Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter 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 $345.55/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −117.12 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$345.55

22 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$54.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.24

vs KY average

−35.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	354.28	1,956	18thin
Medium and Large 2	520	325.00	1,690	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	300.00	1,634	3thin

One grade step is worth $54.28/cwt here — about $322 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale22 hd

345.55

—

KY average22 barns · 904 hd

378.79

−33.24

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

−35.46

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−117.12

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	1,698	193.61	3,287	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,582	165.73	2,622	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	159.23	1,911	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	898	125.65	1,128	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	176.51	2,228	3thin

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,045	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,365	$2,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 2-3	450–500	455	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	223	504.94/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,126	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	349.55/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,961	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	217.46/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	368.32/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	394.97/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,434	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	376.77/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	351.63/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,032	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	248.78/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	800	304.75/cwt	304.75–304.75	2,438	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,060	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	726	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,403	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	370.33/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,155	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	363	327.59/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,189	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	547	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	502	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,355	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	871	122.06/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,063	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	168.76/cwt	164.00–171.00	2,671	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,903	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	176.51/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,228	3
Bulls	—	—	1,518	179.25/cwt	173.00–185.00	2,721	2
Bulls	—	—	2,078	218.08/cwt	217.00–219.00	4,532	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,407	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	179.54/cwt	177.00–182.00	2,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,431	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	162.74/cwt	158.50–165.00	1,914	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	149.88/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,830	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	169.16/cwt	167.00–171.00	2,064	2
Bulls	—	—	1,555	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	960	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,744	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	585	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	629	2
Bulls	—	—	1,440	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	258	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	440	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	253.00/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,753	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,579	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	180.65/cwt	179.00–182.00	2,498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	343.95/cwt	339.00–350.00	1,868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	288.78/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,935	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	335.26/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	185	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,939	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	354.26/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	344.46/cwt	341.00–349.00	2,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	504.81/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	398.07/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	445	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	330.78/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,922	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	311.50/cwt	305.00–318.00	2,383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	361.74/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	687	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,267	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	373.30/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	231.08/cwt	222.00–242.50	2,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	741	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	515	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,630	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 →

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

Wed Jun 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 316Year ago 596

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 29Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 7Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	325.00–330.00	327.59
1	450–500	455	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	685	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	760	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	376	370.00–380.00	376.77
2	400–450	400	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	537	332.50	332.50
3	550–600	578	345.00–355.00	351.63
2	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
4	650–700	693	250.00–254.00	253.00
2	700–750	733	215.00–220.00	217.46
5	750–800	792	261.00	261.00
1	800–850	825	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	920	237.50	237.50
1	1050–1100	1,060	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	335	455.00	455.00
1	350–400	390	407.50	407.50
1	400–450	440	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	525	355.00	355.00
4	700–750	741	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	542	302.50	302.50
1	550–600	550	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	600	282.50	282.50
2	650–700	683	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	750	232.50	232.50
1	950–1000	960	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	500.00–510.00	504.94
2	250–300	260	500.00–510.00	504.81
2	300–350	318	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	365	402.50	402.50
1	400–450	410	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	485	355.00–375.00	361.74
9	500–550	543	339.00–350.00	343.95
2	550–600	575	325.00–345.00	335.26
6	600–650	614	341.00–349.00	344.46
2	750–800	765	305.00–318.00	311.50
3	850–900	872	222.00–242.50	231.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	582	370.00–371.00	370.33
2	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
17	700–750	726	331.00	331.00
63	800–850	800	304.75	304.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	515	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
11	550–600	561	347.50–350.00	349.55
1	600–650	620	330.00	330.00
5	650–700	670	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	510.00	510.00
2	350–400	363	390.00–400.00	394.97
3	400–450	441	365.00–375.00	368.32
7	450–500	464	350.00–360.00	354.26
1	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
16	550–600	581	322.50–340.00	330.78
4	650–700	670	285.00–295.00	288.78
1	750–800	775	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	805	240.00	240.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	580	312.50	312.50
4	650–700	681	245.00–252.50	248.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	475	317.50	317.50
2	500–550	502	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	560	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	690	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	425	390.00–400.00	398.07
6	450–500	473	370.00–375.00	373.30
17	650–700	687	330.00	330.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	107.50	107.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	871	120.00–125.00	122.06
1	—	1,005	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	164.00–171.00	168.76
1	—	1,475	129.00	129.00
2	—	1,635	177.00–182.00	179.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,176	158.50–165.00	162.74
4	—	1,221	147.00–153.00	149.88
2	—	1,220	167.00–171.00	169.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,262	175.00–179.00	176.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	173.00–185.00	179.25
2	—	2,078	217.00–219.00	218.08
1	—	1,555	205.00	205.00
1	—	1,440	162.00	162.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,045	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	2,600.00	2,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,383	179.00–182.00	180.65

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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