Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week on a light test feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was light to moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls no comparison due to no slaughter bulls the previous week. There was light to moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.34/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$114.34

70 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$21.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.73

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	118.59	633	56
Medium and Large 2-3	554	97.34	539	14thin

One grade step is worth $21.25/cwt here — about $94 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale70 hd

114.34

—

KY average20 barns · 4,514 hd

122.07

−7.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,842	70.92	1,306	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,492	48.34	721	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	48.03	567	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	894	47.01	420	9thin

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	582	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	757	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,030	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	301	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	115.96/cwt	111.00–121.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	517	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	93.92/cwt	89.00–99.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	118.17/cwt	107.00–123.00	622	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	113.99/cwt	113.00–117.00	475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	82.45/cwt	80.00–85.00	425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	127.56/cwt	120.00–130.00	543	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	631	140.73/cwt	140.00–141.00	888	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	102.66/cwt	102.00–104.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	113.15/cwt	110.00–117.00	517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	125.69/cwt	122.00–129.00	471	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	47.84/cwt	46.00–50.50	422	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	45.76/cwt	45.00–46.50	680	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	52.56/cwt	51.00–54.50	593	10
Bulls	—	—	1,813	78.95/cwt	77.00–80.50	1,431	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	38.78/cwt	38.00–39.50	386	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	805	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	40.65/cwt	36.50–42.50	474	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	823	53.16/cwt	52.50–54.00	438	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	47.43/cwt	43.50–50.50	580	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,923	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	61.00/cwt	60.00–62.00	594	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,440	1
Bulls	—	—	1,852	68.24/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,264	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	113.81/cwt	110.00–115.00	715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	123.39/cwt	113.00–126.00	437	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	114.50/cwt	111.00–118.00	378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	504	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	103.65/cwt	101.00–108.00	604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	678	2

How this sale compares

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 →

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

Wed Nov 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 335Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 44Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	582	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	89.00–99.00	93.92
1	—	740	89.00	89.00
3	—	417	102.00–104.00	102.66
1	—	755	85.00	85.00
1	—	355	109.00	109.00
4	—	504	100.00	100.00
1	—	845	90.00	90.00
1	—	460	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	526	107.00–123.00	118.17
5	—	417	113.00–117.00	113.99
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
6	—	457	110.00–117.00	113.15
2	—	375	122.00–129.00	125.69
6	—	583	101.00–108.00	103.65
2	—	678	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,030	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	94.00	94.00
2	—	515	80.00–85.00	82.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
4	—	452	101.00	101.00
4	—	628	110.00–115.00	113.81
1	—	545	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	804	115.00	115.00
2	—	605	111.00–121.00	115.96
1	—	585	131.00	131.00
11	—	426	120.00–130.00	127.56
4	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	116.00	116.00
5	—	354	113.00–126.00	123.39
2	—	330	111.00–118.00	114.50
1	—	285	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	130.00	130.00
19	—	631	140.00–141.00	140.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	882	46.00–50.50	47.84
2	—	995	38.00–39.50	38.78
2	—	823	52.50–54.00	53.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	45.00–46.50	45.76
1	—	1,505	53.50	53.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,128	51.00–54.50	52.56
5	—	1,165	36.50–42.50	40.65
14	—	1,222	43.50–50.50	47.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,813	77.00–80.50	78.95
6	—	1,852	66.00–70.00	68.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	550.00	550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	60.00–62.00	61.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	800.00	800.00

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.

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Owenton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle