Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.12/cwt on 210 head, up $11.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +6.20 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$477.12

▲ 11.58 vs prior sale

210 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$659

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

$72.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.97

vs KY average

+5.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	477.85	2,684	206
Medium and Large 2	540	455.00	2,457	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	522	450.00	2,349	2thin
Medium 1-2	500	405.00	2,025	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.85/cwt here — about $659 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 sale210 hd

477.12

—

KY average25 barns · 983 hd

485.09

−7.97

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+5.00

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

+6.20

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

52 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	950–1000	954	309.39/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,952	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	668.76/cwt	655.00–685.00	1,826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	457.52/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,800	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	481.87/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,737	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	348.35/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,052	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	525.19/cwt	505.00–535.00	2,468	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	311.19/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	548.79/cwt	535.00–580.00	2,360	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	445.88/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,617	49
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	500	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	369.23/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,651	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	328.49/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,677	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	318.65/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,874	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	420.77/cwt	414.00–425.00	2,348	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	531.21/cwt	480.00–545.00	1,918	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	417.58/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,602	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	709	330.55/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,344	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	432.69/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,241	50
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	850	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	451.95/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,138	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	372.02/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,329	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	412.13/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,221	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	422	528.69/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,231	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	269	621.59/cwt	615.00–630.00	1,672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	331.92/cwt	310.00–334.00	2,396	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,489	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,345	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	392.11/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,231	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	553.07/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	301.39/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,279	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	329	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,974	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	388.58/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,607	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,757	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,692	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	608.56/cwt	580.00–650.00	1,978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	484.22/cwt	455.00–505.00	2,562	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	702	396.24/cwt	384.00–406.00	2,782	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,997	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	350.80/cwt	332.50–365.00	2,368	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	284.70/cwt	270.00–300.00	2,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	217	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	601	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,968	3

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 Mar 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,181Last week 664Year ago 1,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	655.00–685.00	668.76
3	300–350	325	580.00–650.00	608.56
25	400–450	430	535.00–580.00	548.79
14	450–500	470	505.00–535.00	525.19
29	500–550	529	455.00–505.00	484.22
49	550–600	587	420.00–465.00	445.88
27	600–650	623	400.00–435.00	417.58
48	650–700	671	380.00–397.50	388.58
32	700–750	718	350.00–377.50	369.23
6	750–800	773	345.00–350.00	348.35
17	800–850	815	325.00–330.00	328.49
4	850–900	876	305.00–315.00	311.19
30	900–950	902	300.00–320.00	318.65
8	950–1000	954	300.00–312.50	309.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	600.00	600.00
18	500–550	508	530.00	530.00
110	550–600	568	470.00–495.00	481.87
48	600–650	612	450.00–460.00	457.52
27	650–700	685	402.50	402.50
131	700–750	702	384.00–406.00	396.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	540	455.00	455.00
1	650–700	695	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	522	450.00	450.00
8	700–750	709	300.00–335.00	330.55
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	500	405.00	405.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	329	600.00	600.00
32	400–450	422	500.00–545.00	528.69
23	450–500	465	490.00	490.00
50	500–550	518	425.00–450.00	432.69
37	550–600	558	414.00–425.00	420.77
39	600–650	617	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	217	635.00	635.00
5	250–300	269	615.00–630.00	621.59
6	300–350	321	530.00–560.00	553.07
10	350–400	361	480.00–545.00	531.21
10	400–450	439	455.00	455.00
18	450–500	473	420.00–465.00	451.95
12	500–550	539	395.00–420.00	412.13
48	550–600	569	370.00–405.00	392.11
22	600–650	626	340.00–375.00	372.02
80	650–700	675	332.50–365.00	350.80
57	700–750	722	310.00–334.00	331.92
16	750–800	790	315.00	315.00
7	800–850	827	300.00–310.00	301.39
2	850–900	873	270.00–300.00	284.70
2	900–950	932	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	601	327.50	327.50

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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