Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. No test on a slaughter bulls. 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 $406.53/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −56.14 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$406.53

23 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,225

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+20.45

vs KY average

+16.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	406.53	2,225	23

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 sale23 hd

406.53

—

KY average22 barns · 708 hd

386.08

+20.45

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+16.51

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−56.14

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	1,756	200.53	3,521	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	173.04	2,215	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,795	168.75	3,029	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	139.50	1,336	2thin

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)	1,230	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$2,404	2thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,255	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	369.69/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,897	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	343.86/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,957	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	381.59/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	372.57/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,142	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	365.07/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	388.32/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	377.50/cwt	372.50–383.00	1,635	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	365.74/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	522	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,219	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	395.44/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	424.77/cwt	412.50–432.50	1,606	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,216	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,033	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	171.02/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,098	6
Bulls	—	—	1,415	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,632	1
Bulls	—	—	1,660	209.28/cwt	205.00–212.00	3,474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	287	477.64/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,371	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,905	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	3,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,109	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	179.83/cwt	176.00–184.00	2,421	4
Bulls	—	—	2,070	194.67/cwt	192.50–197.00	4,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	644	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	278.70/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	999	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,403.80/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	317.48/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,165	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	398.83/cwt	395.00–402.00	1,886	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,563	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 →

United Producers, Inc. - Owenton, KY

Wed Aug 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 81Year ago 75

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 17Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	348	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	378	412.50–432.50	424.77
2	400–450	400	392.50–407.50	400.00
5	450–500	474	385.00–400.00	395.44
2	500–550	528	360.00–370.00	365.07
3	550–600	557	375.00–385.00	381.59
3	650–700	682	315.00–322.50	317.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	287	470.00–480.00	477.64
2	500–550	545	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	550	410.00	410.00
4	600–650	644	391.00	391.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	385.00–395.00	388.32
16	450–500	473	395.00–402.00	398.83
1	500–550	525	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	575	370.00–375.00	372.57
1	600–650	625	372.50	372.50
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	765	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	522	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	513	365.00–372.50	369.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
12	400–450	433	372.50–383.00	377.50
3	450–500	480	362.50–370.00	365.74
1	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
8	550–600	569	335.00–350.00	343.86
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	668	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	410	357.50	357.50
1	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	575	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	625	272.50–285.00	278.70
1	650–700	680	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	130.00	130.00
1	—	980	149.00	149.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,905	157.50	157.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,227	168.00–173.00	171.02
1	—	1,335	158.00	158.00
4	—	1,346	176.00–184.00	179.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	186.00	186.00
3	—	1,660	205.00–212.00	209.28
2	—	2,070	192.50–197.00	194.67

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,230	2,050.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,403.80

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Owenton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle