Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-16

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.79/cwt on 209 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −105.13 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$365.79

209 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$43.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.89

vs KY average

−18.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	367.21	2,077	202
Large 1-2	595	330.00	1,964	1thin
Medium and Large 2	582	324.16	1,887	6thin

One grade step is worth $43.05/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale209 hd

365.79

—

KY average26 barns · 1,319 hd

371.68

−5.89

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−18.81

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−105.13

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 1-2	350–400	384	414.88/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,593	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	306.37/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,912	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	361.85/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,737	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	395.54/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,693	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	439.90/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,614	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	407	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	331.64/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,255	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	299.99/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,998	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	373.28/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	324.16/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	769	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,057	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	436	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,766	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	412.30/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,435	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	355.91/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,093	139
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	347.74/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,146	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	707	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,280	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	338.36/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,081	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	205.96/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	901	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	352	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	325.04/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,849	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	346	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,661	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	200–250	225	510.22/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	295.05/cwt	292.50–300.00	2,316	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	428.02/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,862	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	405.72/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,049	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	330.69/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,739	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	328.34/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,023	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	364.45/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,917	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	365	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	298.13/cwt	285.00–302.50	2,141	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	351.88/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,657	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,136	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	404.20/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,956	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	315.33/cwt	295.00–325.00	2,141	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	343.79/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,808	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,916	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	956	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	597	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,701	2

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 May 16, 2025

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

Receipts 1,057Last week 681Year ago 1,436

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	390.00	390.00
1	250–300	295	405.00	405.00
11	300–350	348	405.00–415.00	412.30
30	350–400	384	405.00–420.00	414.88
18	400–450	428	390.00–400.00	395.54
24	450–500	471	340.00–355.00	351.88
22	500–550	526	315.00–337.50	330.69
96	550–600	569	300.00–330.00	325.04
37	600–650	624	295.00–317.50	306.37
77	650–700	666	285.00–302.00	299.99
5	700–750	737	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	755	255.00	255.00
5	850–900	856	200.00–215.00	205.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	352	425.00	425.00
18	400–450	436	405.00	405.00
23	450–500	480	360.00–362.50	361.85
43	500–550	526	340.00–347.50	343.79
24	600–650	616	320.00–330.00	328.34
15	750–800	769	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	625	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	540	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	597	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	410.00–450.00	439.90
16	400–450	435	425.00–435.00	428.02
36	450–500	484	395.00–415.00	404.20
17	500–550	526	350.00–377.50	364.45
139	550–600	588	350.00–367.50	355.91
74	600–650	615	325.00–342.50	338.36
15	650–700	679	295.00–325.00	315.33
20	700–750	718	285.00–302.50	298.13
37	750–800	785	292.50–300.00	295.05
1	1050–1100	1,090	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	505.00–515.00	510.22
6	300–350	346	480.00	480.00
5	350–400	365	465.00	465.00
7	400–450	407	465.00	465.00
5	450–500	457	425.00	425.00
40	500–550	505	395.00–410.00	405.72
6	550–600	562	380.00	380.00
9	600–650	617	345.00–350.00	347.74
45	650–700	680	330.00–335.00	331.64
27	700–750	707	322.50	322.50
3	900–950	901	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	370.00–375.00	373.28
6	550–600	582	320.00–330.00	324.16
1	650–700	695	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	330.00	330.00

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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