Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.05/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$137.05

92 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$29.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

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	552	141.79	783	77
Medium and Large 2-3	666	112.73	751	15thin

One grade step is worth $29.06/cwt here — about $32 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 sale92 hd

137.05

—

KY average25 barns · 5,616 hd

140.66

−3.60

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	—	Average	1,549	97.72	1,514	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	71.00	1,044	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,269	68.79	873	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	59.79	549	4thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2-3	—	725	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	137.72/cwt	127.00–141.50	792	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	175.70/cwt	168.00–180.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	940	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	132.52/cwt	122.00–139.00	1,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	126.35/cwt	121.00–133.00	915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	137.99/cwt	137.00–141.00	989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	159.98/cwt	158.00–164.00	891	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	175.47/cwt	174.00–177.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	182.48/cwt	179.00–183.00	703	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	158.27/cwt	152.00–160.00	752	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	148.21/cwt	147.00–152.00	877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	147.28/cwt	144.00–151.00	701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	152.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	160.65/cwt	149.00–164.00	842	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	130.79/cwt	128.00–144.00	893	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	1,080.49/cwt	875.00–1,250.00	14,511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	142.99/cwt	136.00–144.00	937	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	136.48/cwt	133.00–144.00	596	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,413	1,211.42/cwt	1,125.00–1,300.00	17,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	110.11/cwt	105.00–111.50	904	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	140.76/cwt	130.00–145.00	950	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	166.62/cwt	166.00–167.00	1,028	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	143.92/cwt	138.00–151.00	894	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,044	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	69.29/cwt	64.00–71.50	858	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	56.99/cwt	56.00–58.00	768	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	75.48/cwt	73.50–77.50	974	3
Bulls	—	—	1,415	99.16/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,403	2
Bulls	—	—	1,333	82.63/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	140.34/cwt	137.00–147.00	855	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,446	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,611	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	56.50/cwt	56.00–57.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	807	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	358	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	63.08/cwt	60.00–66.00	583	2
Bulls	—	—	1,783	106.83/cwt	106.50–107.00	1,905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	418	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	652	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	147.43/cwt	143.00–151.00	778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	147.71/cwt	141.00–151.00	775	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	631	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	848	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	141.69/cwt	133.00–149.00	555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	126.94/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,038	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	133.94/cwt	127.00–140.00	824	10

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 Jul 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 232Last week 257Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 29Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 5Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	87.00	87.00
1	—	425	122.00	122.00
2	—	538	132.00	132.00
1	—	1,000	90.00	90.00
1	—	800	96.00	96.00
1	—	685	112.00	112.00
1	—	910	90.00	90.00
1	—	570	122.00	122.00
1	—	490	126.00	126.00
4	—	631	118.00	118.00
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	575	127.00–141.50	137.72
4	—	724	121.00–133.00	126.35
4	—	348	151.00	151.00
7	—	476	144.00–151.00	147.28
8	—	655	136.00–144.00	142.99
3	—	437	133.00–144.00	136.48
13	—	525	141.00–151.00	147.71
4	—	392	133.00–149.00	141.69
10	—	615	127.00–140.00	133.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	653	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	143.00	143.00
2	—	572	141.00	141.00
1	—	240	149.00	149.00
2	—	615	131.00–132.00	131.50
1	—	855	99.00	99.00
1	—	380	159.00	159.00
2	—	505	139.00	139.00
1	—	405	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	168.00–180.00	175.70
5	—	717	137.00–141.00	137.99
1	—	240	176.00	176.00
3	—	557	158.00–164.00	159.98
7	—	385	179.00–183.00	182.48
2	—	483	150.00–155.00	152.51
6	—	524	149.00–164.00	160.65
8	—	675	130.00–145.00	140.76
4	—	621	138.00–151.00	143.92
3	—	322	173.00	173.00
5	—	818	121.00–131.00	126.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	617	166.00–167.00	166.62
1	—	510	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	759	122.00–139.00	132.52
2	—	363	174.00–177.00	175.47
2	—	340	164.00	164.00
7	—	475	152.00–160.00	158.27
1	—	435	170.00	170.00
4	—	592	147.00–152.00	148.21
7	—	683	128.00–144.00	130.79
10	—	821	105.00–111.50	110.11
3	—	609	137.00–147.00	140.34
4	—	528	143.00–151.00	147.43
1	—	705	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,130	99.00	99.00
4	—	740	116.00	116.00
1	—	610	129.00	129.00
1	—	595	136.00	136.00
2	—	848	100.00	100.00
1	—	650	113.00	113.00

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	—	1,343	875.00–1,250.00	1,080.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,413	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,211.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	79.00	79.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,238	64.00–71.50	69.29
2	—	1,348	56.00–58.00	56.99
3	—	1,290	73.50–77.50	75.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	56.00–57.00	56.50
2	—	925	60.00–66.00	63.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	95.00–103.00	99.16
2	—	1,333	80.00–84.00	82.63
3	—	1,783	106.50–107.00	106.83

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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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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle