Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons to last week due to light number of receipts. Movement of cattle restricted due to extremely hot and humid conditions in the area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −132.34 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$265.63

4 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$706

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

$145.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−72.49

vs KY average

−81.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	320.00	1,712	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	283.75	1,575	2thin
Large 2-3	575	175.00	1,006	1thin

One grade step is worth $145.00/cwt here — about $706 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale4 hd

265.63

—

KY average26 barns · 752 hd

338.12

−72.49

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−81.88

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−132.34

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	1,622	188.33	3,054	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	167.91	2,628	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	156.24	1,872	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	945	102.66	970	5thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,445	$3,375	3thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	343.75/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	309.91/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	86.25/cwt	85.00–87.50	805	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	95.89/cwt	95.00–97.00	897	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,475	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,848	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,900	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	154.81/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,971	3
Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	220	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	422.57/cwt	420.00–425.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	355.08/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,172	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	265	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,476	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	162.86/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,521	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,526	1
Bulls	—	—	1,205	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,928	1
Bulls	—	—	1,830	202.50/cwt	202.00–203.00	3,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	450–500	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	1
Bulls	Large 2-3	250–300	265	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	464	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	300–350	300	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	453	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150–200	165	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	150–200	195	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	349.88/cwt	349.00–352.50	1,872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	135	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	248.63/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	3,375.20/head	3,300.00–3,450.00	3,375	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 Jul 30, 2025

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Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 95Year ago 126

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 16Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 7Year ago 2

No comparisons to last week due to light number of receipts. Movement of cattle restricted due to extremely hot and humid conditions in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	135	400.00	400.00
2	150–200	175	420.00–425.00	422.57
1	250–300	285	440.00	440.00
3	300–350	330	350.00–360.00	355.08
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	410	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	475	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	735	240.00–257.50	248.63
4	750–800	779	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	415	247.50	247.50
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	515	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	835	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	895	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	175.00	175.00
1	450–500	470	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	430.00	430.00
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	300	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	355	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	495	335.00–352.50	343.75
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
4	750–800	760	249.00	249.00
1	850–900	880	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	280.00	280.00
1	250–300	265	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	390	315.00	315.00
3	400–450	422	300.00–315.00	309.91
4	450–500	490	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	540	287.50	287.50
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	750	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	152.50	152.50
1	350–400	370	140.00	140.00
1	550–600	575	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	453	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
4	500–550	535	349.00–352.50	349.88
1	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	635	327.50	327.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	85.00–87.50	86.25
2	—	935	95.00–97.00	95.89
1	—	990	149.00	149.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	178.00	178.00
2	—	1,548	159.00–167.00	162.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	164.00–165.00	164.50
3	—	1,273	150.00–159.00	154.81
1	—	1,060	144.00	144.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,830	202.00–203.00	202.50

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	3	—	1,445	3,300.00–3,450.00	3,375.20

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

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle