Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.36/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −59.57 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$411.36

122 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$61.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.18

vs KY average

−57.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	411.86	2,348	121
Medium and Large 2	590	350.00	2,065	1thin

One grade step is worth $61.86/cwt here — about $283 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 sale122 hd

411.36

—

KY average24 barns · 850 hd

399.17

+12.18

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−57.68

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−59.57

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

40 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	Large 1-2	900–950	920	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	468	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,059	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,176	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	442	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,100	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	320.03/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	335.98/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,278	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,412	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	431.20/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,057	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	420.06/cwt	405.00–427.50	1,987	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	453.43/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,732	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	426.24/cwt	425.00–427.50	2,246	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	336.02/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,954	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	376.26/cwt	362.50–382.50	2,145	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	399.17/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,275	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	413.98/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,426	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	443.27/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,287	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,250	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	382.75/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,075	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	352.42/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,707	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	944	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,926	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	361.12/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,622	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	374.59/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,671	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	410.78/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,157	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	442.69/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	392.65/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,513	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,656	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 Oct 17, 2025

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

Receipts 481Last week 553Year ago 408

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	920	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	442	475.00	475.00
9	450–500	458	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	430.00–455.00	442.69
2	350–400	368	450.00	450.00
14	450–500	477	420.00–445.00	431.20
6	500–550	527	425.00–427.50	426.24
46	550–600	570	380.00–405.00	399.17
21	600–650	640	385.00–395.00	392.65
5	650–700	698	380.00	380.00
43	700–750	726	360.00–365.00	361.12
23	750–800	768	340.00–360.00	352.42
2	800–850	830	335.00	335.00
10	850–900	879	330.00–340.00	336.02
7	900–950	944	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	516	440.00–445.00	443.27
57	550–600	586	412.50–420.00	413.98
7	600–650	615	402.50	402.50
12	700–750	713	370.00–375.00	374.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	620	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	695	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	468	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	382	445.00–455.00	453.43
13	450–500	473	405.00–427.50	420.06
11	500–550	542	375.00–385.00	382.75
50	550–600	570	362.50–382.50	376.26
36	600–650	625	360.00	360.00
8	650–700	678	332.50–340.00	335.98
8	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	763	310.00–330.00	320.03
1	800–850	825	300.00	300.00
3	900–950	925	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
2	450–500	457	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	565	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	695	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	525	400.00–420.00	410.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	230.00	230.00

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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