Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady on a limited amount of comparisons. Some softer undertones noted. Fleshy short weaned bawling calves facing some discounts and buyers preferring longer weaned and pre-conditioned calves more suitable for grass. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 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 $334.20/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −63.77 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$334.20

18 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$397

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

$77.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.76

vs KY average

+1.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	342.04	1,841	15thin
Medium and Large 2	525	310.00	1,628	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	265.00	1,444	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.04/cwt here — about $397 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 sale18 hd

334.20

—

KY average17 barns · 782 hd

326.44

+7.76

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

+1.51

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−63.77

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	1,768	193.55	3,421	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,636	166.94	2,731	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,317	161.97	2,133	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	137.00	1,503	7thin

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)	1,388	$2,150	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,040	$2,252	2thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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	650–700	687	285.04/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,958	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,211	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,986	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	317.54/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	831	280.10/cwt	280.10–280.10	2,328	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,267	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	350.03/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,806	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	267.47/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,947	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	340.60/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,935	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	351.86/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	765	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	687	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,061	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	369.99/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	800–850	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	326.19/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	304.19/cwt	302.50–307.50	1,783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	155.55/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,918	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,245	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	163.93/cwt	159.00–166.00	2,229	8
Bulls	—	—	1,800	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,906	1
Bulls	—	—	1,817	194.68/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,537	8
Bulls	—	—	1,625	182.71/cwt	181.00–184.00	2,969	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	135.92/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,509	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	122.94/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,377	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	152.68/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,611	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	154.23/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,560	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	177.51/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,867	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,639	165.36/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,322	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	298	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	685	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	388.54/cwt	386.00–395.00	1,644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,752	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	554	357.43/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,980	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	294.98/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	388.31/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,611	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	655	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,181	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	963	211.97/cwt	210.00–214.00	2,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	343.10/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,619	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	337.07/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	364.40/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,479	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,178	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	713	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,246	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	472	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	238.30/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	250.51/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	303.66/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,883	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,252.40/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,252	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	410.57/cwt	405.00–416.00	1,724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	215	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,075	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 296Last week 238Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 49Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 3Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	370	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	429	350.00–357.50	351.86
4	450–500	476	367.50–375.00	369.99
6	500–550	516	342.50–360.00	350.03
9	550–600	568	332.50–350.00	340.60
5	650–700	687	275.00–295.00	285.04
6	700–750	728	260.00–282.50	267.47
2	800–850	825	252.50	252.50
1	850–900	875	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	910	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	352.50	352.50
1	700–750	735	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	352.50	352.50
1	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	485	342.50	342.50
3	550–600	586	302.50–307.50	304.19
1	650–700	685	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	740	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	300	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	423	386.00–395.00	388.54
3	450–500	458	382.50	382.50
7	550–600	554	357.00–360.00	357.43
5	650–700	655	333.00	333.00
8	700–750	713	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	425	325.00–327.50	326.19
1	450–500	450	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	625	248.00	248.00
2	650–700	680	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	875	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	250	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	300	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	740	225.50	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	356.00	356.00
3	650–700	687	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	765	260.00	260.00
63	800–850	831	280.10	280.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	430.00	430.00
1	250–300	270	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	380	385.00	385.00
9	400–450	406	350.00–370.00	364.40
11	450–500	472	330.00–350.00	343.10
7	500–550	515	327.50–342.50	337.07
2	550–600	560	315.00–320.00	317.54
9	600–650	620	300.00–305.00	303.66
4	650–700	685	245.00–255.00	250.51
2	700–750	720	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
3	800–850	810	235.00–240.00	238.30
1	900–950	905	207.50	207.50
2	950–1000	963	210.00–214.00	211.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	840	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	385.00–390.00	388.31
2	450–500	472	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	571	397.00	397.00
10	600–650	616	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	520	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	420	405.00–416.00	410.57
1	450–500	450	407.50	407.50
1	500–550	535	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	560	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	620	325.00	325.00
4	650–700	650	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	738	290.00–300.00	294.98
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	152.00–157.00	155.55
1	—	1,305	172.00	172.00
8	—	1,360	159.00–166.00	163.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	130.00–139.00	135.92
2	—	1,120	121.00–125.00	122.94
2	—	1,055	149.00–157.00	152.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	150.00–159.00	154.23
3	—	1,615	175.00–181.00	177.51
4	—	1,639	164.00–170.00	165.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	217.00	217.00
8	—	1,817	190.00–199.00	194.68
3	—	1,625	181.00–184.00	182.71

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	—	1,388	2,150.00	2,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,040	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,252.40

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

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Replacement Cattle