EVEREN UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS SERIES 57, 497J, 1997-05-09

EVEREN UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS SERIES 57
497J, 1997-05-09

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                        Ranson & Associates, Inc.
                     250 North Rock Road, Suite 150
                         Wichita, Kansas  67206
                                    
                                    
                                    
                               May 9, 1997
                                    
                                    
                                    
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N. W.
Washington D.C. 20549-1004

Attn:     Filing Desk, Stop 1-4
     
     
     Re:        Ranson Unit Investment Trusts Series 57
                  (File No. 333-26391) (CIK No. 910925)

Gentlemen:
     
     In  accordance  with the provisions of Rule 497(j) of  Regulation  C
under  the  Securities  Act of 1933 (the "Securities  Act")  this  letter
serves  to  certify  that the most recent amendment to  the  registration
statement on Form S-6 for the above captioned Trust does not differ  from
that  which  would  have  been  filed pursuant  to  Rule  497(b)  of  the
Securities Act.  Amendment No. 1, which was the most recent Amendment  to
the  Registration Statement, filed electronically with the Commission  on
May 5, 1997.
                                    
                                    Very truly yours,
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Ranson & Associates, Inc.