Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2025-05-13

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, May 13
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
72 vs last sale 499 144 vs year ago 283 · +50.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
41 vs last sale 149 74 vs year ago 34 · +217.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
4 vs last sale 55 19 vs year ago 32 · +59.4%
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 steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.40/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 69.49 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.
Average price
$323.40
54 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$36.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.98
vs KY average
16.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529326.271,72448
Medium 1-2523302.501,5825thin
Medium and Large 2-3520290.001,5081thin
One grade step is worth $36.27/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale54 hd
323.40
KY average27 barns · 1,446 hd
331.38
−7.98
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−16.48
This barn, trailing median29 sales
392.89
−69.49
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
BullsLow1,673177.572,97012
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,566148.482,3259thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203144.941,74440
CowsLean 85-90%Average951119.931,14118

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,135$2,9002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,231$1,9109
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,213$1,8243thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,225$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$1,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,345$1,7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,235$1,7252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)805$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,020$1,5251thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,360$2,6967
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,070$2,5502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,225$2,1404thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)840$2,1501thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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 1-2Fancy450–500463374.87/cwt365.00–385.001,7366
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300270500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350312505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550509349.97/cwt340.00–360.001,7816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900890220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650611322.60/cwt320.00–330.001,9714
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350320470.75/cwt460.00–490.001,5065
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400366447.05/cwt440.00–455.001,63610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550528326.87/cwt315.00–335.001,72610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450430392.45/cwt360.00–410.001,68810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350322435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4017
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600571336.98/cwt330.00–345.001,92411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450424417.05/cwt415.00–420.001,7685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900853212.48/cwt205.00–220.001,8122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850845247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600582313.88/cwt300.00–320.001,82711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565313.17/cwt300.00–320.001,76910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500450390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400387426.85/cwt400.00–435.001,6528
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,005170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375406.37/cwt385.00–415.001,52415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950925220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475364.48/cwt345.00–380.001,73111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300260465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480340.64/cwt325.00–355.001,63524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550514326.18/cwt310.00–330.001,67727
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750735305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy650–700660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350321434.35/cwt400.00–450.001,3944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300271450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400365420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450429399.53/cwt390.00–405.001,7148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400380460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2502,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1052,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2882,672.32/head2,450.00–2,900.002,6723
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2652,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-28402,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28051,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2311,910.24/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9109
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2131,824.45/head1,550.00–2,150.001,8243
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0201,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3451,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,517156.34/cwt154.00–160.002,3723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590144.55/cwt135.00–150.002,2986
CowsBoner 80-85%1,222141.53/cwt130.00–152.001,72923
Bulls1,175137.76/cwt135.00–140.001,6192
CowsLean 85-90%984127.52/cwt120.00–135.001,2558
CowsLean 85-90%90390.00/cwt90.00–90.008132
CowsLean 85-90%902111.93/cwt100.00–117.001,0106
CowsLean 85-90%1,018143.49/cwt142.00–145.001,4612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258127.24/cwt122.00–130.001,6016
CowsBoner 80-85%1,133161.73/cwt152.00–175.001,83211
Bulls1,805191.67/cwt185.00–211.003,4607
Bulls1,695171.21/cwt165.00–180.002,9023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7252
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2452,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2832183.94/cwt160.00–206.001,5308
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1352,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9002
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550523302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5825
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500460295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3571
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4731
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900890185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6471
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250220300.00/cwt300.00–300.006601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4682,750.85/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2552,179.38/head1,900.00–2,450.002,1792
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850830192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,5983
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500491340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6697
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550520290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5081
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400395330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3041
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650628316.10/cwt315.00–317.501,9857
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250243434.74/cwt410.00–460.001,0562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250218412.52/cwt390.00–430.008993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700680290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616300.45/cwt290.00–305.001,85111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718305.58/cwt280.00–315.002,19413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300277431.39/cwt420.00–445.001,1953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656318.35/cwt305.00–325.002,0883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300280410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569339.23/cwt330.00–350.001,9305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600562375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350323437.36/cwt435.00–440.001,4132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600560335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800765298.28/cwt295.00–300.002,2823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433381.71/cwt365.00–387.501,6539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427415.68/cwt395.00–435.001,77511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550528338.75/cwt335.00–342.501,78910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473379.86/cwt375.00–385.001,7976
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621329.42/cwt325.00–335.002,0469
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750730290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350333408.78/cwt385.00–420.001,36113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550517385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,99011
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800775230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7832
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3141
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500472335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5813
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350345375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525350.32/cwt330.00–365.001,83910

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.