Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 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 $280.38/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −182.29 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$280.38

31 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$28.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.35

vs KY average

−33.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	286.49	1,610	24
Medium and Large 2	585	268.00	1,568	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	572	258.00	1,475	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.49/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

280.38

—

KY average26 barns · 1,284 hd

303.74

−23.35

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

−33.72

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−182.29

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	1,660	155.58	2,583	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,557	136.67	2,128	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	134.71	1,618	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,007	125.25	1,261	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	151.05	1,930	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,170	173.00	2,024	2thin

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)	970	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,121	$1,654	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,591	3thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	267.18/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,574	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	318.92/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	239.95/cwt	237.50–242.50	1,836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,835	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,000	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	325.48/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,344	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	846	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	2,075	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	275.89/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,741	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	243.24/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,301	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	258.49/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	230.49/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,535	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	248.79/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,533	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	311.71/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	320.24/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,009	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	240.81/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	229.90/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,414	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	637	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,580	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	276.55/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,414	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,591.43/head	1,475.00–1,725.00	1,591	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	299.49/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	323.27/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	282.34/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,335	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	237	306.90/cwt	300.00–310.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	307.47/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	322	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,127	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,112	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,351	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,132	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	126.63/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,488	3
Bulls	—	—	1,728	155.31/cwt	153.50–157.50	2,684	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	132.79/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,619	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	2,119	2
Bulls	—	—	1,570	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,591	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,170	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,024	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,278	151.05/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,930	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	140.98/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,683	6
Bulls	—	—	1,410	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	2,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	257.83/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	502	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,586	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	745	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,229	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	870	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	1,654.38/head	1,550.00–1,875.00	1,654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,085	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	684	225.69/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,489	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	308.50/cwt	306.00–312.50	1,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	261.71/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,120	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,487	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,276	1
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	500–550	545	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	915	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,658	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,181	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	274.18/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	1

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 369Last week 239Year ago 245

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 51Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	312.50–327.50	320.24
1	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
5	400–450	413	320.00–330.00	325.48
5	450–500	486	317.50–325.00	318.92
5	500–550	529	306.00–312.50	308.50
13	550–600	589	260.00–277.50	267.18
10	600–650	626	250.00–267.00	258.49
9	650–700	680	240.00–247.50	240.81
19	700–750	746	246.00	246.00
2	750–800	765	237.50–242.50	239.95
1	850–900	885	215.00	215.00
7	950–1000	990	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	302.50	302.50
2	450–500	458	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	585	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	523	316.00	316.00
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
18	600–650	631	275.00–276.00	275.89
3	700–750	723	262.00	262.00
60	800–850	846	245.25	245.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	545	258.00	258.00
5	550–600	577	258.00	258.00
3	650–700	684	224.00–229.00	225.69
1	800–850	800	192.50	192.50
1	850–900	850	195.00	195.00
1	900–950	920	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	292.50	292.50
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	300.00–310.00	306.90
2	300–350	328	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	350	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	420	320.00–325.00	323.27
7	450–500	474	307.50–317.50	311.71
5	500–550	511	297.50–305.00	299.49
1	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
7	600–650	616	245.00–254.00	248.79
1	650–700	690	222.00	222.00
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	272.50	272.50
1	450–500	475	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	542	272.50–275.00	274.18
1	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	695	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	790	177.50	177.50
1	900–950	915	177.50	177.50
1	1050–1100	1,085	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	315	312.50	312.50
7	350–400	370	305.00–310.00	307.47
10	400–450	428	270.00–285.00	276.55
3	450–500	473	275.00–290.00	282.34
12	500–550	535	235.00–247.50	243.24
9	550–600	550	257.00	257.00
8	600–650	615	220.00–235.00	229.90
4	650–700	666	230.00–231.00	230.49
2	700–750	702	224.00	224.00
2	800–850	815	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	508	257.50–258.00	257.83
8	550–600	559	266.00	266.00
5	600–650	637	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	380	282.50	282.50
3	400–450	428	260.00–265.00	261.71
3	450–500	485	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	525	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	580	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	635	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	705	180.00	180.00
1	800–850	800	172.50	172.50
1	850–900	895	152.50	152.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	165.00	165.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	195.00	195.00

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)	3	—	1,045	1,475.00–1,725.00	1,591.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	970	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,121	1,550.00–1,875.00	1,654.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	114.00	114.00
1	—	965	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,043	123.00–124.00	123.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	146.00	146.00
2	—	1,605	130.00–134.00	132.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	126.00–127.00	126.63
7	—	1,219	129.00–137.00	132.79
6	—	1,194	138.00–146.00	140.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,728	153.50–157.50	155.31
1	—	1,570	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,410	147.50	147.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	150.00–152.00	151.05

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

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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