Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.60/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −68.32 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$402.60

46 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,220

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$53.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.48

vs KY average

−2.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	403.77	2,222	45
Medium 1-2	595	350.00	2,083	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.77/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale46 hd

402.60

—

KY average24 barns · 1,187 hd

388.12

+14.48

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−2.04

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−68.32

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

43 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 1-2	200–250	240	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	362.08/cwt	352.50–375.00	2,759	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	391.66/cwt	372.50–402.50	2,440	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	341.48/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,851	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	356.93/cwt	345.00–377.50	2,227	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	360.25/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,587	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	373.81/cwt	355.00–382.50	2,534	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	409.59/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,183	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	378.13/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,133	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	434.94/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	334.58/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,282	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,545	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,885	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,094	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	895	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,864	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	615	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	419.50/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,770	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,118	251.26/cwt	250.00–252.50	2,809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	400.24/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,245	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	422.55/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,020	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	489.89/cwt	445.00–500.00	1,817	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	807	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	867	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	299.18/cwt	295.00–307.50	2,579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	476.45/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,610	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	389.98/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,876	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	323.21/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,508	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	252.28/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1

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 Sep 19, 2025

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

Receipts 553Last week 1,057Year ago 755

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	300	505.00	505.00
11	350–400	371	445.00–500.00	489.89
2	400–450	415	430.00–440.00	434.94
8	450–500	478	400.00–440.00	422.55
17	500–550	533	400.00–420.00	409.59
28	550–600	561	390.00–405.00	400.24
78	600–650	623	372.50–402.50	391.66
19	650–700	678	355.00–382.50	373.81
26	700–750	718	350.00–365.00	360.25
49	750–800	762	352.50–375.00	362.08
32	800–850	835	330.00–355.00	341.48
8	850–900	885	326.00	326.00
4	900–950	910	317.50	317.50
1	950–1000	965	300.00	300.00
2	1100–1150	1,118	250.00–252.50	251.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	670	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	807	320.00	320.00
2	850–900	867	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	362.50	362.50
1	850–900	895	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	440.00–480.00	476.45
13	400–450	422	405.00–435.00	419.50
11	450–500	481	387.50–392.50	389.98
4	500–550	537	390.00	390.00
57	550–600	564	365.00–390.00	378.13
53	600–650	624	345.00–377.50	356.93
41	650–700	682	330.00–340.00	334.58
6	700–750	738	322.50	322.50
21	750–800	776	312.50–325.00	323.21
11	800–850	821	310.00	310.00
6	850–900	862	295.00–307.50	299.18
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	582	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	723	240.00–265.00	252.28

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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