Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons to last week and market not fully established due to low number of receipts due extreme rain and flooding in the area. However there was good demand for feeder and slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −111.67 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$351.00

5 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.49

vs KY average

−3.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	351.00	1,926	5thin

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

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 sale5 hd

351.00

—

KY average19 barns · 483 hd

339.51

+11.49

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−3.30

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−111.67

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	1,565	137.00	2,144	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,710	150.00	2,565	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	121.67	1,515	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	890	111.00	988	2thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,031	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	811	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,218	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,148	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	308.71/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	363.63/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,767	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	340.40/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	375.60/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	325.03/cwt	322.00–328.00	2,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	317.13/cwt	312.50–319.00	1,624	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,080	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	1
Bulls	—	—	1,450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,755	1
Bulls	—	—	1,680	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,570	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,565	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	960	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	128.56/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,658	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	117.07/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,422	3

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 Apr 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 309Year ago 734

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 55Year ago 62

No comparisons to last week and market not fully established due to low number of receipts due extreme rain and flooding in the area. However there was good demand for feeder and slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	485	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	580	282.50	282.50
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	460	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	582	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
2	1100–1150	1,148	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	434	335.00–350.00	340.40
4	450–500	466	336.00	336.00
1	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	570	292.50	292.50
2	600–650	602	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	740	215.00	215.00
1	800–850	810	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	512	312.50–319.00	317.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	357.50	357.50
2	600–650	608	334.00	334.00
62	800–850	811	273.50	273.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	409	370.00–377.50	375.60
7	450–500	486	355.00–365.00	363.63
1	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	632	322.00–328.00	325.03
4	650–700	663	305.00–310.00	308.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,680	153.00	153.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	150.00	150.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	125.00	125.00
1	—	990	97.00	97.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	127.00–130.00	128.56
3	—	1,215	115.00–120.00	117.07

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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