Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $139.75/cwt on 198 head.

Average price

$139.75

198 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$15.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.99

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	576	140.87	812	184
Medium and Large 2-3	564	124.92	704	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.96/cwt here — about $108 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 sale198 hd

139.75

—

KY average27 barns · 3,832 hd

135.76

+3.99

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	—	High	1,756	81.58	1,433	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	57.25	902	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	53.03	636	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	937	50.06	469	23

Every lot, as filed

73 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	149.93/cwt	140.00–155.00	619	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	134.00/cwt	133.00–135.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	160.98/cwt	160.00–164.00	541	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	146.55/cwt	138.00–150.50	838	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	141.42/cwt	131.00–147.00	679	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	144.11/cwt	139.00–153.00	555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	398	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	52.61/cwt	47.00–56.00	480	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	62.11/cwt	59.50–65.00	761	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	61.22/cwt	57.50–64.00	597	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	53.41/cwt	50.00–56.00	625	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	43.31/cwt	40.50–45.50	409	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	930	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	46.37/cwt	42.50–48.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	97.13/cwt	96.00–102.00	681	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	131.26/cwt	127.00–137.00	572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	132.46/cwt	123.00–136.00	445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	118.38/cwt	113.00–120.00	732	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	125.60/cwt	116.00–131.00	701	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	127.56/cwt	123.00–129.00	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	409	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	554	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	874.84/cwt	660.00–1,240.00	9,781	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	765.79/cwt	510.00–1,075.00	7,237	6
Bulls	—	—	1,730	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,514	1
Bulls	—	—	1,867	82.02/cwt	80.50–84.50	1,531	3
Bulls	—	—	1,603	77.95/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,250	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	520	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	359	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	430	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	297	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	823.32/cwt	800.00–840.00	9,921	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	725.68/cwt	675.00–775.00	6,625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	132.87/cwt	124.00–137.00	630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	92.92/cwt	91.00–103.00	639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	134.83/cwt	125.00–137.00	686	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	140.33/cwt	135.00–144.00	877	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	148.38/cwt	146.00–154.00	776	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	122.88/cwt	116.00–126.00	897	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	121.40/cwt	118.00–125.00	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	130.75/cwt	126.00–134.50	896	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	149.10/cwt	138.00–154.50	644	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	95.98/cwt	94.00–100.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	179.00/cwt	174.00–180.00	635	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	681	117.81/cwt	117.00–118.00	802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	140.10/cwt	130.00–143.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	691	1

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 Apr 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 384Last week 328Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 52Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 14Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	130.00	130.00
1	—	500	121.00	121.00
1	—	650	119.00	119.00
1	—	375	121.00	121.00
1	—	710	79.00	79.00
1	—	430	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	413	140.00–155.00	149.93
2	—	513	133.00–135.00	134.00
1	—	240	156.00	156.00
4	—	336	160.00–164.00	160.98
1	—	380	148.00	148.00
5	—	560	130.00–143.00	140.10
1	—	470	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	137.00	137.00
2	—	582	132.00	132.00
1	—	435	133.00	133.00
2	—	628	118.00–125.00	121.40
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
1	—	275	122.00	122.00
5	—	681	117.00–118.00	117.81
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	572	138.00–150.50	146.55
21	—	480	131.00–147.00	141.42
4	—	385	139.00–153.00	144.11
1	—	280	142.00	142.00
33	—	625	135.00–144.00	140.33
23	—	523	146.00–154.00	148.38
15	—	730	116.00–126.00	122.88
1	—	765	117.00	117.00
29	—	685	126.00–134.50	130.75
16	—	432	138.00–154.50	149.10
3	—	842	94.00–100.00	95.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	355	174.00–180.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	701	96.00–102.00	97.13
9	—	436	127.00–137.00	131.26
6	—	336	123.00–136.00	132.46
17	—	618	113.00–120.00	118.38
13	—	558	116.00–131.00	125.60
7	—	377	123.00–129.00	127.56
16	—	474	124.00–137.00	132.87
8	—	688	91.00–103.00	92.92
1	—	775	94.00	94.00
24	—	509	125.00–137.00	134.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	74.00	74.00
1	—	465	106.00	106.00
1	—	325	117.00	117.00
1	—	895	72.00	72.00
1	—	655	81.00	81.00
1	—	375	109.00	109.00
3	—	543	119.00	119.00
1	—	710	81.00	81.00
1	—	435	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	69.00	69.00
1	—	430	69.00	69.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	912	47.00–56.00	52.61
4	—	975	57.50–64.00	61.22
10	—	944	40.50–45.50	43.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	59.00	59.00
1	—	1,675	55.50	55.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,226	59.50–65.00	62.11
14	—	1,170	50.00–56.00	53.41
9	—	1,226	42.50–48.00	46.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	87.50	87.50
3	—	1,867	80.50–84.50	82.02
2	—	1,603	77.00–79.00	77.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	78.00	78.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,118	660.00–1,240.00	874.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	945	510.00–1,075.00	765.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	800.00–840.00	823.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	913	675.00–775.00	725.68

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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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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Replacement Cattle