Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2023-01-04

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
3 vs last sale 133 20 vs year ago 110 · +18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
2 vs last sale 28 14 vs year ago 40 · 35.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.43/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$150.43
103 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$49.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.47
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2687154.751,06394
Medium and Large 2-3669105.227049thin
One grade step is worth $49.53/cwt here — about $359 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 sale103 hd
150.43
KY average13 barns · 2,780 hd
154.89
−4.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,47085.751,2613thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58366.111,0466thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14257.3065415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23352.006412thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,10598.50/cwt94.00–103.001,0882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585156.10/cwt148.00–160.009133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657160.45/cwt139.00–166.001,0545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570124.00/cwt124.00–124.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3844109.00/cwt109.00–109.009205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530135.09/cwt122.00–145.0071611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy535190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445175.00/cwt175.00–175.007791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600154.00/cwt154.00–154.009241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added778167.35/cwt167.35–167.351,30259
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433127.47/cwt124.00–128.005527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476121.00/cwt121.00–121.005767
BullsMedium and Large 2-397581.00/cwt81.00–81.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633148.80/cwt148.00–150.009425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678145.00/cwt145.00–145.009834
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3422101.00/cwt101.00–101.004262
Bulls1,21075.00/cwt75.00–75.009081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11562.98/cwt60.00–65.007024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,3131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55863.93/cwt62.00–67.509965
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16052.56/cwt44.00–59.0061010
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06582.00/cwt82.00–82.008731
Bulls1,60091.13/cwt90.00–92.001,4582
CowsLean 85-90%1,29558.00/cwt58.00–58.007511
CowsLean 85-90%1,17046.00/cwt46.00–46.005381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390169.00/cwt169.00–169.006591
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420139.00/cwt139.00–139.005841
BullsMedium and Large 2-369090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
BullsMedium and Large 2-3520107.00/cwt107.00–107.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-365090.00/cwt90.00–90.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3305110.00/cwt110.00–110.003361
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,20094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1281
BullsMedium and Large 1-281090.00/cwt90.00–90.007291

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.