Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $150.45/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$150.45

196 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$21.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.58

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	692	151.54	1,049	186
Medium and Large 2-3	598	130.11	778	10thin

One grade step is worth $21.43/cwt here — about $271 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 sale196 hd

150.45

—

KY average20 barns · 5,960 hd

156.02

−5.58

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	1,840	99.78	1,836	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,549	67.92	1,052	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	62.71	751	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	915	55.05	504	6thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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	—	420	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	833	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	142.02/cwt	133.00–147.00	1,023	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	142.16/cwt	137.00–149.00	901	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	646	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	911	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	158.13/cwt	152.50–160.00	914	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	592	128.01/cwt	122.00–130.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	138.05/cwt	135.00–141.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,040	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	797	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,207	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	157.65/cwt	157.50–157.75	992	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	157.73/cwt	146.00–161.50	853	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	847	147.10/cwt	147.10–147.10	1,246	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	806	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	69.34/cwt	69.00–69.50	883	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	662	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	56.05/cwt	55.00–57.00	513	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	63.86/cwt	60.50–66.00	770	7
Bulls	—	—	1,733	96.59/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,674	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	55.71/cwt	52.00–58.50	630	4
Bulls	—	—	1,565	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,252	1
Bulls	—	—	1,958	105.21/cwt	103.00–107.00	2,060	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	49.73/cwt	49.00–50.00	448	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	70.55/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,067	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	66.16/cwt	64.50–68.50	1,041	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	915.89/cwt	775.00–1,000.00	10,588	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,324	937.93/cwt	850.00–1,050.00	12,418	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	8,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	138.10/cwt	131.00–146.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,033	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	184.73/cwt	180.00–190.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	140.47/cwt	139.00–142.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	134.10/cwt	129.00–137.00	817	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	132.87/cwt	125.00–138.00	906	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	780	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	138.56/cwt	131.50–145.00	655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	136.78/cwt	131.00–140.00	703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	861	2

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 Jan 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 207Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 52Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 3Year 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	—	420	144.00	144.00
1	—	685	130.00	130.00
1	—	790	109.00	109.00
4	—	592	122.00–130.00	128.01
2	—	488	135.00–141.00	138.05
1	—	740	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	720	133.00–147.00	142.02
3	—	443	168.50	168.50
15	—	634	137.00–149.00	142.16
1	—	820	135.00	135.00
25	—	578	152.50–160.00	158.13
1	—	455	157.00	157.00
1	—	855	134.00	134.00
13	—	541	146.00–161.50	157.73
3	—	678	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	672	154.75	154.75
21	—	797	151.50	151.50
18	—	629	157.50–157.75	157.65
36	—	847	147.10	147.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	589	141.50	141.50
1	—	435	144.00	144.00
1	—	280	147.00	147.00
4	—	379	131.00–146.00	138.10
19	—	754	137.00	137.00
14	—	609	129.00–137.00	134.10
11	—	682	125.00–138.00	132.87
3	—	323	154.00	154.00
8	—	473	131.50–145.00	138.56
6	—	514	131.00–140.00	136.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	108.00	108.00
1	—	310	135.00	135.00
1	—	580	121.00	121.00
1	—	950	98.00	98.00
1	—	895	98.00	98.00
2	—	765	108.00–110.00	109.00
2	—	820	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	646	141.00	141.00
11	—	537	145.25	145.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	117.00	117.00
1	—	645	128.00	128.00
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
4	—	510	158.00	158.00
2	—	275	180.00–190.00	184.73
2	—	678	120.00	120.00
2	—	480	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	95.00	95.00
1	—	830	91.00	91.00
2	—	485	139.00–142.00	140.47
1	—	415	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	69.00–69.50	69.34
7	—	1,205	60.50–66.00	63.86
4	—	1,131	52.00–58.50	55.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	69.00	69.00
2	—	915	55.00–57.00	56.05
3	—	900	49.00–50.00	49.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	69.00–72.00	70.55
3	—	1,573	64.50–68.50	66.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,733	94.00–101.00	96.59
1	—	1,565	80.00	80.00
6	—	1,958	103.00–107.00	105.21

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	—	1,156	775.00–1,000.00	915.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,324	850.00–1,050.00	937.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	720.00	720.00

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

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