/cwt320.00–350.001,3423
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520278.62/cwt270.00–285.001,4494
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300293395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1573
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250230360.00/cwt360.00–360.008281
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650643282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8163
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700692272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8862
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750725215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350320285.00/cwt285.00–285.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400360272.50/cwt270.00–275.009812
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500470320.80/cwt300.00–330.001,50812
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600590271.28/cwt260.00–275.001,6014
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5041
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4031
BullsMedium and Large 2-3900–950910170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5471
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450400325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3900–950930185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500487276.64/cwt270.00–280.001,3473
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650610233.03/cwt200.00–265.001,4212
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650615235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4451
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400362344.68/cwt335.00–355.001,2483
CowsLean 85-90%1,020134.78/cwt130.00–150.001,3757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,100117.43/cwt110.00–122.001,2925
Bulls1,150125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4382
Bulls1,500120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8001
Bulls1,735176.14/cwt172.00–180.003,0562
Bulls1,295161.87/cwt160.00–165.002,0962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218143.59/cwt140.00–150.001,7496
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,172133.23/cwt130.00–135.001,5613
CowsLean 85-90%90889.53/cwt85.00–95.008136
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,465141.58/cwt140.00–145.002,0746
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,366134.46/cwt127.00–139.001,8377
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700680283.76/cwt280.00–295.001,9309
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400379389.32/cwt365.00–410.001,47619
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350315370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300270375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0131
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480352.47/cwt350.00–355.001,6922
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600572312.09/cwt300.00–325.001,78514
BullsMedium and Large 1-21100–11501,133212.49/cwt210.00–215.002,4082
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850835200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6701
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433357.54/cwt350.00–365.001,5482
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485344.30/cwt340.00–350.001,6707
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550505280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750723278.30/cwt260.00–282.502,01213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700666267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7825
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250230425.00/cwt425.00–425.009781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650616300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650613327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0089
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28801,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2081,997.31/head1,600.00–2,550.001,9973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250233400.00/cwt400.00–400.009322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550505330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6671
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2995147.65/cwt145.00–150.001,4692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1022,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28451,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,142159.23/cwt140.00–170.001,8183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300278407.84/cwt400.00–415.001,1342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793226.66/cwt225.00–227.501,7973
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400372398.16/cwt385.00–405.001,4818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322398.37/cwt395.00–400.001,2836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427395.92/cwt380.00–405.001,69113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500489367.35/cwt365.00–370.001,79613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1802,147.67/head1,800.00–2,500.002,1489
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400360430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450411416.22/cwt415.00–420.001,7114
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500460270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300270467.64/cwt465.00–470.001,2632
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2787203.62/cwt195.00–216.001,6023
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27951,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751

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.