Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2024-08-07

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
51 vs last sale 126 168 vs year ago 243 · 69.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
23 vs last sale 43 24 vs year ago 44 · 54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to low number of receipts. Uncertainty of CME cattle futures and volatility of stock market affected number of receipts and demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $251.93/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 210.74 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.
Average price
$251.93
15 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,490
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
28.06
vs KY average
23.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592251.931,49015thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
506471437402median 462.6701/1403/1104/2205/2708/05
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 sale15 hd
251.93
KY average22 barns · 490 hd
280.00
−28.06
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
−23.15
This barn, trailing median20 sales
462.67
−210.74
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
BullsAverage2,148160.503,4472thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,530136.692,0916thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,287134.221,7276thin
CowsLean 85-90%High941114.751,0804thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls2,310156.00/cwt156.00–156.003,6041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390210.00/cwt210.00–210.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,0521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188137.65/cwt137.00–138.001,6353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,440149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,1461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,358121.69/cwt118.00–125.001,6532
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545135.83/cwt134.00–138.002,0995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600592253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,49814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522238.67/cwt238.00–239.001,2463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3861
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500450200.00/cwt200.00–200.009001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350332225.00/cwt225.00–225.007472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500457274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700664246.96/cwt244.00–255.001,6408
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450440210.00/cwt210.00–210.009241
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550545233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2701
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700660227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4982
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350345210.00/cwt210.00–210.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650648250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800785115.00/cwt115.00–115.009031
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900885110.00/cwt110.00–110.009741
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700690198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3662
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750740112.50/cwt112.50–112.508331
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450422250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,3253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650640233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450432272.25/cwt269.00–273.001,1765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750738228.62/cwt227.00–229.001,6875
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721
CowsLean 85-90%990138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,3661
CowsLean 85-90%1,000107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0701
CowsLean 85-90%88094.00/cwt94.00–94.008271
Bulls1,985165.00/cwt165.00–165.003,2751
CowsLean 85-90%895120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3001

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.