Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower on a limited amount of comparisons. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.19/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −158.78 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$239.19

8 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$45.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.01

vs KY average

−31.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	250.59	1,334	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	558	205.00	1,143	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.59/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $430.48, low $328.30, median $397.97 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

239.19

—

KY average25 barns · 1,384 hd

254.20

−15.01

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−31.40

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−158.78

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	—	Low	1,666	151.78	2,529	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	120.46	1,459	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,715	113.00	1,938	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	97.00	946	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	600–650	635	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	236.01/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	281.73/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,209	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	267.46/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,426	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	218.80/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	248.10/cwt	242.00–257.50	1,568	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	270.81/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,552	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	248.38/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,304	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	228.04/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,428	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	305.93/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,089	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,497	1
Bulls	—	—	1,638	134.18/cwt	132.00–139.00	2,198	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	163.91/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,557	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	119.89/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,414	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	112.61/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,343	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,938	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	157.25/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	327.71/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,439	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	320.36/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,140	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	125.52/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,614	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	434	302.43/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,313	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	263.79/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	778	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,000	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,520	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	294.17/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,368	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	836	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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 135Year ago 441

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 47Year ago 38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	220.00	220.00
2	350–400	380	220.00	220.00
4	450–500	482	260.00–265.00	263.79
1	500–550	520	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	595	205.00	205.00
1	600–650	635	215.00	215.00
2	750–800	778	178.00	178.00
2	800–850	805	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	305.00	305.00
15	350–400	356	305.00–306.00	305.93
5	400–450	429	272.50–290.00	281.73
1	450–500	460	297.50	297.50
4	500–550	525	245.00–255.00	248.38
1	550–600	570	245.00	245.00
19	600–650	626	220.00–236.00	228.04
2	650–700	658	217.50	217.50
1	700–750	730	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	640	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	300.00–305.00	302.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	695	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	705	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	613	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	670	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	465	290.00–302.50	294.17
16	500–550	543	280.00	280.00
4	550–600	585	278.00	278.00
3	650–700	651	230.00–239.00	236.01
4	700–750	711	215.00–230.00	218.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	320.00	320.00
7	350–400	356	307.50–322.50	320.36
7	400–450	439	320.00–334.00	327.71
2	500–550	533	265.00–270.00	267.46
7	550–600	573	262.50–275.00	270.81
7	600–650	632	242.00–257.50	248.10
1	700–750	715	215.00	215.00
2	850–900	858	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	570	252.50	252.50
2	600–650	620	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	720	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	765	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	805	155.00	155.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	132.00–139.00	134.18
2	—	1,560	163.00–165.00	163.91
2	—	1,800	155.00–159.00	157.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,179	118.00–122.00	119.89
2	—	1,193	111.00–114.00	112.61
4	—	1,286	124.00–127.00	125.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	113.00	113.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	97.00	97.00

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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