Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.23/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −185.69 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$285.23

47 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$30.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.94

vs KY average

−14.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	286.51	1,557	45
Medium and Large 2-3	523	256.41	1,341	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.10/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale47 hd

285.23

—

KY average26 barns · 1,263 hd

270.29

+14.94

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−14.10

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−185.69

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

34 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 1-2	850–900	875	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	281.50/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,177	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	281.20/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,324	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	256.41/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	803	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	276.84/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,592	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	250	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	313	237.92/cwt	220.00–255.00	745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	231.29/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	240.78/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	245.08/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,539	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	778	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	280.57/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,731	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	256.06/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,498	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	291.85/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,535	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	265.84/cwt	252.00–274.00	1,661	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	245.52/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,748	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,030	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	272.86/cwt	267.00–277.50	1,405	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	318.77/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	262.85/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,748	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	304.68/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,356	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	228.10/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,549	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	224.42/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,625	17

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 Oct 18, 2024

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

Receipts 408Last week 755Year ago 533

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	523	252.50–260.00	256.41
1	600–650	615	247.50	247.50
2	700–750	728	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	778	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	900	180.00	180.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	617	277.50–282.50	280.57
5	800–850	803	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	295.00–312.50	304.68
10	450–500	482	317.50–320.00	318.77
29	500–550	526	285.00–297.50	291.85
16	550–600	575	270.00–284.00	276.84
32	600–650	625	252.00–274.00	265.84
50	650–700	665	255.00–268.00	262.85
27	700–750	712	235.00–251.00	245.52
9	750–800	759	240.00–241.00	240.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	300.00	300.00
8	400–450	418	275.00–295.00	281.50
14	450–500	471	275.00–285.00	281.20
17	500–550	515	267.00–277.50	272.86
48	550–600	585	249.00–265.00	256.06
29	600–650	628	240.00–247.00	245.08
17	650–700	679	223.00–240.00	228.10
17	700–750	724	221.00–225.00	224.42
2	750–800	785	215.00	215.00
2	800–850	845	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	220.00–255.00	237.92
1	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	475	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	535	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	575	230.00–232.50	231.29
1	850–900	885	160.00	160.00

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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