Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to a 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.98/cwt on 102 head.

Average price

$150.98

102 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$34.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.67

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	543	153.01	831	96
Medium and Large 2-3	698	118.50	827	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.51/cwt here — about $4 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 sale102 hd

150.98

—

KY average24 barns · 2,673 hd

135.31

+15.67

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	1,681	84.75	1,425	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,568	72.95	1,144	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	66.09	813	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	904	50.77	459	6thin

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%	—	1,465	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	842	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	73.81/cwt	71.00–79.00	923	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	58.48/cwt	58.00–59.00	553	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	1,137	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	55.53/cwt	51.00–58.00	681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	121.49/cwt	121.00–122.00	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	83.97/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,386	2
Bulls	—	—	1,518	95.27/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,446	2
Bulls	—	—	1,875	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	136.92/cwt	132.00–142.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	139.72/cwt	132.00–144.00	787	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	129.84/cwt	122.00–138.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	139.18/cwt	135.00–142.00	582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	144.89/cwt	137.00–151.00	546	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	140.98/cwt	139.00–145.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	135.63/cwt	131.00–143.00	709	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	127.33/cwt	115.00–129.50	770	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	796	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	728	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	7,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,598.53/cwt	1,575.00–1,625.00	20,381	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,560.00/cwt	1,560.00–1,560.00	23,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	120.84/cwt	120.00–121.00	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	130.28/cwt	124.00–135.00	730	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	939	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	147.39/cwt	140.00–150.00	939	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	150.64/cwt	145.00–159.00	637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	150.44/cwt	140.00–155.00	797	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	140.44/cwt	137.50–143.50	938	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	505	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	803	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	464	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	789	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	144.86/cwt	139.00–150.00	818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	385	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	75.91/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,251	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	65.53/cwt	62.00–70.00	801	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	46.91/cwt	44.00–49.00	414	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 Mar 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 234Last week 197Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 19Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 2Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	57.50	57.50
1	—	1,430	79.50	79.50
3	—	1,648	74.00–77.00	75.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,251	71.00–79.00	73.81
5	—	1,227	51.00–58.00	55.53
16	—	1,222	62.00–70.00	65.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	58.00–59.00	58.48
4	—	883	44.00–49.00	46.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	83.00–85.00	83.97
2	—	1,518	93.00–97.00	95.27
2	—	1,875	75.00	75.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	128.00	128.00
1	—	320	109.00	109.00
1	—	720	111.00	111.00
1	—	800	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	121.00–122.00	121.49
3	—	508	132.00–142.00	136.92
1	—	315	142.00	142.00
5	—	563	132.00–144.00	139.72
2	—	618	122.00–138.00	129.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	135.00–142.00	139.18
20	—	377	137.00–151.00	144.89
6	—	475	139.00–145.00	140.98
1	—	220	118.00	118.00
20	—	523	131.00–143.00	135.63
9	—	605	115.00–129.50	127.33
2	—	340	130.00	130.00
11	—	560	124.00–135.00	130.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	102.00	102.00
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
1	—	320	124.00	124.00
2	—	695	91.00	91.00
1	—	400	121.00	121.00
6	—	478	120.00–121.00	120.84
1	—	595	112.00	112.00
1	—	215	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	796	91.50	91.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
12	—	637	140.00–150.00	147.39
7	—	423	145.00–159.00	150.64
20	—	530	140.00–155.00	150.44
8	—	668	137.50–143.50	140.44
1	—	715	134.00	134.00
1	—	385	152.00	152.00
12	—	565	139.00–150.00	144.86
2	—	462	154.00	154.00
1	—	255	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	83.00	83.00
1	—	590	130.00	130.00
1	—	670	114.00	114.00
1	—	405	139.00	139.00
1	—	855	106.00	106.00
1	—	520	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	587	160.00	160.00
13	—	464	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	505	159.00	159.00

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	—	1,065	680.00	680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,275	1,575.00–1,625.00	1,598.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	775.00	775.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,525	1,560.00	1,560.00

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

Steers · 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

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Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle