Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher also on a light test. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. No test on slaughter bulls. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.51/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −182.46 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$215.51

12 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$37.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.25

vs KY average

−31.27 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	231.32	1,300	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	546	193.38	1,055	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.94/cwt here — about $245 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale12 hd

215.51

—

KY average26 barns · 955 hd

231.76

−16.25

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−31.27

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−182.46

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	—	High	1,758	158.06	2,778	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,578	128.44	2,027	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,251	117.77	1,474	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	100.68	978	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	136.00	1,782	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	142.09	1,738	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,565	$1,935	2thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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	650–700	670	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	195.95/cwt	193.00–199.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	189.03/cwt	181.00–197.00	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	197.30/cwt	196.00–200.00	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	703	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,870	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,120	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	204.02/cwt	200.00–212.50	877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	232.32/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	230.52/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,307	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	244.10/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,303	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	225.60/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	229.95/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,230	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,396	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,040	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	468	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,198	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,782	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,230	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	109.74/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,078	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	133.03/cwt	132.00–134.00	2,074	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	124.76/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,987	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	109.27/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,319	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,223	142.09/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,738	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	127.37/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,641	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	119.14/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,487	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	91.63/cwt	89.00–93.00	880	3
Bulls	—	—	1,763	163.62/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,885	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,113	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,256	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,565	1,935.10/head	1,785.00–2,075.00	1,935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	231.77/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,145	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	198.33/cwt	191.00–202.00	1,319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,090	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	231.37/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,316	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,214	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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 429Year ago 441

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 71Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 14

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	320	185.00	185.00
1	400–450	445	195.00	195.00
1	450–500	450	195.00	195.00
2	500–550	505	187.50	187.50
3	550–600	573	196.00–200.00	197.30
2	600–650	610	193.00–199.00	195.95
2	650–700	670	164.00	164.00
1	750–800	755	141.00	141.00
2	800–850	820	148.00	148.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	126.00	126.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	200.00–212.50	204.02
1	500–550	520	231.00	231.00
6	550–600	569	224.00–235.00	231.37
2	700–750	713	181.00–197.00	189.03
1	1050–1100	1,055	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	703	209.00	209.00
61	850–900	855	218.75	218.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	241.00	241.00
3	400–450	441	229.00–239.00	232.32
2	450–500	460	221.00–230.00	225.60
4	500–550	534	237.00–247.00	244.10
6	550–600	567	226.00–235.00	230.52
3	600–650	605	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	678	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	495	201.00	201.00
1	600–650	630	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	575	194.00	194.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	232.00	232.00
4	450–500	494	222.00–235.00	231.77
2	500–550	535	225.00–235.00	229.95
2	550–600	565	247.00	247.00
1	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	665	191.00–202.00	198.33
2	800–850	805	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	256.00	256.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	98.00	98.00
3	—	1,207	107.00–111.00	109.27
4	—	1,288	126.00–130.00	127.37
5	—	1,248	117.00–124.00	119.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	982	107.00–114.00	109.74
3	—	960	89.00–93.00	91.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,559	132.00–134.00	133.03
5	—	1,593	121.00–127.00	124.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	140.00–144.00	142.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,763	163.00–164.00	163.62
1	—	1,970	158.00	158.00
1	—	1,535	147.00	147.00

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)	2	—	1,565	1,785.00–2,075.00	1,935.10

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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Owenton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

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