Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $465.54/cwt on 64 head, up $23.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −5.38 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$465.54

▲ 23.07 vs prior sale

64 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.97

vs KY average

−21.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	465.54	2,598	64

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale64 hd

465.54

—

KY average25 barns · 1,367 hd

468.51

−2.97

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−21.81

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−5.38

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

54 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 1-2	300–350	345	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	303.02/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	326.78/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,366	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,801	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,627	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	426	566.32/cwt	560.00–570.00	2,413	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	818	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,863	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,813	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	523.76/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,037	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,007	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	331.02/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,903	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	506.57/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,659	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,755	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	544.89/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,534	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	368.85/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	532.71/cwt	500.00–565.00	2,067	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,162	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,416	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	353.77/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,399	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	395	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,302	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	360.53/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,304	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	410.52/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,126	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	384.14/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,251	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	376.35/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,375	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	439	502.77/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,207	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	769	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,538	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	841	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,607	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	435.44/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,256	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	443.51/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,555	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	340.20/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,807	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	350.95/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,748	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	424.75/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,684	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	385.97/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,648	28

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 Feb 20, 2026

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

Receipts 664Last week 1,017Year ago 331

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	540.00	540.00
3	350–400	398	470.00	470.00
18	500–550	518	400.00–415.00	410.52
14	550–600	586	380.00–400.00	384.14
29	600–650	639	350.00–365.00	360.53
62	650–700	678	342.50–357.50	353.77
6	700–750	724	310.00–330.00	326.78
6	750–800	789	320.00	320.00
5	800–850	837	300.00–305.00	303.02
6	900–950	904	290.00	290.00
6	950–1000	955	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	495	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	540.00	540.00
20	400–450	439	495.00–515.00	502.77
3	450–500	463	475.00	475.00
9	500–550	518	430.00–440.00	435.44
19	550–600	558	412.50	412.50
30	600–650	631	370.00–380.00	376.35
18	750–800	769	330.00	330.00
10	800–850	841	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	560.00–570.00	566.32
24	450–500	465	530.00–550.00	544.89
19	500–550	525	505.00–515.00	506.57
7	550–600	559	470.00	470.00
13	600–650	625	450.00	450.00
4	650–700	657	410.00	410.00
19	700–750	711	387.50	387.50
45	750–800	778	360.00	360.00
8	800–850	818	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	610.00	610.00
4	350–400	388	500.00–565.00	532.71
4	400–450	443	550.00	550.00
4	450–500	492	520.00–525.00	523.76
1	500–550	520	470.00	470.00
37	550–600	576	425.00–450.00	443.51
33	600–650	632	410.00–435.00	424.75
28	650–700	686	370.00–400.00	385.97
9	700–750	710	365.00–375.00	368.85
34	750–800	783	347.00–355.00	350.95
20	800–850	825	325.00–345.00	340.20
24	850–900	877	330.00–335.00	331.02
1	950–1000	960	300.00	300.00
6	1000–1050	1,037	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	648	395.00	395.00
2	650–700	662	365.00	365.00
2	750–800	782	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	440	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	635	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	730	335.00	335.00

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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