Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifer sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned and preconditioned feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.66/cwt on 288 head.

Average price

$156.66

288 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$14.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.05

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	732	157.30	1,151	275
Medium and Large 2-3	551	143.00	787	13thin

One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about $364 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 sale288 hd

156.66

—

KY average25 barns · 7,128 hd

163.70

−7.05

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	1,746	100.34	1,752	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,626	77.74	1,264	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	74.20	743	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	73.92	927	24

Every lot, as filed

88 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	—	930	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	873	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	162.05/cwt	158.00–167.00	473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	148.99/cwt	145.00–155.00	788	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	161.60/cwt	160.00–163.00	372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,149	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,238	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	150.27/cwt	141.00–158.00	717	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	137.75/cwt	134.00–146.50	767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	180.74/cwt	180.00–182.00	506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	156.46/cwt	152.00–161.00	1,134	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	161.88/cwt	156.50–164.50	1,064	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	165.98/cwt	163.00–170.00	949	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	182.44/cwt	179.00–194.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	177.44/cwt	175.00–178.00	758	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	144.60/cwt	144.60–144.60	1,268	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	156.68/cwt	152.00–159.00	827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	176.46/cwt	174.00–179.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	140.76/cwt	140.50–142.00	1,242	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	182.28/cwt	177.00–186.00	849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	142.92/cwt	142.00–143.50	1,168	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	155.93/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,198	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	174.71/cwt	171.00–176.00	924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	153.23/cwt	151.00–155.00	959	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	142.98/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,011	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	173.93/cwt	170.00–183.00	807	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	169.94/cwt	165.00–178.00	722	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,042	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	167.66/cwt	160.00–171.00	882	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	422	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	874	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	81.04/cwt	79.50–82.50	1,443	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	75.54/cwt	74.50–77.00	1,150	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	74.66/cwt	70.50–78.50	957	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	74.66/cwt	74.00–75.50	748	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	636	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	832	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	83.39/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,065	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	65.87/cwt	62.00–69.50	756	5
Bulls	—	—	1,860	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	2,027	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	100.51/cwt	97.50–105.00	1,819	7
Bulls	—	—	1,185	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,072	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	17,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	133.01/cwt	132.00–134.00	891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	150.65/cwt	145.00–159.00	865	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	159.60/cwt	159.00–160.00	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	176.18/cwt	171.00–180.00	634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	135.33/cwt	129.00–140.00	847	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	158.74/cwt	149.00–165.00	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	888	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	165.48/cwt	164.00–167.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	368	174.62/cwt	171.00–178.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	116.00/cwt	113.00–119.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	158.96/cwt	148.00–163.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	126.64/cwt	121.00–130.00	912	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	137.70/cwt	128.00–139.75	931	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	137.35/cwt	136.00–138.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	378	204.24/cwt	200.00–208.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	738	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	863	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 →

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Wed Feb 16, 2022

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Feeder CattleReceipts 562Last week 174Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 36Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	103.00	103.00
1	—	755	105.00	105.00
1	—	465	145.00	145.00
1	—	630	126.00	126.00
3	—	870	115.00	115.00
2	—	685	113.00–119.00	116.00
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
3	—	515	136.00–138.00	137.35
1	—	560	129.00	129.00
2	—	738	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	144.00	144.00
4	—	592	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	292	158.00–167.00	162.05
23	—	529	145.00–155.00	148.99
2	—	230	160.00–163.00	161.60
3	—	927	124.00	124.00
17	—	477	141.00–158.00	150.27
5	—	557	134.00–146.50	137.75
4	—	758	120.00	120.00
22	—	626	129.00–140.00	135.33
5	—	379	149.00–165.00	158.74
4	—	328	164.00–167.00	165.48
4	—	414	148.00–163.00	158.96
14	—	720	121.00–130.00	126.64
33	—	676	128.00–139.75	137.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	171.00–178.00	174.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	140.00	140.00
1	—	560	150.00	150.00
1	—	870	110.00	110.00
1	—	475	160.00	160.00
1	—	385	169.00	169.00
1	—	735	135.00	135.00
1	—	260	169.00	169.00
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
2	—	432	145.00	145.00
1	—	695	131.00	131.00
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	763	162.25	162.25
61	—	877	144.60	144.60
4	—	529	171.00–176.00	174.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	191.00	191.00
3	—	378	200.00–208.00	204.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	280	180.00–182.00	180.74
22	—	725	152.00–161.00	156.46
23	—	657	156.50–164.50	161.88
8	—	572	163.00–170.00	165.98
5	—	386	179.00–194.00	182.44
5	—	427	175.00–178.00	177.44
1	—	1,005	118.00	118.00
6	—	528	152.00–159.00	156.68
2	—	325	174.00–179.00	176.46
11	—	882	140.50–142.00	140.76
4	—	466	177.00–186.00	182.28
8	—	817	142.00–143.50	142.92
29	—	768	150.00–158.00	155.93
10	—	626	151.00–155.00	153.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	707	131.00–145.00	142.98
9	—	464	170.00–183.00	173.93
9	—	425	165.00–178.00	169.94
3	—	690	151.00	151.00
8	—	526	160.00–171.00	167.66
7	—	574	145.00–159.00	150.65
5	—	360	171.00–180.00	176.18
3	—	777	135.00	135.00
2	—	345	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	422	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	132.00–134.00	133.01
1	—	300	162.00	162.00
2	—	750	110.00	110.00
2	—	565	141.00	141.00
1	—	280	153.00	153.00
1	—	520	153.00	153.00
5	—	490	159.00–160.00	159.60
2	—	645	139.00	139.00
2	—	445	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,780	79.50–82.50	81.04
3	—	1,523	74.50–77.00	75.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,282	70.50–78.50	74.66
3	—	1,277	82.00–86.00	83.39
5	—	1,148	62.00–69.50	65.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	74.00–75.50	74.66
1	—	1,010	63.00	63.00
1	—	990	84.00	84.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	109.00	109.00
7	—	1,810	97.50–105.00	100.51
1	—	1,185	90.50	90.50

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,555	1,125.00	1,125.00

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

Replacement Cattle