Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with limited comparisons. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 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 $127.83/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$127.83

84 head · 796 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$30.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.93

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	797	129.65	1,033	79
Medium and Large 2-3	782	99.19	776	5thin

One grade step is worth $30.45/cwt here — about $257 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 sale84 hd

127.83

—

KY average24 barns · 5,630 hd

137.76

−9.93

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	1,809	104.66	1,893	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	66.90	812	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	64.31	957	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	918	58.00	532	2thin

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 1-2	—	338	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	126.26/cwt	120.00–130.00	652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	408	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	133.51/cwt	123.00–138.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	120.85/cwt	120.00–122.00	798	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	1
Bulls	—	—	1,939	109.95/cwt	107.50–112.50	2,132	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	491	2
Bulls	—	—	1,722	101.13/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,741	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	133.45/cwt	130.00–137.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	129.86/cwt	123.00–138.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	95.98/cwt	93.00–99.00	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	127.17/cwt	120.00–131.00	846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	124.84/cwt	119.00–130.00	919	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	861	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,132	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	121.50/cwt	115.00–128.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	1,314.45/cwt	1,250.00–1,400.00	18,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	123.70/cwt	121.00–125.00	779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	132.94/cwt	130.00–136.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	534	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	970	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	858	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	778	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	584	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	865	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	562	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	659	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	702	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	909.33/cwt	700.00–1,090.00	10,212	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	69.95/cwt	69.00–71.00	895	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	65.83/cwt	62.50–68.00	781	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	64.31/cwt	60.00–68.50	957	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	501	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	560	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	852	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	602	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	126.94/cwt	120.00–134.00	534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	119.74/cwt	119.00–120.00	747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	124.89/cwt	120.00–132.00	726	5

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 Aug 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 311Year ago 197

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 37Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 9Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	138.00	138.00
7	—	516	120.00–130.00	126.26
2	—	460	130.00	130.00
2	—	670	125.00	125.00
2	—	768	111.00	111.00
4	—	421	120.00–134.00	126.94
1	—	360	136.00	136.00
4	—	624	119.00–120.00	119.74
1	—	730	119.00	119.00
5	—	581	120.00–132.00	124.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	109.00	109.00
1	—	370	119.00	119.00
1	—	450	110.00	110.00
1	—	605	107.00	107.00
1	—	885	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	602	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	156.00	156.00
3	—	520	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	123.00–138.00	133.51
7	—	660	120.00–122.00	120.85
1	—	755	115.00	115.00
2	—	332	148.00	148.00
2	—	415	130.00–132.00	131.01
2	—	478	130.00–137.00	133.45
3	—	630	121.00–125.00	123.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	99.00	99.00
1	—	610	102.00	102.00
1	—	845	101.00	101.00
1	—	890	71.00	71.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	100.00	100.00
2	—	825	93.00–99.00	95.98
1	—	645	94.00	94.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	123.00–138.00	129.86
1	—	400	137.00	137.00
3	—	665	120.00–131.00	127.17
1	—	840	103.00	103.00
9	—	736	119.00–130.00	124.84
1	—	935	99.00	99.00
1	—	1,005	104.00	104.00
2	—	765	115.00–128.00	121.50
3	—	477	130.00–136.00	132.94
1	—	390	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	861	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	156.00	156.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	970	88.50	88.50
2	—	778	75.00	75.00
1	—	865	65.00	65.00
11	—	659	106.50	106.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,939	107.50–112.50	109.95
6	—	1,722	99.00–105.50	101.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	69.00–71.00	69.95
5	—	1,187	62.50–68.00	65.83
1	—	1,090	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	60.00–68.50	64.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,000	56.00	56.00

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	3	—	1,385	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,314.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,123	700.00–1,090.00	909.33

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

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle