Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to firm. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $340.13/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −122.54 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$340.13

28 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$409

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

$91.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.48

vs KY average

−17.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	351.73	1,880	24
Medium and Large 2	520	300.00	1,560	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	564	260.68	1,470	3thin

One grade step is worth $91.05/cwt here — about $409 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale28 hd

340.13

—

KY average25 barns · 1,283 hd

345.61

−5.48

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−17.03

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−122.54

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	1,563	167.08	2,612	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,621	134.17	2,174	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	132.77	1,634	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	930	115.77	1,076	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,163	166.48	1,936	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)	1,198	$2,005	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,093	$1,980	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,114	$1,606	9
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,197	$1,908	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,298	$2,214	8

Every lot, as filed

109 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 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	360.07/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	379.81/cwt	370.00–381.00	1,736	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	489	309.59/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	306.19/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	378	418.21/cwt	417.00–421.00	1,581	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	205	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	366.29/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	322.55/cwt	320.00–325.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	279.11/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	337.19/cwt	325.00–344.00	1,605	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	349.53/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,510	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	259.52/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	277	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	397.20/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,077	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	209.19/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	564	260.68/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	357.47/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	839	273.90/cwt	273.90–273.90	2,298	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	631	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	302.57/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	350.88/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,295	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	319.88/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,859	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	391.30/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,706	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	134.36/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,710	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	131.48/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,223	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	119.91/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,122	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	142.50/cwt	141.00–144.00	2,256	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	127.09/cwt	125.00–128.00	2,161	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	135.32/cwt	132.00–138.00	2,138	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,163	166.48/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,936	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	924	107.73/cwt	105.00–111.00	995	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	142.46/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,788	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	125.96/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,433	8
Bulls	—	—	1,185	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,825	1
Bulls	—	—	1,778	171.96/cwt	170.00–174.00	3,057	3
Bulls	—	—	1,430	166.29/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,378	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,004.93/head	1,100.00–2,400.00	2,005	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,980.06/head	1,200.00–2,600.00	1,980	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	2,214.27/head	1,800.00–2,550.00	2,214	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,453	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	1,605.54/head	1,300.00–2,050.00	1,606	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	1,908.37/head	1,425.00–2,200.00	1,908	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	359.77/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,734	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	344.35/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,811	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	306.57/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,447	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	364.51/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	291	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,106	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	379.72/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,413	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	352.56/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,351	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	279.20/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,432	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	414	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,553	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	915	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	291.66/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,164	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	288.91/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,560	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	355.05/cwt	350.00–360.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	271.51/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,963	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,349	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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 401Last week 491Year ago 357

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 86Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 24Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	415.00	415.00
14	350–400	378	417.00–421.00	418.21
1	400–450	425	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	450	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	395.00	395.00
2	300–350	348	405.00	405.00
2	350–400	375	390.00–405.00	397.20
10	450–500	457	370.00–381.00	379.81
1	500–550	520	355.00	355.00
6	550–600	588	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
13	650–700	697	298.00	298.00
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
5	800–850	842	209.00–210.00	209.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	365	355.00–365.00	360.07
2	450–500	470	355.00–360.00	357.47
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	605	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	508	366.00	366.00
3	550–600	555	347.50	347.50
2	600–650	635	328.00	328.00
62	800–850	839	273.90	273.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	564	260.00–262.00	260.68
4	600–650	631	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	495	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	565	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	265.00	265.00
1	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	300	310.00	310.00
7	400–450	443	305.00	305.00
6	450–500	489	307.50–310.00	309.59
2	500–550	538	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	663	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	715	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	514	300.00–310.00	306.19
2	700–750	720	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	300.00	300.00
2	250–300	260	320.00–325.00	322.55
4	300–350	324	355.00–370.00	366.29
5	350–400	385	345.00–357.50	352.56
7	400–450	432	342.50–355.00	349.53
15	450–500	476	325.00–344.00	337.19
6	500–550	513	270.00–285.00	279.20
6	550–600	566	270.00–282.50	279.11
7	600–650	621	250.00–268.00	259.52
3	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	740	227.50	227.50
1	850–900	875	222.00	222.00
1	900–950	930	212.00	212.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	291	380.00	380.00
8	350–400	372	370.00–382.50	379.72
14	400–450	414	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	455	357.50	357.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	345	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	375	300.00–305.00	302.57
3	450–500	472	300.00–315.00	306.57
1	500–550	545	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	620	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	675	210.00	210.00
1	900–950	915	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	350.00–360.00	355.05
3	300–350	328	355.00	355.00
3	350–400	369	350.00–352.50	350.88
4	400–450	430	357.50–370.00	364.51
7	450–500	482	350.00–367.50	359.77
4	500–550	526	335.00–347.50	344.35
5	550–600	581	315.00–332.50	319.88
1	600–650	630	260.00	260.00
23	700–750	723	267.50–272.50	271.51
1	900–950	940	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	387.50–395.00	391.30
1	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	455	372.50–377.50	375.00
1	500–550	535	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	310	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	435	345.00	345.00
3	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
13	500–550	540	288.00–300.00	288.91
3	550–600	583	290.00–292.50	291.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,273	130.00–138.00	134.36
3	—	1,255	140.00–147.00	142.46
8	—	1,138	122.00–129.00	125.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	930	130.00–133.00	131.48
6	—	936	117.00–127.00	119.91
7	—	924	105.00–111.00	107.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	141.00–144.00	142.50
3	—	1,700	125.00–128.00	127.09
4	—	1,580	132.00–138.00	135.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,163	165.00–168.00	166.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	154.00	154.00
3	—	1,778	170.00–174.00	171.96
2	—	1,430	164.00–169.00	166.29

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,198	1,100.00–2,400.00	2,004.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,093	1,200.00–2,600.00	1,980.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,114	1,300.00–2,050.00	1,605.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,298	1,800.00–2,550.00	2,214.27
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,197	1,425.00–2,200.00	1,908.37

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Owenton Livestock Auction

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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

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United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

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