Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2026-02-24

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 24
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2196
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 365▼ 12 vs year ago 418 · −2.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 72▲ 8 vs year ago 81 · +9.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 9 vs year ago 27 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500lbs sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 500lbs sold steady. Heifers sold mostly steady with spots of light weight feeders selling sharply higher. Good supply of feeder classes with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.12/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 24 of 33 comparable sales and sits +16.23 against this barn's trailing median of $381.89.
Average price
$398.12
33 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,201
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$286
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$56.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.98
vs KY average
−32.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550404.412,22429
Large 1-2595365.002,1721thin
Medium 1-2590350.002,0651thin
Medium and Large 2-3558347.501,9372thin
One grade step is worth $56.91/cwt here — about $286 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale33 hd
398.12
—
KY average26 barns · 1,779 hd
412.10
−13.98
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
−32.29
This barn, trailing median33 sales
381.89
+16.23
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

33 sales
431391351310median 381.8903/0304/2807/0709/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.26, low $324.43, median $381.89 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,639182.842,99714
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,642155.642,5566thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,222155.151,89643
CowsLean 85-90%High894120.731,07915

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$3,0563thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$2,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)760$2,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$2,2543thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,440$2,2102thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,030$1,6751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,145$1,6001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)975$2,8001thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,710$3,2751thin

Every lot

100 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,3761
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy235750.00/cwt750.00–750.001,7631
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy260725.48/cwt700.00–750.001,8862
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,8591
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7881
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333605.19/cwt600.00–610.002,0152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,1181
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,1112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy406574.07/cwt550.00–585.002,3317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412526.47/cwt500.00–545.002,1697
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466513.97/cwt505.00–520.002,39510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy495540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,6733
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522505.11/cwt500.00–510.002,6376
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540478.80/cwt475.00–480.002,5864
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,4323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,7327
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629407.53/cwt400.00–425.002,5636
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0161
Steers600–650Large 1-2642350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2474
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,6271
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5923
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5701
Steers750–800Large 1-2761320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4353
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2213580.35/cwt570.00–590.001,2362
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy229637.48/cwt620.00–670.001,4605
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy255643.77/cwt640.00–645.001,6424
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270580.91/cwt555.00–595.001,5683
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1341
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327527.39/cwt515.00–550.001,7258
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy329566.81/cwt560.00–575.001,86517
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365525.10/cwt515.00–535.001,9178
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386485.61/cwt470.00–500.001,8749
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3393424.97/cwt420.00–430.001,6702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy426506.74/cwt495.00–510.002,15912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432476.17/cwt470.00–485.002,05712
Heifers450–500Large 1-2455370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6841
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3465377.47/cwt375.00–380.001,7552
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476444.52/cwt420.00–470.002,11621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9801
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529407.11/cwt390.00–415.002,1547
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,30511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8981
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577377.11/cwt370.00–385.002,17611
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2590350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0651
Heifers550–600Large 1-2595365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627355.58/cwt350.00–365.002,2298
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664332.48/cwt320.00–340.002,2088
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717319.85/cwt310.00–325.002,2934
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3943
Heifers1000–1050Large 1-21,045260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,7171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2210580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,2181
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2283574.34/cwt550.00–600.001,6252
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy284649.84/cwt640.00–660.001,84610
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy317623.36/cwt600.00–650.001,9768
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2331553.01/cwt520.00–570.001,8307
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7041
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365596.08/cwt590.00–615.002,1764
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379541.19/cwt500.00–560.002,05121
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy422549.27/cwt530.00–560.002,31820
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2431512.24/cwt495.00–520.002,2089
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy478502.78/cwt500.00–505.002,4037
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2489474.99/cwt465.00–500.002,3235
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy523471.64/cwt470.00–475.002,4676
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531441.57/cwt440.00–445.002,3456
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy562434.17/cwt430.00–435.002,4406
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565418.42/cwt395.00–425.002,36413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573391.10/cwt380.00–395.002,2414
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy609396.24/cwt395.00–400.002,4134
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3361
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673342.58/cwt335.00–350.002,3062
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3361
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3863235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0283
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,470166.96/cwt160.00–175.002,4545
Bulls——1,667189.13/cwt180.00–195.003,1537
Bulls——1,965200.52/cwt200.00–201.003,9402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%858108.29/cwt100.00–117.509293
Cows—Lean 85-90%875155.70/cwt142.50–164.001,3625
Cows—Lean 85-90%89380.42/cwt73.00–88.007184
Cows—Lean 85-90%962128.62/cwt125.00–134.001,2373
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202164.72/cwt160.00–181.001,98019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231152.37/cwt145.00–159.001,87617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254135.93/cwt130.00–140.001,7057
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,632162.12/cwt160.00–164.002,6463
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,652149.15/cwt145.00–156.002,4643
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,7103,275.00/head3,275.00–3,275.003,2751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27602,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2333,055.81/head2,500.00–3,400.003,0563
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,253.92/head2,000.00–2,575.002,2543
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4402,209.77/head2,100.00–2,325.002,2102
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,1821
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29752,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.