Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.81/cwt on 19 head, down $19.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 29 comparable sales and sits +4.92 against this barn's trailing median of $392.89.

Average price

$397.81

▼ 19.45 vs prior sale

19 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$74.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.04

vs KY average

−29.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	410.90	2,204	15thin
Medium and Large 2	505	385.00	1,944	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	556	336.67	1,873	3thin

One grade step is worth $74.23/cwt here — about $331 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

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 sale19 hd

397.81

—

KY average26 barns · 1,286 hd

414.85

−17.04

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−29.58

This barn, trailing median29 sales

392.89

+4.92

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	1,628	203.52	3,313	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,529	174.29	2,665	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,172	164.84	1,931	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	939	125.69	1,180	11

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,772	$3,100	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,685	$2,650	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,470	$2,592	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,301	$2,353	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,375	$2,325	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	882	$2,574	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,025	$2,650	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,520	$3,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,470	$3,400	3thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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 2-3	550–600	575	316.37/cwt	285.00–350.00	1,819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	526.07/cwt	515.00–535.00	2,736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	418.50/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,172	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	456	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,212	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	442.60/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	424.01/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	558.61/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	518.20/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,933	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	357	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	312.64/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	415.75/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,987	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	389.99/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	263	701.17/cwt	670.00–710.00	1,844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	303	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,106	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	477.39/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,010	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	524.68/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,020	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	469.82/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	528.04/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	614.26/cwt	605.00–615.00	2,316	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	615.39/cwt	600.00–660.00	2,006	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	739.07/cwt	710.00–760.00	1,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	505.00/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	521.27/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,398	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	458.45/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,595	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	499.75/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,114	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	603.39/cwt	560.00–625.00	1,925	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	408	547.81/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,235	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	568	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,570	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	125.30/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,148	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	862	104.23/cwt	92.00–112.00	898	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,744	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	179.68/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,771	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	181.41/cwt	171.50–193.00	2,215	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	159.90/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,840	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	167.55/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,535	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,619	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	135.24/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,355	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,367	1
Bulls	—	—	1,588	205.50/cwt	192.00–210.00	3,263	4
Bulls	—	—	1,438	177.14/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,547	2
Bulls	—	—	1,898	225.93/cwt	225.00–227.00	4,288	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,466.81/head	2,125.00–2,625.00	2,467	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	865	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,685	2,649.55/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,650	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	219.41/cwt	198.00–275.00	2,468	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	2,592.21/head	2,350.00–2,875.00	2,592	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	2,574.39/head	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,574	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,066	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,772	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	383	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,972	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	434.07/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,466	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,060	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,172	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	458.65/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,426	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	489.12/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,294	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	319.94/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	532.33/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	366.24/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	358.30/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,282	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	517.55/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	562.24/cwt	545.00–570.00	2,047	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	659.91/cwt	650.00–670.00	1,934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	445.16/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,083	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	252.64/cwt	230.00–275.00	2,097	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 Apr 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 408Last week 745Year ago 432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 57Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 53Year ago 40

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	520.00	520.00
2	300–350	340	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	575	285.00–350.00	316.37
1	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	520	515.00–535.00	526.07
2	650–700	662	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	695.00	695.00
2	350–400	357	640.00	640.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	710.00–760.00	739.07
5	250–300	263	670.00–710.00	701.17
13	300–350	326	600.00–660.00	615.39
13	350–400	377	605.00–615.00	614.26
3	400–450	422	520.00–540.00	528.04
19	450–500	460	500.00–525.00	521.27
2	500–550	515	500.00–510.00	505.00
11	550–600	566	445.00–465.00	458.45
4	850–900	866	320.00	320.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	500.00–550.00	524.68
4	450–500	474	460.00–490.00	469.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	640.00	640.00
7	300–350	340	550.00–560.00	558.61
19	350–400	373	495.00–535.00	518.20
14	400–450	421	465.00–505.00	477.39
24	450–500	468	430.00–470.00	445.16
11	500–550	519	405.00–430.00	418.50
4	550–600	584	385.00–395.00	389.99
3	600–650	637	355.00–365.00	358.30
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	700	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	795	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	456	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	380	400.00–450.00	424.01
1	400–450	420	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	567	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	678	300.00–325.00	312.64
1	700–750	735	255.00	255.00
2	800–850	830	230.00–275.00	252.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	370	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	423	440.00–445.00	442.60
6	450–500	478	410.00–425.00	415.75
1	500–550	505	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	650.00–670.00	659.91
6	300–350	319	560.00–625.00	603.39
11	350–400	364	545.00–570.00	562.24
12	400–450	423	475.00–530.00	499.75
12	450–500	469	480.00–495.00	489.12
20	500–550	529	445.00–470.00	458.65
8	550–600	568	410.00–450.00	434.07
2	600–650	602	425.00	425.00
4	650–700	680	360.00–375.00	366.24
1	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	408	540.00–550.00	547.81
18	550–600	568	452.50	452.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	530.00–535.00	532.33
3	350–400	383	515.00	515.00
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	628	315.00–325.00	319.94
1	1050–1100	1,060	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	515.00–520.00	517.55
1	400–450	440	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	505	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	555	375.00	375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	916	122.00–128.00	125.30
3	—	862	92.00–112.00	104.23
1	—	1,070	163.00	163.00
3	—	1,002	130.00–142.00	135.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,542	174.00–184.00	179.68
4	—	1,513	165.00–170.00	167.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,221	171.50–193.00	181.41
11	—	1,151	150.00–166.00	159.90
1	—	1,165	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,060	129.00	129.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,588	192.00–210.00	205.50
2	—	1,438	175.00–179.00	177.14
2	—	1,898	225.00–227.00	225.93

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,410	2,125.00–2,625.00	2,466.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,685	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,649.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,470	2,350.00–2,875.00	2,592.21
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,375	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,772	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	1,900.00	1,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,125	198.00–275.00	219.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	285.00	285.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	882	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,574.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,520	3,700.00	3,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,470	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,175	2,400.00	2,400.00

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Ledbetter, KY

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