Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $218.08/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$218.08

125 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$670

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

$44.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.42

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	752	223.99	1,684	106
Medium and Large 2	598	196.67	1,176	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	564	179.77	1,014	13thin

One grade step is worth $44.22/cwt here — about $670 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 sale125 hd

218.08

—

KY average25 barns · 6,439 hd

234.50

−16.42

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	1,563	113.93	1,781	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,656	91.74	1,519	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	90.16	1,109	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	926	81.45	754	13

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	939	$892	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	885	$775	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	860	$725	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	725	$875	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,399	$1,477	3thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	232.39/cwt	224.00–241.00	895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	192.47/cwt	190.00–195.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	190.72/cwt	186.00–196.00	988	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	188.51/cwt	187.50–190.00	892	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	190.99/cwt	190.00–192.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	839	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,942	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	194.49/cwt	187.00–199.00	1,116	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	202.01/cwt	195.00–211.00	941	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	177.51/cwt	177.00–178.00	1,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	195.93/cwt	190.00–205.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	196.36/cwt	192.50–199.00	1,206	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	236.81/cwt	230.00–239.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	228.34/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	227.95/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	142.32/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	223.83/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,182	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	219.44/cwt	214.00–222.00	1,266	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	192.38/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,181	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,809	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	988	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	228.79/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,064	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	163.72/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,176	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	66.89/cwt	65.00–69.00	654	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	88.71/cwt	87.00–91.00	892	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	89.22/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,473	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	82.72/cwt	80.00–84.00	988	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	94.47/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,171	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	89.18/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,099	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	82.36/cwt	78.00–84.00	727	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	98.05/cwt	94.50–101.00	1,635	2
Bulls	—	—	1,670	116.14/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,940	7
Bulls	—	—	1,247	103.76/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,294	3
Bulls	—	—	1,765	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,277	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	892.30/head	600.00–1,085.00	892	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,399	1,477.43/head	1,275.00–1,575.00	1,477	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	896	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	858	92.49/cwt	90.00–95.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	198.74/cwt	197.50–200.00	761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,286	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	131.63/cwt	130.00–135.00	836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	164.97/cwt	160.00–175.00	937	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,130	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	119.90/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,163	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,361	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	192.84/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,105	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	219.14/cwt	212.00–230.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	170.59/cwt	168.00–174.00	984	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	207.33/cwt	200.00–218.00	798	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	188.22/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,154	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	209.02/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,066	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	409	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	170.66/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,120	3

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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Feeder CattleReceipts 383Last week 532Year ago 295

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 51Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 0Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	224.00–241.00	232.39
2	—	465	227.50–230.00	228.79
5	—	718	155.00–166.00	163.72
1	—	895	110.00	110.00
1	—	245	200.00	200.00
2	—	420	208.00	208.00
5	—	670	192.00	192.00
2	—	528	214.00	214.00
2	—	970	110.00–130.00	119.90
2	—	810	168.00	168.00
3	—	573	184.00–197.00	192.84
3	—	320	212.00–230.00	219.14
1	—	755	170.00	170.00
10	—	613	180.00–196.00	188.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	95.00	95.00
2	—	578	155.00	155.00
1	—	540	198.00	198.00
2	—	858	90.00–95.00	92.49
2	—	440	197.00	197.00
2	—	383	197.50–200.00	198.74
3	—	635	130.00–135.00	131.63
1	—	740	130.00	130.00
1	—	475	202.00	202.00
1	—	945	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	160.00–175.00	164.97
1	—	625	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	190.00–195.00	192.47
5	—	473	187.50–190.00	188.51
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
2	—	435	190.00–192.00	190.99
4	—	616	177.00–178.00	177.51
1	—	795	130.00	130.00
9	—	577	168.00–174.00	170.59
1	—	880	101.00	101.00
3	—	656	170.00–171.00	170.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	186.00–196.00	190.72
1	—	800	130.00	130.00
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
11	—	574	187.00–199.00	194.49
9	—	466	195.00–211.00	202.01
6	—	421	190.00–205.00	195.93
1	—	695	187.50	187.50
5	—	795	188.00	188.00
5	—	614	192.50–199.00	196.36
1	—	715	150.00	150.00
6	—	385	200.00–218.00	207.33
3	—	330	190.00	190.00
1	—	915	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	205.00–213.00	209.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	409	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	130.00	130.00
1	—	260	207.50	207.50
1	—	440	194.00	194.00
2	—	505	190.00	190.00
3	—	555	189.00	189.00
2	—	618	180.00	180.00
1	—	725	176.00	176.00
1	—	450	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	839	231.50	231.50
6	—	790	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	391	230.00–239.00	236.81
3	—	476	228.00–229.00	228.34
4	—	908	185.00	185.00
4	—	722	219.00–231.00	227.95
2	—	820	135.00–150.00	142.32
1	—	340	222.50	222.50
4	—	528	219.00–229.00	223.83
3	—	577	214.00–222.00	219.44
5	—	614	190.00–202.00	192.38
1	—	1,025	152.00	152.00
6	—	447	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	206.00	206.00
4	—	588	196.00	196.00
1	—	735	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	978	65.00–69.00	66.89
3	—	1,005	87.00–91.00	88.71
8	—	883	78.00–84.00	82.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,651	88.00–92.00	89.22
2	—	1,668	94.50–101.00	98.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	80.00–84.00	82.72
11	—	1,240	93.00–98.00	94.47
18	—	1,232	85.00–92.50	89.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,670	114.00–120.00	116.14
3	—	1,247	103.00–105.00	103.76
1	—	1,765	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	939	600.00–1,085.00	892.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,399	1,275.00–1,575.00	1,477.43
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	875.00	875.00

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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