Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Over 600 lbs sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $143.46/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$143.46

107 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$17.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.66

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	601	143.95	865	104
Medium and Large 2-3	473	126.34	598	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about $267 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 sale107 hd

143.46

—

KY average27 barns · 5,677 hd

140.80

+2.66

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	—	Low	1,704	93.35	1,590	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,502	66.00	991	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,262	63.15	797	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	933	59.82	558	7thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,004	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	61.98/cwt	59.50–64.50	609	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	58.18/cwt	55.00–60.50	698	7
Bulls	—	—	1,383	84.49/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,168	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	139.56/cwt	135.00–151.00	666	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	784	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	94.71/cwt	91.50–98.00	1,691	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	137.33/cwt	134.00–141.00	713	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	129.12/cwt	126.00–136.00	746	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	168.67/cwt	168.00–169.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	145.00/cwt	141.00–150.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	129.58/cwt	125.00–134.00	474	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	129.50/cwt	126.00–130.50	805	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	128.33/cwt	121.00–132.00	595	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.24/cwt	121.00–129.00	654	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	123.23/cwt	121.00–130.00	382	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	102.69/cwt	100.00–104.00	865	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	701	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	100.64/cwt	99.00–102.00	1,872	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	126.22/cwt	121.00–133.00	853	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	160.46/cwt	160.00–161.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	938	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	125.05/cwt	121.00–130.00	533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	129.22/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,044	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	152.50/cwt	145.00–156.00	775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	136.58/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,002	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	135.97/cwt	134.00–138.00	664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	147.05/cwt	141.00–152.00	822	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	142.44/cwt	133.00–145.50	896	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	165.02/cwt	161.00–168.00	612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	134.01/cwt	133.00–135.00	697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	149.21/cwt	140.00–151.00	648	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	13,671	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	64.96/cwt	62.00–67.50	830	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,013	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	980	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	639	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	55.77/cwt	53.00–57.00	485	3

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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 156Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 38Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 8Year ago 6

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	69.00	69.00
7	—	1,200	55.00–60.50	58.18
16	—	1,277	62.00–67.50	64.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	982	59.50–64.50	61.98
1	—	975	65.50	65.50
3	—	870	53.00–57.00	55.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	68.00	68.00
2	—	1,508	65.00	65.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,383	80.00–87.00	84.49
10	—	1,785	91.50–98.00	94.71
3	—	1,860	99.00–102.00	100.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
1	—	695	110.00	110.00
3	—	422	134.00	134.00
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	135.00–151.00	139.56
2	—	608	129.00	129.00
6	—	519	134.00–141.00	137.33
2	—	765	119.00–120.00	119.50
9	—	578	126.00–136.00	129.12
3	—	359	168.00–169.00	168.67
3	—	418	141.00–150.00	145.00
3	—	842	100.00–104.00	102.69
4	—	676	121.00–133.00	126.22
2	—	270	160.00–161.00	160.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	116.00	116.00
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	730	107.00	107.00
1	—	755	80.00	80.00
2	—	575	116.00–117.00	116.49
1	—	275	116.00	116.00
2	—	938	78.00	78.00
1	—	310	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	366	125.00–134.00	129.58
1	—	680	128.00	128.00
9	—	622	126.00–130.50	129.50
12	—	464	121.00–132.00	128.33
12	—	526	121.00–129.00	124.24
5	—	310	121.00–130.00	123.23
1	—	255	125.00	125.00
6	—	426	121.00–130.00	125.05
1	—	580	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	808	119.00–131.00	129.22
8	—	508	145.00–156.00	152.50
1	—	680	139.00	139.00
17	—	734	134.00–138.00	136.58
2	—	488	134.00–138.00	135.97
24	—	559	141.00–152.00	147.05
3	—	325	157.00	157.00
32	—	629	133.00–145.50	142.44
4	—	371	161.00–168.00	165.02
6	—	434	140.00–151.00	149.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	111.00	111.00
2	—	520	133.00–135.00	134.01

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)	1	—	1,470	930.00	930.00

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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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

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