Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to low number of receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.90/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −75.59 against this barn's trailing median of $214.49.

Average price

$138.90

20 head · 414 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$126

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

$48.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.17

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	354	148.56	527	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	651	100.25	653	4thin

One grade step is worth $48.31/cwt here — about −$126 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

6 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $221.00, low $178.02, median $214.49 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale20 hd

138.90

—

KY average26 barns · 1,309 hd

125.73

+13.17

This barn, trailing median6 sales

214.49

−75.59

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	55.36	683	5thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-2	—	290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	237	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	225	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	270	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	544	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	52.60/cwt	50.00–54.00	700	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	311	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	488	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	340	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 Feb 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 41Last week 247Year ago 455

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 23Year ago 29

No trend due to low number of receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
2	—	342	130.00	130.00
6	—	420	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	86.00	86.00
1	—	910	86.00	86.00
1	—	225	120.00	120.00
1	—	675	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	311	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	114.00	114.00
2	—	350	127.00	127.00
3	—	530	123.00	123.00
1	—	475	133.00	133.00
1	—	300	113.00	113.00
7	—	650	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	110.00	110.00
1	—	340	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
3	—	738	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	49.00	49.00
3	—	1,330	50.00–54.00	52.60
1	—	1,070	70.00	70.00

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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