Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $124.82/cwt on 224 head.

Average price

$124.82

224 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$19.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.95

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	551	126.76	698	202
Medium and Large 2-3	513	107.00	549	22

One grade step is worth $19.75/cwt here — about $149 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 sale224 hd

124.82

—

KY average26 barns · 3,491 hd

125.77

−0.95

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	1,795	86.27	1,549	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	57.50	883	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	53.69	678	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	867	44.88	389	8thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	795	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	53.79/cwt	49.00–57.00	629	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	38.22/cwt	35.50–41.00	328	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	964	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	369	1
Bulls	—	—	1,605	86.52/cwt	85.50–87.50	1,389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	122.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	142.90/cwt	137.00–149.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	315	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	107.00/cwt	105.00–109.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	142.51/cwt	140.00–148.00	469	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	241	138.99/cwt	136.00–142.00	335	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	810	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	129.83/cwt	120.00–132.00	614	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	127.32/cwt	127.00–130.00	676	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	108.76/cwt	104.00–111.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	128.95/cwt	128.00–129.25	756	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	115.19/cwt	114.50–116.00	791	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	122.83/cwt	120.00–130.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	716	92.74/cwt	92.00–95.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	303	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	333	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	5,724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	120.04/cwt	118.50–125.00	748	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	128.50/cwt	122.00–133.00	550	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	121.22/cwt	115.00–126.00	338	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	114.77/cwt	110.00–116.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	402	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	442	3
Bulls	—	—	1,995	94.08/cwt	92.50–95.50	1,877	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	78.21/cwt	77.50–79.00	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	132.57/cwt	129.75–140.00	821	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	152.45/cwt	150.00–154.00	738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	957	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	137.58/cwt	134.00–141.00	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	132.50/cwt	126.00–135.00	885	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	131.70/cwt	125.00–139.00	707	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	151.81/cwt	150.00–159.00	656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	119.95/cwt	115.00–123.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	919	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	128.23/cwt	128.00–128.50	953	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	160.69/cwt	159.00–166.00	601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	533	153.31/cwt	152.00–154.00	817	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	493	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	61.53/cwt	60.00–63.50	823	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	881	46.34/cwt	43.50–50.50	408	4

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 Feb 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 92Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 27Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	50.50	50.50
1	—	1,495	64.50	64.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	49.00–57.00	53.79
1	—	1,230	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,337	60.00–63.50	61.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	35.50–41.00	38.22
1	—	835	59.00	59.00
4	—	881	43.50–50.50	46.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	85.50–87.50	86.52
2	—	1,995	92.50–95.50	94.08
2	—	1,785	77.50–79.00	78.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
1	—	935	89.00	89.00
2	—	645	105.00–109.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	593	120.00–130.00	122.76
2	—	463	137.00–149.00	142.90
1	—	260	121.00	121.00
4	—	726	114.00	114.00
2	—	678	117.00	117.00
1	—	420	156.00	156.00
5	—	329	140.00–148.00	142.51
4	—	241	136.00–142.00	138.99
1	—	645	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	92.00	92.00
3	—	635	104.00–111.00	108.76
2	—	275	112.00	112.00
1	—	680	107.00	107.00
4	—	716	92.00–95.00	92.74
3	—	303	110.00	110.00
5	—	481	110.00–116.00	114.77
3	—	402	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	610	132.75	132.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	473	120.00–132.00	129.83
9	—	531	127.00–130.00	127.32
2	—	232	121.00	121.00
38	—	586	128.00–129.25	128.95
11	—	687	114.50–116.00	115.19
4	—	374	120.00–130.00	122.83
40	—	623	118.50–125.00	120.04
22	—	428	122.00–133.00	128.50
7	—	279	115.00–126.00	121.22
1	—	300	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	280	122.00	122.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
1	—	425	117.00	117.00
1	—	840	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	619	129.75–140.00	132.57
9	—	484	150.00–154.00	152.45
4	—	804	119.00	119.00
2	—	333	134.00–141.00	137.58
37	—	668	126.00–135.00	132.50
10	—	537	125.00–139.00	131.70
5	—	432	150.00–159.00	151.81
3	—	770	115.00–123.00	119.95
19	—	743	128.00–128.50	128.23
6	—	553	150.00	150.00
4	—	374	159.00–166.00	160.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	637	144.25	144.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	152.00–154.00	153.31

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	540.00	540.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle