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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Dec 19

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221

← Nov 21Dec 19Jan 16 →

Receipts

501 head

▼ 177 vs last sale 678▼ 401 vs year ago 902 · −44.5%

Also sold hereRegular saleTue Oct 27, 2026

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $406.23/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits −70.08 against this barn's trailing median of $476.31.

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

Price by quality 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.

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 median5 sales

476.31

−70.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	287	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,507	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	315	548.29/cwt	530.00–555.00	1,727	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,843	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	457.62/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,917	8
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	426.19/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,012	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	484	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,178	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	443.33/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,367	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	424.39/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,266	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	409.79/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,336	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	370.73/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,117	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	366.97/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,301	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	387.93/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,440	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,498	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	370.06/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,505	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,328	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	351.64/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,560	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	328.89/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,532	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,457	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,566	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	435.00/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,457	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	368	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,693	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,662	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	403.40/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,727	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	405.00/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,855	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	503	417.51/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,100	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	350.12/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,017	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	327.53/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,942	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	356.88/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,152	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	341.32/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,164	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	331.60/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,268	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	316.33/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,271	46
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	308.39/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,427	22
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	272.48/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,379	6

This sale against other markets

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.