Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. No test on slaughter bulls. 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 $376.49/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −21.48 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$376.49

67 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

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

$50.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.80

vs KY average

+25.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	378.75	2,176	64
Medium and Large 2-3	560	328.26	1,839	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.49/cwt here — about $337 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 sale67 hd

376.49

—

KY average25 barns · 1,248 hd

357.69

+18.80

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

+25.68

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−21.48

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,317	173.89	2,290	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,597	173.78	2,776	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	150.41	1,500	6thin

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)	1,075	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,453	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	895	$1,725	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,440	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	825	$1,627	12

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	795	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	326.14/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	353.95/cwt	352.50–357.50	2,074	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,772	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	375.03/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	395.85/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,224	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,485	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	356.38/cwt	355.00–358.00	2,413	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	178	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,860	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	882	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,281	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	279.05/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,031	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	369.37/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,065	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,034	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,574	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	153.62/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,458	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,689	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,886	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	164.41/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,072	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	184.40/cwt	181.00–187.00	2,569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,181	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	172.64/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,766	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	172.85/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	492	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	353.27/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,241	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	361.07/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,111	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	620	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	330.25/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	314.95/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	369.79/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,156	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,453.33/head	1,600.00–3,200.00	2,453	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	1,626.83/head	1,350.00–2,050.00	1,627	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	329.45/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,119	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	377.51/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	335.13/cwt	332.50–338.00	2,581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	998	304.75/cwt	304.75–304.75	3,041	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	401.12/cwt	395.00–402.00	2,459	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	373.37/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	364.21/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,515	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,090	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 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 132Year ago 479

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 25Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 5Year ago 4

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,125	1,600.00–3,200.00	2,453.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	825	1,350.00–2,050.00	1,626.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	492	404.00	404.00
2	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	555	372.50	372.50
2	600–650	620	352.50	352.50
1	750–800	795	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	390	427.50	427.50
2	400–450	408	370.00–380.00	375.03
2	450–500	478	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	535	365.00–377.50	373.37
5	550–600	586	352.50–357.50	353.95
3	600–650	622	312.50–320.00	314.95
4	650–700	695	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	705	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	760	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	890	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	400	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
2	850–900	882	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	535	332.50	332.50
2	550–600	573	322.50–330.00	326.14
3	600–650	605	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	695	292.50	292.50
2	700–750	745	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	770	185.00	185.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	375.00	375.00
6	400–450	416	355.00–370.00	364.21
4	450–500	464	367.50–372.50	369.37
9	500–550	515	355.00–370.00	361.07
6	550–600	571	345.00–364.00	353.27
7	600–650	630	335.00	335.00
5	700–750	728	270.00–285.00	279.05
1	750–800	780	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	515	395.00	395.00
44	550–600	594	384.00	384.00
3	600–650	605	362.50	362.50
78	650–700	677	355.00–358.00	356.38
4	700–750	734	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	380.00	380.00
6	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	522	406.00	406.00
25	600–650	613	395.00–402.00	401.12
21	700–750	700	355.00	355.00
7	800–850	825	336.00	336.00
40	950–1000	998	304.75	304.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	178	465.00	465.00
3	250–300	282	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	330	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	362	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	443	375.00–380.00	377.51
3	450–500	482	395.00–397.50	395.85
1	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	583	360.00–380.00	369.79
4	600–650	614	325.00–340.00	329.45
3	700–750	716	325.00–341.00	330.25
3	750–800	770	332.50–338.00	335.13
1	800–850	840	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	142.00–146.00	144.00
4	—	949	151.00–157.00	153.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,560	185.00	185.00
3	—	1,602	170.00–175.00	172.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	160.00–169.00	164.41
3	—	1,393	181.00–187.00	184.40
3	—	1,297	170.00–175.00	172.85

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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