Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 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 $138.72/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$138.72

65 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$32.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.38

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	606	141.23	855	60
Medium and Large 2-3	632	108.60	686	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.63/cwt here — about $169 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 sale65 hd

138.72

—

KY average27 barns · 6,631 hd

144.09

−5.38

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	1,471	88.91	1,308	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,560	63.85	996	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,255	60.84	763	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	897	57.00	511	5thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2-3	—	315	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,066	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	144.48/cwt	138.00–148.00	748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	111.70/cwt	110.00–115.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	138.98/cwt	138.00–140.00	446	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	134.04/cwt	130.00–141.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	134.64/cwt	129.00–138.00	631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	132.15/cwt	131.50–133.00	806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	144.33/cwt	141.00–146.00	512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	137.71/cwt	131.00–146.00	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	371	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	151.03/cwt	144.00–158.00	634	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	89.32/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	162.50/cwt	162.00–163.00	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	130.56/cwt	126.00–135.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	127.62/cwt	124.00–130.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	132.31/cwt	129.00–138.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	120.71/cwt	116.00–123.00	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	151.48/cwt	148.00–158.00	659	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	154.09/cwt	150.00–158.00	501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	160	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	326	1
Bulls	—	—	1,140	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	689.81/cwt	560.00–860.00	6,491	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	10,332	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,883	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	1,071	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	62.53/cwt	61.50–63.50	960	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	514	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	48.72/cwt	46.50–50.50	429	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	61.27/cwt	61.00–61.50	593	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	53.63/cwt	51.50–55.50	617	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	62.64/cwt	57.50–65.50	802	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	85.46/cwt	84.00–87.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	136.17/cwt	134.00–145.00	842	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	145.61/cwt	139.00–149.75	852	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,039	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	128.35/cwt	122.00–135.00	988	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 Aug 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 138Year ago 314

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 27Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 8Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	114.00	114.00
1	—	490	134.00	134.00
1	—	600	96.00	96.00
1	—	850	103.00	103.00
1	—	905	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	826	129.00	129.00
1	—	325	155.00	155.00
6	—	518	138.00–148.00	144.48
1	—	365	158.00	158.00
7	—	435	148.00–158.00	151.48
1	—	485	150.00	150.00
12	—	618	134.00–145.00	136.17
1	—	680	131.00	131.00
15	—	585	139.00–149.75	145.61
3	—	723	127.00	127.00
4	—	770	122.00–135.00	128.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	718	144.75	144.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	110.00–115.00	111.70
1	—	390	132.00	132.00
1	—	435	126.00	126.00
1	—	470	117.00	117.00
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
1	—	810	86.00	86.00
1	—	310	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	321	138.00–140.00	138.98
6	—	427	130.00–141.00	134.04
1	—	250	136.00	136.00
6	—	469	129.00–138.00	134.64
2	—	568	123.00–125.00	123.98
7	—	610	131.50–133.00	132.15
3	—	355	141.00–146.00	144.33
3	—	540	129.00–138.00	132.31
3	—	682	116.00–123.00	120.71
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	552	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	131.00–146.00	137.71
1	—	265	140.00	140.00
11	—	420	144.00–158.00	151.03
1	—	530	136.00	136.00
2	—	363	162.00–163.00	162.50
2	—	563	126.00–135.00	130.56
3	—	622	124.00–130.00	127.62
4	—	325	150.00–158.00	154.09
1	—	160	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	83.00	83.00
1	—	425	126.00	126.00
1	—	485	119.00	119.00
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
1	—	690	111.00	111.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,520	87.00–91.00	89.32
1	—	1,140	77.00	77.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	66.50	66.50
2	—	1,535	61.50–63.50	62.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	65.00	65.00
2	—	880	46.50–50.50	48.72
2	—	968	61.00–61.50	61.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	51.50–55.50	53.63
8	—	1,281	57.50–65.50	62.64

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	941	560.00–860.00	689.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,230	840.00	840.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,030	84.00–87.00	85.46

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

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