Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.73/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −163.20 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$307.73

116 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$50.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.57

vs KY average

−18.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	309.45	1,709	112
Medium and Large 2-3	574	259.44	1,489	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.01/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

307.73

—

KY average24 barns · 856 hd

302.16

+5.57

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−18.90

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−163.20

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

61 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 2-3	1000–1050	1,045	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,777	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	795	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,789	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	690	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	188.34/cwt	180.00–192.50	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	935	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	574	259.44/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	251.98/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,593	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	297.41/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	636	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	229.58/cwt	229.50–230.00	1,729	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	321.72/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,667	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	337	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,196	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	316.04/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,782	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	255.20/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,866	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	251.21/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,485	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	431	342.55/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,476	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,823	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	242.60/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,536	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	291.75/cwt	287.50–298.00	1,806	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	262.23/cwt	252.50–282.50	1,652	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	338.20/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	303.46/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	293.72/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,707	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	319.13/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,487	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	246.50/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,799	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	300.99/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,592	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	265.55/cwt	252.50–270.00	1,798	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	265.16/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,421	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	327.30/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	225.41/cwt	222.50–226.00	1,722	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	431	324.00/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,396	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	224.82/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,661	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	396	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,346	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	263.73/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,493	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	238.28/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,618	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	762	248.02/cwt	247.00–252.50	1,890	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	477	342.17/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,632	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	284.62/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,355	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	346	386.36/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,337	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	718	233.44/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,676	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	274.20/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,459	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	459	301.73/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,385	15

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 Dec 20, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
4	550–600	574	250.00–267.50	259.44
1	600–650	615	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	685	232.50	232.50
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00
2	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	170.00	170.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	235.00	235.00
3	750–800	795	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	295.00–300.00	297.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	346	385.00–405.00	386.36
1	350–400	355	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	431	340.00–345.00	342.55
8	450–500	477	337.50–345.00	342.17
29	500–550	518	320.00–327.50	321.72
38	550–600	564	302.50–327.50	316.04
48	600–650	619	287.50–298.00	291.75
7	650–700	651	280.00	280.00
78	700–750	731	251.00–261.00	255.20
36	750–800	762	247.00–252.50	248.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
7	350–400	389	335.00–342.50	338.20
6	400–450	427	315.00–335.00	327.30
21	450–500	466	300.00–327.50	319.13
14	500–550	529	290.00–315.00	300.99
31	550–600	581	280.00–300.00	293.72
27	600–650	630	252.50–282.50	262.23
67	650–700	677	252.50–270.00	265.55
4	700–750	730	245.00–247.00	246.50
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
5	800–850	812	235.00	235.00
3	850–900	870	230.00	230.00
6	900–950	940	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	300.00–305.00	303.46
3	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
17	450–500	476	275.00–295.00	284.62
13	500–550	536	255.00–266.00	265.16
12	550–600	591	245.00–254.00	251.21
14	600–650	633	230.00–247.50	242.60
57	650–700	679	230.00–246.00	238.28
13	700–750	739	220.00–227.50	224.82
11	750–800	764	222.50–226.00	225.41
6	800–850	817	212.50	212.50
3	900–950	911	180.00–192.50	188.34
3	1000–1050	1,025	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	636	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	660	222.50	222.50
1	900–950	935	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	337	355.00	355.00
5	350–400	396	340.00	340.00
18	400–450	431	315.00–327.50	324.00
15	450–500	459	300.00–305.00	301.73
65	500–550	532	270.00–282.50	274.20
19	550–600	566	262.50–265.00	263.73
25	600–650	632	250.00–256.00	251.98
36	700–750	718	230.00–236.00	233.44
19	750–800	753	229.50–230.00	229.58

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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