Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-21

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.59/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −130.33 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$340.59

152 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.48

vs KY average

−16.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	340.59	1,897	152

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

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 sale152 hd

340.59

—

KY average25 barns · 1,285 hd

343.07

−2.48

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−16.57

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−130.33

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

51 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 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	251.91/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,824	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	355.73/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,857	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	856	257.83/cwt	257.50–258.00	2,207	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	910	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	293.39/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	784	274.33/cwt	272.50–282.50	2,151	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	410.00/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	766	239.38/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	288.02/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,961	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	317.45/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,838	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	242.50/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,785	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	287.65/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,783	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	258.73/cwt	255.00–260.00	2,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	336.94/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	476	376.01/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,790	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	480	365.99/cwt	345.00–395.00	1,757	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	418	396.67/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,658	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	311.30/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,771	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	310.43/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,064	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	248.71/cwt	242.50–252.50	2,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	297.14/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,139	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	344.67/cwt	332.50–360.00	1,978	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	824	263.90/cwt	255.00–267.50	2,175	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	273.64/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,833	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	814	237.35/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,932	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	859	226.14/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	282.26/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,778	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	996	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	911	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	262.89/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,782	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	323.09/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,541	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	322.07/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,035	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	257.56/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	240.51/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,878	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	285.24/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,669	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	317.97/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,707	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	316.20/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,707	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	213.00/cwt	200.00–220.00	2,151	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 Mar 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,110Last week 331Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	537	310.00–330.00	317.97
45	550–600	569	300.00–317.50	311.30
51	600–650	630	272.50–285.00	282.26
27	650–700	670	270.00–280.00	273.64
88	700–750	724	250.00–260.00	251.91
15	800–850	814	235.00–240.00	237.35
9	850–900	859	225.00–230.00	226.14
3	900–950	911	227.50	227.50
3	950–1000	996	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	485	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
13	450–500	477	310.00–330.00	323.09
3	500–550	522	290.00–295.00	293.39
11	550–600	585	275.00–290.00	285.24
2	600–650	635	250.00–265.00	257.56
23	650–700	678	257.50–267.50	262.89
11	700–750	736	235.00–247.50	242.50
24	750–800	781	240.00–242.50	240.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
25	400–450	418	365.00–405.00	396.67
29	450–500	480	345.00–395.00	365.99
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	522	335.00–375.00	355.73
65	550–600	574	332.50–360.00	344.67
105	600–650	632	310.00–330.00	322.07
75	650–700	665	300.00–325.00	310.43
77	700–750	720	280.00–305.00	297.14
46	750–800	784	272.50–282.50	274.33
47	800–850	824	255.00–267.50	263.90
15	850–900	856	257.50–258.00	257.83
10	900–950	910	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	665	250.00–255.00	252.50
8	750–800	766	235.00–240.00	239.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	420	390.00–420.00	410.00
9	450–500	476	372.50–385.00	376.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	430	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	467	315.00–350.00	336.94
10	500–550	540	305.00–325.00	316.20
31	550–600	579	305.00–325.00	317.45
12	600–650	620	280.00–295.00	287.65
34	650–700	681	280.00–290.00	288.02
1	700–750	730	275.00	275.00
4	750–800	775	255.00–260.00	258.73
4	800–850	814	242.50–252.50	248.71
5	1000–1050	1,010	200.00–220.00	213.00

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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