Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $368.63/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −102.30 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$368.63

85 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$46.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.01

vs KY average

−41.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	371.26	2,019	78
Medium and Large 2	579	344.99	1,997	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	595	325.00	1,934	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.26/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale85 hd

368.63

—

KY average25 barns · 851 hd

361.62

+7.01

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−41.45

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−102.30

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

41 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	300–350	327	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	377.48/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,185	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	377.08/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	285.00/cwt	265.00–287.50	2,061	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	281.33/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,332	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	291.02/cwt	285.00–297.50	2,218	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	404.57/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,897	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	295.92/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,997	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	432.19/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,431	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	330.57/cwt	305.00–332.50	1,835	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	427.39/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	320.63/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,978	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	418.00/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,777	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	337.91/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,777	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	366.36/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,070	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	329.38/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,055	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,112	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	305.57/cwt	295.00–312.50	2,344	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	293.42/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,441	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	617	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	288.34/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,099	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	322.83/cwt	317.50–335.00	2,160	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	722	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,090	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	882	264.00/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	376.38/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,931	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	344.99/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,294	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	307.66/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,203	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	343.30/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,644	31

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 Nov 21, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	390.00	390.00
7	350–400	391	375.00–390.00	377.08
4	400–450	416	375.00–380.00	377.48
31	450–500	479	330.00–355.00	343.30
64	500–550	526	322.50–350.00	337.91
38	550–600	555	305.00–332.50	330.57
58	600–650	617	305.00–327.50	320.63
29	650–700	675	285.00–307.50	295.92
12	700–750	723	265.00–287.50	285.00
27	750–800	762	285.00–297.50	291.02
16	800–850	829	275.00–285.00	281.33
4	850–900	892	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	655	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	486	347.50	347.50
1	800–850	835	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	715	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	410.00–435.00	432.19
4	350–400	376	425.00–435.00	427.39
21	400–450	425	405.00–435.00	418.00
11	450–500	469	390.00–417.50	404.57
30	500–550	513	365.00–380.00	376.38
42	550–600	565	350.00–375.00	366.36
39	600–650	624	325.00–335.00	329.38
32	650–700	669	317.50–335.00	322.83
39	700–750	716	302.50–312.50	307.66
63	750–800	767	295.00–312.50	305.57
13	800–850	832	280.00–305.00	293.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
5	550–600	579	335.00–347.50	344.99
3	600–650	621	317.50	317.50
3	700–750	728	285.00–295.00	288.34
5	850–900	882	260.00–265.00	264.00
1	900–950	905	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	617	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	722	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	550	380.00	380.00
19	650–700	665	345.00	345.00

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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