Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2025-01-22

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 22
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
431 vs last sale 466 176 vs year ago 211 · 83.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
15 vs last sale 23 26 vs year ago 34 · 76.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
12 vs last sale 13 5 vs year ago 6 · 83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends this week because of low number of receipts due to the extreme cold temperatures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.02/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 159.95 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.
Average price
$238.02
3 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
39.52
vs KY average
66.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532238.021,2663thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
444401358314median 397.9712/1703/0404/2206/1708/19
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 sale3 hd
238.02
KY average25 barns · 1,760 hd
277.54
−39.52
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
−66.40
This barn, trailing median28 sales
397.97
−159.95
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
BullsAverage2,013188.503,7942thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,221144.261,7615thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$1,5501thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850820193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650608219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365241.20/cwt237.50–245.008802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532238.02/cwt232.00–245.001,2663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480237.98/cwt234.00–240.001,1423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450440229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500485281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700650215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550518238.03/cwt231.00–245.001,2332
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800775197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475240.68/cwt237.50–244.001,1432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3661
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900890193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,7181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650603252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850810194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5711
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800780189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500452260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29451,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bulls2,060181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,7291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,243155.29/cwt154.00–157.001,9303
Bulls1,965196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,8511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188127.71/cwt125.00–130.001,5172

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.