Sale reports / Kentucky / Ledbetter Livestock Auction / 2025-11-21

Ledbetter Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ledbetter, Kentucky · Fri, Nov 21
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2221
Receipts
678 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 481▲ 678 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $368.63/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −107.68 against this barn's trailing median of $476.31.
Average price
$368.63
85 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$46.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.01
vs KY average
−41.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544371.262,01978
Medium and Large 2579344.991,9975thin
Medium and Large 2-3595325.001,9342thin
One grade step is worth $46.26/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale85 hd
368.63
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KY average25 barns · 851 hd
361.62
+7.01
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−41.45
This barn, trailing median5 sales
476.31
−107.68
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
499448396345median 476.3103/2004/1705/1509/1810/16
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

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331432.19/cwt410.00–435.001,4319
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376427.39/cwt425.00–435.001,6074
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425418.00/cwt405.00–435.001,77721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5941
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469404.57/cwt390.00–417.501,89711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7861
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513376.38/cwt365.00–380.001,93130
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0906
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565366.36/cwt350.00–375.002,07042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579344.99/cwt335.00–347.501,9975
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9342
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3617315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9442
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9723
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624329.38/cwt325.00–335.002,05539
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,29419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669322.83/cwt317.50–335.002,16032
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716307.66/cwt302.50–312.502,20339
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3722255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728288.34/cwt285.00–295.002,0993
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767305.57/cwt295.00–312.502,34463
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832293.42/cwt280.00–305.002,44113
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2882264.00/cwt260.00–265.002,3285
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2905250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391377.08/cwt375.00–390.001,4747
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416377.48/cwt375.00–380.001,5704
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479343.30/cwt330.00–355.001,64431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,6897
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4961
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526337.91/cwt322.50–350.001,77764
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555330.57/cwt305.00–332.501,83538
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617320.63/cwt305.00–327.501,97858
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1127
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675295.92/cwt285.00–307.501,99729
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7882
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723285.00/cwt265.00–287.502,06112
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762291.02/cwt285.00–297.502,21827
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829281.33/cwt275.00–285.002,33216
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0881
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2892245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1854

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.