Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $406.23/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −64.70 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$406.23

46 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$444

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

$72.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.27

vs KY average

−37.87 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	407.81	2,270	45
Medium and Large 2-3	545	335.00	1,826	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.81/cwt here — about $444 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 sale46 hd

406.23

—

KY average22 barns · 601 hd

396.95

+9.27

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−37.87

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−64.70

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

45 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 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	368	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	435.00/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	403.40/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	424.39/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,266	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	351.64/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,560	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,498	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	426.19/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,012	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	457.62/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,917	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	370.06/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,505	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	409.79/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,336	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	387.93/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,440	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	443.33/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,367	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	308.39/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,427	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	331.60/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,268	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	356.88/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,152	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	350.12/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,017	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	484	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,178	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	287	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	316.33/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,271	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	327.53/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	548.29/cwt	530.00–555.00	1,727	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	328.89/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,532	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	341.32/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,164	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	272.48/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,379	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	370.73/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,117	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	366.97/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,301	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	405.00/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,855	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	417.51/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,100	12

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 Dec 19, 2025

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

Receipts 501Last week 678Year ago 902

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
4	350–400	368	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	425.00–445.00	435.00
2	350–400	382	435.00	435.00
3	400–450	428	400.00–405.00	403.40
12	450–500	458	395.00–415.00	405.00
2	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
12	550–600	576	340.00–365.00	350.12
42	600–650	634	330.00–347.50	341.32
18	650–700	684	330.00–340.00	331.60
46	700–750	718	310.00–320.00	316.33
22	750–800	787	300.00–325.00	308.39
6	850–900	873	270.00–285.00	272.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	760	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	503	410.00–420.00	417.51
8	600–650	603	355.00–360.00	356.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	593	320.00–335.00	327.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	485.00	485.00
8	400–450	419	450.00–465.00	457.62
17	450–500	472	420.00–435.00	426.19
8	500–550	534	420.00–425.00	424.39
13	550–600	571	360.00–385.00	370.73
35	600–650	627	355.00–380.00	366.97
56	650–700	677	355.00–375.00	370.06
38	700–750	728	340.00–355.00	351.64
7	750–800	770	320.00–342.50	328.89
2	800–850	802	320.00	320.00
2	850–900	860	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	695	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	780	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	440.00–445.00	443.33
15	550–600	570	400.00–420.00	409.79
26	600–650	629	385.00–390.00	387.93
12	650–700	653	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	287	525.00	525.00
16	300–350	315	530.00–555.00	548.29
1	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
9	450–500	484	450.00	450.00

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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