Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. 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 $128.69/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$128.69

45 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$18.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.09

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	541	132.48	716	36
Medium and Large 2-3	540	113.55	613	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.93/cwt here — about $103 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 sale45 hd

128.69

—

KY average26 barns · 5,051 hd

131.78

−3.09

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	1,580	91.17	1,441	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	824	63.75	525	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	61.64	760	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,428	82.58	1,179	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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	139.85/cwt	136.00–145.00	866	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	128.67/cwt	127.00–132.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	114.49/cwt	113.00–116.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	130.00/cwt	126.00–132.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	129.64/cwt	125.00–132.00	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	111.30/cwt	108.00–113.00	851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	139.00/cwt	138.00–140.00	730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	140.95/cwt	138.00–145.00	536	3
Bulls	—	—	1,635	98.32/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	140.24/cwt	139.00–145.00	680	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	1
Bulls	—	—	1,760	93.15/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	136.65/cwt	130.00–140.00	724	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Bulls	—	—	1,359	83.82/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,139	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	145.26/cwt	139.00–152.00	484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	144.63/cwt	138.00–151.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	154.02/cwt	153.00–155.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	138.20/cwt	135.00–140.00	850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	135.34/cwt	130.00–140.00	648	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	137.06/cwt	134.00–139.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	742	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	63.44/cwt	60.00–65.50	793	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	695	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	389	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	560	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	64.50/cwt	64.00–65.00	581	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,085	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	819.67/cwt	800.00–830.00	9,320	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	546	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	856.63/cwt	600.00–1,080.00	9,372	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,775	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	125.51/cwt	124.00–127.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,162	80.98/cwt	79.00–82.00	941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	142.20/cwt	140.00–144.00	759	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	557	1
Steers	Select	—	1,428	82.58/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,055	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 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 175Year ago 72

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 26Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 8Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	151.00	151.00
10	—	619	136.00–145.00	139.85
1	—	685	137.00	137.00
2	—	550	144.00	144.00
2	—	733	124.00–127.00	125.51
2	—	770	120.00	120.00
5	—	534	140.00–144.00	142.20
1	—	350	159.00	159.00
5	—	902	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,035	77.00	77.00
3	—	1,162	79.00–82.00	80.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	100.00	100.00
2	—	608	113.00–116.00	114.49
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
1	—	430	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	122.00	122.00
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
1	—	735	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	127.00–132.00	128.67
3	—	611	126.00–132.00	130.00
3	—	668	125.00–132.00	129.64
3	—	765	108.00–113.00	111.30
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
7	—	525	138.00–140.00	139.00
3	—	380	138.00–145.00	140.95
10	—	479	130.00–140.00	135.34
3	—	423	134.00–139.00	137.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	129.00	129.00
2	—	650	119.00	119.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
1	—	825	107.00	107.00
1	—	885	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	139.00–145.00	140.24
1	—	660	135.00	135.00
8	—	530	130.00–140.00	136.65
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
2	—	333	139.00–152.00	145.26
2	—	368	138.00–151.00	144.63
2	—	425	153.00–155.00	154.02
1	—	275	135.00	135.00
4	—	615	135.00–140.00	138.20
1	—	580	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,635	98.00–99.00	98.32
4	—	1,760	91.00–95.00	93.15
4	—	1,359	80.00–87.50	83.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,250	60.00–65.50	63.44
1	—	1,115	49.00	49.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	56.00	56.00
1	—	800	70.00	70.00
2	—	900	64.00–65.00	64.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	81.00–84.00	82.58

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	—	980	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,137	800.00–830.00	819.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,094	600.00–1,080.00	856.63
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	700.00	700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	80.00	80.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle