Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.39/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −160.54 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$310.39

116 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$50.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.02

vs KY average

−5.68 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	312.57	1,675	111
Medium and Large 2-3	533	261.89	1,395	5thin

One grade step is worth $50.68/cwt here — about $280 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.43, low $406.23, median $470.93 across 6 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 sale116 hd

310.39

—

KY average26 barns · 1,550 hd

303.37

+7.02

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−5.68

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−160.54

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	288.34/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,796	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	321.90/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,680	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	244.00/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,593	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	837	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,758	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	368	334.96/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,233	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	275.10/cwt	267.00–281.00	1,453	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	269.41/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,805	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	312.11/cwt	306.00–317.50	1,751	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	247.78/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,898	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	815	236.32/cwt	236.00–237.50	1,926	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	341	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	262.00/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,504	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	221.95/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,585	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,538	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	259.81/cwt	230.00–275.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	647	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,320	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	502	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	282.77/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	697	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,603	2
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	817	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,797	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	686	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	225.62/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,514	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	256.04/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,482	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	233.90/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	210.45/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	228.07/cwt	222.50–229.00	1,453	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	250.06/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	259.62/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,786	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	229.32/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,896	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	293.03/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,521	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	235.76/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,820	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	203.58/cwt	202.00–207.50	1,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	289.35/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,638	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	219.80/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	309.52/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	299	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,076	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	293.77/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,345	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	445	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,368	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	910	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	281.03/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,338	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	211.82/cwt	211.00–212.50	1,635	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	318.30/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,458	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	408	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,469	9

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 - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Ledbetter, KY

Fri Mar 15, 2024

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

Receipts 951Last week 1,448Year ago 1,347

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	408	360.00	360.00
9	450–500	458	315.00–320.00	318.30
55	500–550	522	300.00–326.00	321.90
32	550–600	561	306.00–317.50	312.11
125	600–650	623	280.00–300.00	288.34
37	650–700	670	268.00–277.00	269.41
4	700–750	741	245.00	245.00
27	750–800	766	246.00–248.00	247.78
23	800–850	815	236.00–237.50	236.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	230.00–275.00	259.81
2	550–600	555	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	660	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	697	230.00	230.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	817	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	305.00–312.50	309.52
16	500–550	519	290.00–305.00	293.03
8	550–600	566	285.00–290.00	289.35
53	650–700	688	250.00–267.00	259.62
9	700–750	706	230.00–240.00	233.90
13	750–800	772	225.00–240.00	235.76
31	800–850	827	227.00–230.00	229.32
7	850–900	866	210.00–222.50	219.80
8	900–950	916	200.00–214.00	210.45
1	1000–1050	1,000	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	299	360.00	360.00
26	350–400	368	315.00–340.00	334.96
8	400–450	445	307.50	307.50
8	450–500	458	292.50–297.50	293.77
23	500–550	528	267.00–281.00	275.10
47	550–600	574	260.00–267.00	262.00
35	600–650	603	255.00	255.00
20	650–700	653	240.00–245.00	244.00
41	700–750	714	220.00–223.00	221.95
14	800–850	837	210.00	210.00
4	900–950	910	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	341	277.50	277.50
1	350–400	355	270.00	270.00
2	450–500	463	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	502	200.00	200.00
9	600–650	647	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	330.00	330.00
3	300–350	345	302.50	302.50
1	350–400	370	287.50	287.50
2	400–450	420	275.00–290.00	282.77
19	450–500	476	270.00–285.00	281.03
5	500–550	530	245.00–257.50	250.06
51	550–600	579	245.00–259.00	256.04
7	600–650	637	222.50–229.00	228.07
66	650–700	671	215.00–233.00	225.62
13	750–800	772	211.00–212.50	211.82
7	800–850	809	202.00–207.50	203.58
2	850–900	857	202.50	202.50
8	900–950	922	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	686	210.00	210.00

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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