Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. There was good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.65/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −74.32 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$323.65

18 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$48.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.18

vs KY average

−14.59 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	328.48	1,807	16thin
Large 1-2	500	290.00	1,450	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	280.00	1,596	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.48/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

323.65

—

KY average25 barns · 1,468 hd

336.83

−13.18

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−14.59

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−74.32

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	—	Average	1,673	176.87	2,960	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,672	160.97	2,691	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,179	159.23	1,877	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	143.74	1,398	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,500	186.00	2,790	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)	1,330	$1,585	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$1,825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	993	$1,771	2thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	330.78/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	370.27/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	362.45/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,751	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	331.56/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,104	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	284.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	331.60/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	302.10/cwt	302.10–302.10	2,275	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	320.85/cwt	310.00–327.50	2,053	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	401.37/cwt	397.50–412.50	1,702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	924	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,735	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,061	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	316.98/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,921	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	190	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,769	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	158.95/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,432	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	145.53/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,557	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	171.59/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,116	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	155.55/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,834	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,500	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,790	1
Bulls	—	—	1,518	182.90/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,776	3
Bulls	—	—	1,450	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,784	1
Bulls	—	—	2,018	160.26/cwt	158.00–165.00	3,234	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	154.98/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,426	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	765	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,056	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,955	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	454	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	819	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	615	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	1,771.10/head	1,600.00–1,925.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	240	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	307.45/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	407.41/cwt	405.00–412.50	1,793	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	294.60/cwt	292.50–305.00	2,145	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	358	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	432	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	345.80/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,995	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	1,585.00/head	1,585.00–1,585.00	1,585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	331.01/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,241	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	602	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,209	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	303.41/cwt	297.50–312.50	1,751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,022	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	165	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,981	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	364.11/cwt	355.00–367.00	1,901	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	391.49/cwt	387.50–397.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	278.57/cwt	270.00–287.50	2,034	2

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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Feeder CattleReceipts 316Last week 296Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 56Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 9Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	432	387.50–397.00	391.49
1	450–500	495	385.00	385.00
8	500–550	522	355.00–367.00	364.11
1	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	321.00	321.00
13	650–700	677	322.50–335.00	331.01
6	700–750	728	292.50–305.00	294.60
1	750–800	755	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	386.00	386.00
4	600–650	634	346.00	346.00
57	900–950	924	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	310	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	360	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	440	405.00–412.50	407.41
10	600–650	602	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	460.00	460.00
1	200–250	240	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	333	320.00–335.00	331.56
2	350–400	365	360.00–380.00	370.27
1	400–450	435	327.50	327.50
7	450–500	483	355.00–370.00	362.45
7	500–550	532	320.00–335.00	330.78
3	550–600	577	297.50–312.50	303.41
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	655	302.50	302.50
2	700–750	730	270.00–287.50	278.57
1	900–950	920	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	342.50	342.50
5	550–600	566	337.50	337.50
10	600–650	606	315.00–317.50	316.98
67	750–800	753	302.10	302.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	305.00–310.00	307.45
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	675	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	475.00	475.00
1	250–300	285	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	335	365.00	365.00
2	350–400	358	397.50	397.50
2	400–450	432	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	424	397.50–412.50	401.37
1	450–500	455	397.50	397.50
3	500–550	517	325.00–342.50	331.60
6	550–600	577	337.50–355.00	345.80
6	600–650	640	310.00–327.50	320.85
2	650–700	653	280.00–290.00	284.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	327.50	327.50
1	600–650	610	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	454	307.50	307.50
1	500–550	515	287.50	287.50
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	450.00	450.00
5	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	615	332.50	332.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	285.00	285.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	158.00–160.00	158.95
1	—	1,955	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	142.00–149.00	145.53
4	—	1,233	169.00–174.00	171.59
6	—	1,179	151.00–158.00	155.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	127.00	127.00
2	—	920	153.00–157.00	154.98
1	—	765	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	186.00	186.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	180.00–187.00	182.90
1	—	1,450	192.00	192.00
2	—	2,018	158.00–165.00	160.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	993	1,600.00–1,925.00	1,771.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,090	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,330	1,585.00	1,585.00

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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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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