Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.94/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −108.02 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$289.94

47 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

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

$69.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.39

vs KY average

−25.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	294.36	1,618	41
Medium and Large 2	572	266.71	1,526	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	225.00	1,148	1thin

One grade step is worth $69.36/cwt here — about $471 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

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 sale47 hd

289.94

—

KY average25 barns · 1,525 hd

297.34

−7.39

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−25.02

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−108.02

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	—	Low	1,942	171.22	3,325	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	143.67	2,169	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	133.12	1,658	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	929	119.32	1,108	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	156.00	1,771	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)	1,066	$2,012	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,183	$1,886	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,188	$1,527	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,605	$3,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,595	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	293.94/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	307.55/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,476	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	287.53/cwt	284.50–293.00	2,062	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	325.40/cwt	321.00–326.00	2,027	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	355.57/cwt	355.00–356.00	1,984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	289.35/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,826	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	276.43/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,982	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	339.58/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,983	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	267.14/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	411	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,736	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	935	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	342.94/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	361.23/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,121	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	372.94/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,794	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	276.01/cwt	255.00–277.50	2,092	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	773	224.01/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	279.68/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,885	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,040	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	358.20/cwt	355.00–359.00	1,902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	445	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	338.31/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	269.32/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,839	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	556	340.48/cwt	339.00–345.00	1,893	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	405.75/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	235	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,135	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,771	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	144.97/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,806	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	135.87/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,728	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	107.24/cwt	105.00–111.00	957	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	123.00/cwt	117.50–128.00	1,192	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	2,120	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,265	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	133.76/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,263	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	126.19/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,528	14
Bulls	—	—	1,930	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	3,030	1
Bulls	—	—	1,946	180.75/cwt	180.00–181.00	3,517	4
Bulls	—	—	1,941	166.43/cwt	163.00–171.00	3,230	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,527.21/head	1,475.00–1,575.00	1,527	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,066	2,011.87/head	1,000.00–2,425.00	2,012	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	1,885.99/head	1,525.00–2,225.00	1,886	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,605	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	261.79/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,848	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	358.07/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,740	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	316.14/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,780	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	332.61/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	238.73/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	390.03/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	397.54/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	378.97/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,398	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	287.51/cwt	282.00–292.50	1,642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	400	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	462	332.61/cwt	327.50–338.00	1,537	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	298.49/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	334.51/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	556	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,701	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	284.22/cwt	282.50–287.50	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	218.72/cwt	202.00–223.00	1,995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	266.97/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,690	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	285.76/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,480	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	259.54/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,752	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	367.55/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	238.08/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,855	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	608	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,860	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	290.26/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,782	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,490	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 →

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

Wed Mar 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 491Last week 638Year ago 910

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 72Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 9Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	290.00–296.00	293.94
44	600–650	631	280.00–290.00	289.35
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
3	450–500	475	282.50–287.50	284.22
1	500–550	510	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	640	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	660	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
6	450–500	488	295.00–300.00	298.49
1	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
4	550–600	579	265.00–268.00	267.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	410.00	410.00
1	250–300	295	395.00	395.00
14	350–400	369	372.50–390.00	378.97
5	400–450	407	330.00–337.50	334.51
13	450–500	480	305.00–322.00	307.55
9	500–550	518	277.50–287.50	285.76
14	550–600	571	282.00–292.50	287.51
20	600–650	633	260.00–277.50	266.97
10	650–700	675	249.00–265.00	259.54
1	700–750	720	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	795	200.00	200.00
5	900–950	912	202.00–223.00	218.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	360.50	360.50
14	450–500	462	327.50–338.00	332.61
15	550–600	556	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	531	355.00–359.00	358.20
7	550–600	558	355.00–356.00	355.57
8	600–650	623	321.00–326.00	325.40
11	700–750	717	284.50–293.00	287.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	570	306.00	306.00
1	650–700	695	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	705	237.50	237.50
3	750–800	773	220.00–227.00	224.01
1	900–950	935	200.00	200.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	423	357.50–365.00	361.23
17	450–500	481	370.00–380.00	372.94
8	500–550	525	330.00–340.00	338.31
23	550–600	584	330.00–346.00	339.58
1	600–650	605	317.50	317.50
8	650–700	674	275.00–285.00	279.68
11	700–750	717	264.00–280.00	276.43
15	750–800	758	255.00–277.50	276.01
4	800–850	845	251.00	251.00
1	900–950	920	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
9	400–450	411	422.50	422.50
1	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	483	340.00–345.00	342.94
1	500–550	545	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	570	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	710	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	365	390.00–400.00	397.54
4	400–450	416	385.00–400.00	390.03
9	450–500	486	355.00–365.00	358.07
3	500–550	522	330.00–337.50	332.61
4	550–600	563	310.00–325.00	316.14
6	600–650	614	285.00–293.00	290.26
6	650–700	683	268.00–276.00	269.32
11	700–750	706	260.00–267.50	261.79
5	750–800	779	234.00–244.00	238.08
1	800–850	815	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	490.00	490.00
3	400–450	415	402.50–410.00	405.75
2	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
4	550–600	556	339.00–345.00	340.48
4	600–650	608	306.00	306.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	455	327.50	327.50
2	550–600	558	267.50	267.50
1	650–700	665	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	365.00–370.00	367.55
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	715	237.50–240.00	238.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	156.00	156.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,246	143.00–148.00	144.97
18	—	1,272	130.00–139.00	135.87
14	—	1,211	122.00–129.00	126.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	892	105.00–111.00	107.24
4	—	969	117.50–128.00	123.00
4	—	944	130.00–138.00	133.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	139.00–140.00	139.50
1	—	1,490	152.00	152.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	157.00	157.00
4	—	1,946	180.00–181.00	180.75
5	—	1,941	163.00–171.00	166.43

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,188	1,475.00–1,575.00	1,527.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,066	1,000.00–2,425.00	2,011.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,183	1,525.00–2,225.00	1,885.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,595	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,605	3,150.00	3,150.00

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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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

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