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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-19

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Apr 19

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221

← Mar 15Apr 19May 17 →

Receipts

1,131 head

▲ 180 vs last sale 951▼ 216 vs year ago 1,347 · −16.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.23/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −185.09 against this barn's trailing median of $476.31.

Average price

$291.23

120 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$37.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.19

vs KY average

−13.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	294.58	1,644	108
Medium and Large 2-3	572	261.40	1,495	11thin
Medium 1-2	585	257.50	1,506	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.08/cwt here — about $137 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 sale120 hd

291.23

—

KY average25 barns · 1,226 hd

294.42

−3.19

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

−13.16

This barn, trailing median5 sales

476.31

−185.09

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

61 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,033	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	335	371.00/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,243	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	429	336.74/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,445	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	322.55/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,526	17
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	475	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,342	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	276.70/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,342	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	307.98/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,500	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	315.04/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,635	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	552	293.51/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,620	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	572	261.40/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,495	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	284.49/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,650	63
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	585	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,506	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	284.86/cwt	284.00–287.50	1,769	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	275.99/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,719	70
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	635	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,572	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,832	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,638	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	255.20/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,725	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	677	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,659	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,690	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	720	257.46/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,854	109
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	762	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,886	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	226.13/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,777	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	818	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,800	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,810	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	858	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,888	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,858	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	240	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	792	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	283	345.32/cwt	335.00–350.00	977	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	929	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	297	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	594	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	975	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	370	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,175	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,205	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	414	303.52/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,257	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	272.01/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,151	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	291.53/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,254	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	276.11/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,325	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	264.50/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,301	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	274.47/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,466	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	264.92/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,428	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	250.26/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,429	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	577	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,506	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,305	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	244.66/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,505	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	229.41/cwt	225.00–230.50	1,418	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	232.68/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,559	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	227.74/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,540	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,476	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,351	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	741	217.22/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,610	102
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	201.98/cwt	197.00–209.00	1,569	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	192.82/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,575	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,721	3

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 Apr 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,131Last week 951Year ago 1,347

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	330.00	330.00
3	250–300	283	335.00–350.00	345.32
1	300–350	300	325.00	325.00
5	350–400	370	317.50	317.50
22	400–450	414	302.50–310.00	303.52
26	500–550	534	273.00–275.00	274.47
16	550–600	577	261.00	261.00
16	600–650	615	235.00–249.00	244.66
80	650–700	670	230.00–237.50	232.68
102	700–750	741	215.00–219.00	217.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	423	270.00–275.00	272.01
5	450–500	492	260.00–267.50	264.50
1	500–550	500	245.00	245.00
10	650–700	693	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	297	200.00	200.00
1	300–350	345	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	580	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	730	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	315.00	315.00
3	350–400	395	305.00	305.00
14	400–450	430	282.50–297.50	291.53
53	450–500	480	270.00–287.50	276.11
31	500–550	539	261.00–268.00	264.92
37	550–600	571	240.00–257.50	250.26
10	600–650	618	225.00–230.50	229.41
16	650–700	676	225.00–229.00	227.74
23	750–800	777	197.00–209.00	201.98
14	800–850	817	190.00–200.00	192.82
3	900–950	930	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
12	300–350	335	355.00–375.00	371.00
1	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
29	400–450	429	322.50–342.50	336.74
17	450–500	473	317.50–330.00	322.55
33	500–550	519	300.00–330.00	315.04
10	550–600	552	292.50–295.00	293.51
15	600–650	621	284.00–287.50	284.86
22	650–700	652	281.00	281.00
109	700–750	720	254.00–260.00	257.46
21	750–800	762	247.50	247.50
21	800–850	818	220.00	220.00
28	850–900	858	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	275.00–280.00	276.70
11	550–600	572	252.50–267.50	261.40
2	600–650	635	247.50	247.50
2	750–800	780	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	662	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	677	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	282.50	282.50
1	550–600	585	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	315.00	315.00
12	450–500	487	300.00–312.50	307.98
2	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
63	550–600	580	277.50–290.00	284.49
70	600–650	623	265.00–280.00	275.99
39	650–700	676	250.00–267.00	255.20
6	700–750	707	239.00	239.00
26	750–800	786	220.00–230.00	226.13
2	800–850	842	215.00	215.00
3	850–900	868	214.00	214.00

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.