Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady on a light test. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.69/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$113.69

135 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$16.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.43

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	530	115.38	612	121
Medium and Large 2-3	439	99.15	436	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.23/cwt here — about $176 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 sale135 hd

113.69

—

KY average29 barns · 10,523 hd

120.12

−6.43

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	1,905	73.36	1,398	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,652	47.56	786	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	45.23	556	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	923	39.66	366	7thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 2-3	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	120.65/cwt	113.00–125.00	629	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	117.42/cwt	111.00–120.00	545	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	136.78/cwt	122.00–139.50	665	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	132.92/cwt	120.00–139.75	829	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	130.91/cwt	129.50–135.00	768	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	123.94/cwt	121.00–132.00	652	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	116.59/cwt	113.00–119.00	389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	122.90/cwt	120.00–126.00	471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	327	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	6,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	122.86/cwt	120.00–131.00	533	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	123.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	113.20/cwt	105.00–116.00	817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	124.27/cwt	122.00–125.00	523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	119.54/cwt	119.00–120.00	326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	120.46/cwt	111.00–121.50	761	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	932	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	620	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	828	96.50/cwt	96.00–97.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	93.48/cwt	89.00–98.00	657	2
Bulls	—	—	1,918	75.54/cwt	73.50–77.50	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	123.96/cwt	115.00–130.00	599	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	921	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	118.43/cwt	115.00–121.00	441	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	124.98/cwt	122.00–127.00	655	5
Bulls	—	—	1,880	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,297	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,649	47.19/cwt	45.50–49.50	778	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	848	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	46.70/cwt	43.50–49.50	582	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	39.48/cwt	35.50–42.50	460	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	51.30/cwt	50.00–53.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	95.45/cwt	90.00–96.00	859	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	117.85/cwt	117.00–120.00	453	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	114.99/cwt	113.00–117.00	705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	42.21/cwt	40.00–44.50	393	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	36.25/cwt	35.00–38.00	331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	303	91.49/cwt	90.00–93.00	277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	283	96.04/cwt	92.00–100.00	272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	110.65/cwt	103.00–118.00	637	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	122.08/cwt	115.00–125.00	518	17

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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 340Last week 487Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 59Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	90.00	90.00
1	—	685	108.00	108.00
1	—	565	102.00	102.00
1	—	395	103.00	103.00
4	—	515	106.00	106.00
2	—	303	90.00–93.00	91.49
2	—	283	92.00–100.00	96.04
2	—	245	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	521	113.00–125.00	120.65
25	—	464	111.00–120.00	117.42
5	—	334	113.00–119.00	116.59
11	—	900	90.00–96.00	95.45
7	—	384	117.00–120.00	117.85
6	—	613	113.00–117.00	114.99
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
22	—	576	103.00–118.00	110.65
17	—	424	115.00–125.00	122.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	486	122.00–139.50	136.78
15	—	624	120.00–139.75	132.92
15	—	587	129.50–135.00	130.91
13	—	526	121.00–132.00	123.94
2	—	383	120.00–126.00	122.90
1	—	850	117.00	117.00
1	—	770	120.00	120.00
1	—	710	121.00	121.00
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	280	120.00	120.00
10	—	434	120.00–131.00	122.86
2	—	665	120.00–127.00	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	106.00	106.00
1	—	590	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	722	105.00–116.00	113.20
4	—	421	122.00–125.00	124.27
3	—	300	128.00	128.00
2	—	550	120.00	120.00
2	—	273	119.00–120.00	119.54
2	—	232	127.00	127.00
20	—	632	111.00–121.50	120.46
4	—	896	104.00	104.00
20	—	483	115.00–130.00	123.96
10	—	808	114.00	114.00
8	—	653	120.00	120.00
7	—	372	115.00–121.00	118.43
5	—	524	122.00–127.00	124.98
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	96.00–97.00	96.50
2	—	703	89.00–98.00	93.48
2	—	420	85.00	85.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	550.00	550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,918	73.50–77.50	75.54
1	—	1,880	69.00	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,649	45.50–49.50	47.19
1	—	1,680	50.50	50.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,247	43.50–49.50	46.70
7	—	1,164	35.50–42.50	39.48
3	—	1,288	50.00–53.00	51.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	930	40.00–44.50	42.21
3	—	913	35.00–38.00	36.25

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle