Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.86/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −178.82 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$283.86

31 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$36.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.52

vs KY average

−21.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	286.19	1,567	29
Medium and Large 2-3	545	250.00	1,363	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.19/cwt here — about $205 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

20 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.24, low $415.74, median $462.67 across 20 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 sale31 hd

283.86

—

KY average24 barns · 1,057 hd

293.38

−9.52

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−21.61

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−178.82

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	2,068	160.82	3,326	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,606	126.13	2,026	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	125.80	1,511	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	943	119.41	1,126	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	148.00	1,621	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,985	130.00	2,581	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,355	$1,450	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,330	$1,825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,417	$2,059	3thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1-2Fancy	450–500	452	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	305	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	239.73/cwt	225.00–241.50	1,642	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	222.22/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	256.10/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,442	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	308.01/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,155	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	275.50/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	252.95/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,331	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	296.53/cwt	295.00–300.00	984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	277.48/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,329	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	244.25/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,536	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	287.34/cwt	287.00–288.00	1,738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	231.25/cwt	231.00–231.25	1,954	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	267.86/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,449	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	283.48/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,508	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	263.73/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,764	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	252.41/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,704	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	281.26/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,187	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,847	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	246.17/cwt	242.00–251.00	1,733	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	233.03/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	309.32/cwt	306.00–322.50	1,485	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	236.44/cwt	233.00–237.50	1,849	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	298.69/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,365	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,417	2,059.41/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	251.97/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	267.22/cwt	257.50–273.00	1,683	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	247.19/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,651	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	268.31/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,511	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	328.93/cwt	327.50–332.00	1,414	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	298.33/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,238	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	323.24/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,235	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,725	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	124.63/cwt	122.00–129.00	2,054	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	135.83/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,692	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	124.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,472	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	108.87/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,279	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	107.43/cwt	104.00–111.00	943	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,985	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,581	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	132.84/cwt	132.50–133.00	2,068	3
Bulls	—	—	1,960	163.79/cwt	163.00–164.50	3,210	2
Bulls	—	—	2,223	150.00/cwt	148.00–152.50	3,335	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	130.30/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,212	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	117.66/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,148	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	459	332.91/cwt	332.50–333.00	1,528	6
Bulls	—	—	1,975	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	3,486	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	974	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	248.36/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	357	287.89/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,028	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,000	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	945	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	679	222.57/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	427	264.15/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,128	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	254.72/cwt	252.50–256.00	1,551	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,045	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	812	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	267.31/cwt	262.00–269.00	1,532	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	270.76/cwt	268.00–273.00	1,419	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	306.58/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,272	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	837	233.92/cwt	233.25–239.50	1,958	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	304.28/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,756	5

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 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 734Last week 201Year ago 369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 24Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	330.00	330.00
13	350–400	382	315.00–330.00	323.24
3	400–450	430	327.50–332.00	328.93
14	450–500	457	295.00–307.50	298.69
10	500–550	541	260.00–275.00	267.86
13	550–600	563	265.00–270.00	268.31
6	600–650	612	240.00–258.00	251.97
8	650–700	668	242.50–250.00	247.19
4	700–750	726	218.00–225.00	222.22
2	800–850	820	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	292.00	292.00
2	500–550	515	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	565	253.00	253.00
3	600–650	608	235.00	235.00
4	650–700	679	219.00–226.00	222.57
1	800–850	830	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	459	332.50–333.00	332.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	316.00	316.00
1	350–400	355	317.50	317.50
2	400–450	415	300.00–313.00	306.58
9	450–500	480	306.00–322.50	309.32
19	500–550	532	270.00–286.00	283.48
4	550–600	597	271.00–277.00	275.50
32	600–650	630	257.50–273.00	267.22
25	650–700	669	258.00–269.00	263.73
26	700–750	704	242.00–251.00	246.17
6	750–800	782	233.00–237.50	236.44
61	800–850	845	231.00–231.25	231.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	290.00	290.00
5	550–600	577	300.00–307.00	304.28
3	600–650	605	287.00–288.00	287.34
7	650–700	659	277.00	277.00
14	700–750	716	258.00	258.00
74	800–850	837	233.25–239.50	233.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	350	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	415	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	625	247.50–250.00	248.36
1	750–800	795	219.00	219.00
2	800–850	812	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	275.00	275.00
1	250–300	290	285.00	285.00
3	300–350	332	295.00–300.00	296.53
5	350–400	375	305.00–310.00	308.01
34	400–450	422	270.00–287.50	281.26
14	450–500	479	270.00–285.00	277.48
9	500–550	526	245.00–262.50	252.95
28	550–600	563	246.00–259.00	256.10
18	600–650	629	237.50–250.00	244.25
25	650–700	685	225.00–241.50	239.73
6	700–750	718	231.00–235.00	233.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	524	268.00–273.00	270.76
16	550–600	573	262.00–269.00	267.31
13	600–650	609	252.50–256.00	254.72
64	650–700	675	252.00–254.00	252.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	310.00	310.00
6	400–450	415	290.00–300.00	298.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	280.00	280.00
1	300–350	345	275.00	275.00
7	350–400	357	287.50–290.00	287.89
6	400–450	427	262.50–265.00	264.15
1	450–500	465	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	660	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	715	195.00	195.00
3	750–800	785	198.00	198.00
1	800–850	805	186.00	186.00
1	900–950	945	147.50	147.50
1	1000–1050	1,000	145.00	145.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,417	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,059.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,330	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,355	1,450.00	1,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	115.00	115.00
6	—	1,648	122.00–129.00	124.63
3	—	1,557	132.50–133.00	132.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,246	131.00–140.00	135.83
15	—	1,180	120.00–130.00	124.76
5	—	1,175	104.00–111.00	108.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	104.00–111.00	107.43
3	—	930	129.00–132.00	130.30
5	—	976	115.00–123.00	117.66
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	130.00	130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,960	163.00–164.50	163.79
2	—	2,223	148.00–152.50	150.00
1	—	1,975	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	148.00	148.00

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 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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