Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to low number of receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $287.50/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −127.30 against this barn's trailing median of $414.80.

Average price

$287.50

3 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$18.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.86

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	293.75	1,579	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	275.00	1,416	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $163 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

21 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $466.57, low $345.36, median $414.80 across 21 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 sale3 hd

287.50

—

KY average15 barns · 250 hd

315.36

−27.86

This barn, trailing median21 sales

414.80

−127.30

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	1,579	167.71	2,648	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,621	152.96	2,479	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,307	146.21	1,911	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	945	103.00	973	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)	1,325	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	993	$1,610	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	650	$1,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	254.96/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	319.25/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,325	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,416	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	158.96/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,543	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,383	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,201	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	148.73/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	312.38/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,486	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	688	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,747	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	151.95/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,466	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,374	1
Bulls	—	—	1,460	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,307	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	1
Bulls	—	—	1,638	172.57/cwt	172.00–173.00	2,827	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	1,610.08/head	1,200.00–2,200.00	1,610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,415	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	307.45/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,101	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	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 Nov 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 196Year ago 101

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 65Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 18Year ago 11

No trends due to low number of receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	305.00–310.00	307.45
4	400–450	415	312.50–330.00	319.25
2	450–500	458	305.00–320.00	312.38
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
2	550–600	578	245.00–265.00	254.96
1	650–700	655	210.00	210.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	550	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	515	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	688	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	375.00	375.00
1	250–300	265	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	410	340.00–350.00	345.00
1	450–500	470	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	510	302.50	302.50
1	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	685	255.00	255.00
1	950–1000	950	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	938	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	158.00–160.00	158.96
1	—	1,655	144.00	144.00
3	—	1,623	150.00–154.00	151.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	116.00	116.00
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	147.00–151.00	148.73
1	—	1,155	119.00	119.00
2	—	1,363	155.00–157.00	156.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	158.00	158.00
2	—	1,638	172.00–173.00	172.57

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	993	1,200.00–2,200.00	1,610.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	650	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,700.00	1,700.00

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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Owenton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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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