Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned and pre-conditioned calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower on a very plain quality offering. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.54/cwt on 277 head.

Average price

$138.54

277 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$21.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.02

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	631	141.22	891	242
Medium and Large 2-3	539	120.02	647	35

One grade step is worth $21.19/cwt here — about $244 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 sale277 hd

138.54

—

KY average23 barns · 5,626 hd

146.57

−8.02

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	1,519	92.58	1,407	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,625	64.51	1,048	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	62.19	762	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	58.69	577	8thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	332	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	126.42/cwt	124.00–129.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	141.93/cwt	130.00–145.00	805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	130.00/cwt	121.00–133.00	801	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	140.58/cwt	130.00–146.00	596	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	138.36/cwt	130.00–145.00	682	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	748	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	131.03/cwt	130.00–132.00	477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,098	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	136.48/cwt	136.00–137.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	123.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,231	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	141.46/cwt	139.00–144.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	156.08/cwt	146.00–158.50	821	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	135.24/cwt	130.00–139.00	705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	156.39/cwt	144.00–157.50	1,156	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	144.48/cwt	141.00–151.00	904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	129.51/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	169.02/cwt	167.50–169.50	1,051	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	137.28/cwt	127.00–140.50	787	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	134.76/cwt	130.00–138.00	706	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	153.76/cwt	153.00–160.00	546	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	125.79/cwt	121.00–127.00	883	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	886	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	146.60/cwt	140.00–158.00	698	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	72.82/cwt	71.50–74.00	892	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	63.88/cwt	60.00–69.50	791	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	425	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	62.66/cwt	62.50–63.00	630	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	58.51/cwt	58.00–59.00	579	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,015	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	64.01/cwt	59.00–66.50	1,050	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	57.95/cwt	54.50–60.00	698	15
Bulls	—	—	1,710	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,753	1
Bulls	—	—	1,593	92.21/cwt	90.00–94.50	1,469	2
Bulls	—	—	1,350	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	114.50/cwt	112.00–117.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	151.38/cwt	151.00–151.50	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	141.06/cwt	137.00–147.00	951	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	889	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	363	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,008	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	965	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	800	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,096	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	885	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	137.91/cwt	137.50–139.00	519	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	123.95/cwt	122.00–126.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	614	118.25/cwt	116.00–119.00	726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	125.55/cwt	125.00–126.00	512	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	880	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,294	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	128.60/cwt	122.00–137.00	664	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	838	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	849	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 Oct 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 592Last week 537Year ago 553

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 99Year ago 96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	332	120.00	120.00
2	—	470	124.00–129.00	126.42
2	—	375	122.00–126.00	123.95
8	—	614	116.00–119.00	118.25
3	—	673	114.00	114.00
11	—	408	125.00–126.00	125.55
2	—	570	117.00	117.00
2	—	838	110.00–111.00	110.50
1	—	740	114.00	114.00
2	—	765	110.00–112.00	111.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	567	130.00–145.00	141.93
19	—	616	121.00–133.00	130.00
16	—	424	130.00–146.00	140.58
2	—	725	133.00	133.00
2	—	340	128.00	128.00
38	—	493	130.00–145.00	138.36
2	—	295	128.00	128.00
7	—	770	121.00	121.00
6	—	364	130.00–132.00	131.03
35	—	516	122.00–137.00	128.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	142.00	142.00
5	—	748	145.00	145.00
29	—	578	167.00	167.00
10	—	800	137.00	137.00
7	—	632	140.00	140.00
56	—	880	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	559	167.00	167.00
8	—	767	160.50	160.50
21	—	622	167.50–169.50	169.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	120.00	120.00
2	—	660	139.00–144.00	141.46
1	—	955	126.00	126.00
19	—	526	146.00–158.50	156.08
1	—	595	151.00	151.00
12	—	739	144.00–157.50	156.39
4	—	626	141.00–151.00	144.48
1	—	855	134.00	134.00
3	—	477	165.00	165.00
3	—	422	159.50	159.50
2	—	833	128.00–131.00	129.51
1	—	760	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	116.00	116.00
2	—	460	131.00	131.00
2	—	430	136.00–137.00	136.48
2	—	350	121.00–125.00	123.00
4	—	521	130.00–139.00	135.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	573	127.00–140.50	137.28
10	—	524	130.00–138.00	134.76
10	—	355	153.00–160.00	153.76
5	—	702	121.00–127.00	125.79
4	—	615	144.00	144.00
19	—	476	140.00–158.00	146.60
4	—	429	151.00–151.50	151.38
13	—	674	137.00–147.00	141.06
1	—	855	104.00	104.00
2	—	772	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	112.00–117.00	114.50
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
1	—	420	122.00	122.00
1	—	300	135.00	135.00
1	—	215	120.00	120.00
1	—	730	105.00	105.00
1	—	480	139.00	139.00
6	—	273	133.00	133.00
2	—	1,008	85.00	85.00
7	—	376	137.50–139.00	137.91
1	—	670	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	71.50–74.00	72.82
25	—	1,238	60.00–69.50	63.88
15	—	1,205	54.50–60.00	57.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	47.50	47.50
3	—	1,005	62.50–63.00	62.66
4	—	990	58.00–59.00	58.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	69.50	69.50
10	—	1,641	59.00–66.50	64.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	102.50	102.50
2	—	1,593	90.00–94.50	92.21
2	—	1,350	88.00	88.00

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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