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Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Oct 18

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221

← Sep 20Oct 18Nov 15 →

Receipts

408 head

▼ 347 vs last sale 755▼ 125 vs year ago 533 · −23.5%

Also sold hereRegular saleTue Nov 3, 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 $285.23/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −191.08 against this barn's trailing median of $476.31.

Average price

$285.23

47 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$30.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.94

vs KY average

−14.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	286.51	1,557	45
Medium and Large 2-3	523	256.41	1,341	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.10/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale47 hd

285.23

—

KY average26 barns · 1,263 hd

270.29

+14.94

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−14.10

This barn, trailing median5 sales

476.31

−191.08

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

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	250	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	650	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	304.68/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,356	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	318.77/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,536	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	523	256.41/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,341	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	291.85/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,535	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	276.84/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,592	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,522	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	280.57/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,731	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	265.84/cwt	252.00–274.00	1,661	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	262.85/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,748	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	245.52/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,748	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	240.78/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,828	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	778	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,751	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	803	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,959	5
Steers	850–900	Medium 1-2	875	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,750	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	900	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,620	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2-3	1,030	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,854	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	313	237.92/cwt	220.00–255.00	745	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,134	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	281.50/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,177	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	281.20/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,324	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,199	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	272.86/cwt	267.00–277.50	1,405	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	231.29/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,330	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	256.06/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,498	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	245.08/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,539	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	228.10/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,549	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	224.42/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,625	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,563	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	885	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,416	1

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 Oct 18, 2024

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

Receipts 408Last week 755Year ago 533

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	523	252.50–260.00	256.41
1	600–650	615	247.50	247.50
2	700–750	728	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	778	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	900	180.00	180.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	617	277.50–282.50	280.57
5	800–850	803	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	295.00–312.50	304.68
10	450–500	482	317.50–320.00	318.77
29	500–550	526	285.00–297.50	291.85
16	550–600	575	270.00–284.00	276.84
32	600–650	625	252.00–274.00	265.84
50	650–700	665	255.00–268.00	262.85
27	700–750	712	235.00–251.00	245.52
9	750–800	759	240.00–241.00	240.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	300.00	300.00
8	400–450	418	275.00–295.00	281.50
14	450–500	471	275.00–285.00	281.20
17	500–550	515	267.00–277.50	272.86
48	550–600	585	249.00–265.00	256.06
29	600–650	628	240.00–247.00	245.08
17	650–700	679	223.00–240.00	228.10
17	700–750	724	221.00–225.00	224.42
2	750–800	785	215.00	215.00
2	800–850	845	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	220.00–255.00	237.92
1	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	475	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	535	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	575	230.00–232.50	231.29
1	850–900	885	160.00	160.00

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.