Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.87/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −126.17 against this barn's trailing median of $410.04.

Average price

$283.87

33 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.52

vs KY average

−13.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	283.87	1,529	33

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.76, low $375.75, median $410.04 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 sale33 hd

283.87

—

KY average11 barns · 212 hd

266.36

+17.52

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−13.96

This barn, trailing median6 sales

410.04

−126.17

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

35 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	850	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	254.11/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	222.59/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,893	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	304.69/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,795	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	809	221.55/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	395	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,353	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,466	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	288.27/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,528	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	827	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,059	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	327.18/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,783	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	313.76/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,365	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,733	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	230.34/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,700	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	267.55/cwt	240.00–277.50	1,525	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	232.62/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	273.62/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,655	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	249.94/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	240.53/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,717	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,651	5

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 Feb 21, 2025

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

Receipts 331Last week 1,500Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	325.00	325.00
3	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
15	400–450	435	305.00–315.00	313.76
6	450–500	478	305.00	305.00
7	550–600	570	240.00–277.50	267.55
3	600–650	630	252.50–257.50	254.11
5	650–700	688	240.00	240.00
12	700–750	738	225.00–232.00	230.34
2	750–800	752	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	875	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	618	215.00–230.00	222.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	342.50	342.50
8	450–500	458	320.00	320.00
26	500–550	530	282.50–295.00	288.27
81	600–650	605	264.00–275.00	273.62
20	650–700	685	253.00	253.00
19	700–750	714	240.00–241.00	240.53
9	800–850	809	220.00–222.00	221.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	470	330.00	330.00
15	500–550	545	322.50–327.50	327.18
18	550–600	589	302.50–312.50	304.69
6	600–650	642	285.00	285.00
6	650–700	666	286.00	286.00
5	700–750	701	270.00	270.00
7	800–850	827	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	623	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	685	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	472	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	572	297.50	297.50
6	750–800	776	245.00–252.50	249.94
5	800–850	815	230.00–236.00	232.62
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	757	180.00	180.00

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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