Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.97/cwt on 71 head, down $117.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −117.35 against this barn's trailing median of $476.31.

Average price

$358.97

▼ 117.35 vs prior sale

71 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−28.79

vs KY average

−44.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	358.97	2,050	71

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.43, low $358.97, median $476.31 across 5 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 sale71 hd

358.97

—

KY average25 barns · 790 hd

387.76

−28.79

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−44.39

This barn, trailing median5 sales

476.31

−117.35

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

30 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	400–450	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	356.64/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,430	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,436	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	417.69/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,579	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	371.73/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,714	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,214	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	410.41/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,921	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	326.38/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,030	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	302.67/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,297	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	325.16/cwt	307.50–330.00	2,146	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	327.92/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,918	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	303.81/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,236	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	330.62/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,499	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,031	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	491.76/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,874	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	368.29/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,996	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	357.07/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,060	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	296.72/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,641	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	334.74/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,360	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	315.66/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,598	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	335.64/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,313	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	341.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,093	47

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 Sep 18, 2026

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

Receipts 585Last week 845Year ago 553

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	405.00–425.00	417.69
6	400–450	440	375.00	375.00
12	450–500	461	365.00–375.00	371.73
6	500–550	519	355.00–360.00	356.64
36	550–600	585	322.50–335.00	327.92
23	600–650	622	320.00–330.00	326.38
34	650–700	660	307.50–330.00	325.16
51	700–750	736	300.00–305.00	303.81
24	750–800	759	290.00–305.00	302.67
10	850–900	870	280.00	280.00
7	900–950	900	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	475.00	475.00
12	350–400	381	485.00–495.00	491.76
4	400–450	415	445.00	445.00
13	450–500	468	390.00–420.00	410.41
12	500–550	542	360.00–380.00	368.29
59	550–600	577	345.00–370.00	357.07
47	600–650	613	330.00–350.00	341.43
46	650–700	689	330.00–350.00	335.64
30	700–750	705	325.00–337.50	334.74
47	750–800	756	320.00–334.00	330.62
41	800–850	823	315.00–317.50	315.66
23	850–900	890	295.00–300.00	296.72
2	900–950	922	270.00	270.00
3	1000–1050	1,031	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
4	600–650	643	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	692	320.00	320.00
4	700–750	701	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00

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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