Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.43/cwt on 138 head, up $8.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 6 comparable sales and sits +14.50 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$485.43

▲ 8.30 vs prior sale

138 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$74.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.86

vs KY average

−2.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	487.33	2,696	134
Medium and Large 2	545	450.00	2,453	1thin
Large 1-2	578	412.50	2,384	3thin

One grade step is worth $74.83/cwt here — about $311 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale138 hd

485.43

—

KY average25 barns · 1,303 hd

483.57

+1.86

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−2.92

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

+14.50

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

49 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 2-3	750–800	790	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	507.01/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,652	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	599.39/cwt	550.00–610.00	2,266	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	466.42/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,868	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	425.61/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,732	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	632	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	429	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	463.01/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,695	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	388.74/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	517.02/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,482	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	600.54/cwt	585.00–610.00	1,946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	496.03/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,758	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	371.41/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,685	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	492	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	426.80/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,254	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	359.65/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,442	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	531.29/cwt	520.00–545.00	1,998	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	399.67/cwt	393.00–410.00	2,346	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	342.87/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,462	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	309.02/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,580	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	501.37/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,397	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	365.83/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,338	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	452.53/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,150	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	327	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,011	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	496.26/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,074	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,293	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	506	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	804	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	367.26/cwt	366.00–370.00	2,442	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,432	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	378	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,192	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	358.15/cwt	342.50–375.00	2,761	49
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,384	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	812	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	557.32/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,463	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	387.13/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,377	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	402.03/cwt	385.00–425.00	2,758	21

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 Apr 17, 2026

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

Receipts 848Last week 1,181Year ago 681

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	632	380.00	380.00
10	650–700	685	355.00	355.00
1	750–800	790	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	286	700.00	700.00
6	300–350	324	585.00–610.00	600.54
33	350–400	378	550.00–610.00	599.39
24	400–450	442	550.00–560.00	557.32
22	450–500	480	490.00–535.00	517.02
52	500–550	523	500.00–520.00	507.01
57	550–600	582	445.00–485.00	463.01
47	600–650	642	405.00–440.00	425.61
21	650–700	686	385.00–425.00	402.03
7	700–750	723	370.00–375.00	371.41
49	750–800	771	342.50–375.00	358.15
3	850–900	871	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	580.00	580.00
5	450–500	492	540.00	540.00
5	500–550	527	525.00	525.00
20	550–600	556	490.00–500.00	496.03
55	600–650	615	455.00–475.00	466.42
12	700–750	725	387.50–390.00	388.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	450.00	450.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	412.50	412.50
1	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
5	800–850	812	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	555.00	555.00
14	350–400	376	520.00–545.00	531.29
9	400–450	418	480.00–505.00	496.26
30	450–500	475	440.00–485.00	452.53
33	500–550	528	405.00–445.00	426.80
45	550–600	587	393.00–410.00	399.67
16	600–650	639	350.00–375.00	365.83
17	650–700	679	340.00–365.00	359.65
48	700–750	718	335.00–347.50	342.87
7	750–800	782	327.50	327.50
24	800–850	835	300.00–320.00	309.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	482	415.00	415.00
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	327	615.00	615.00
6	350–400	378	580.00	580.00
13	400–450	443	517.50	517.50
14	450–500	478	495.00–510.00	501.37
3	500–550	506	465.00	465.00
2	550–600	567	430.00	430.00
18	600–650	614	380.00–390.00	387.13
51	650–700	665	366.00–370.00	367.26
9	800–850	804	330.00	330.00

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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