Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no trend on feeder steers due to the lack of comparable receipts. Feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher on a light test. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $348.96/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits −65.84 against this barn's trailing median of $414.80.

Average price

$348.96

17 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$541

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

$117.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.92

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	537	362.82	1,950	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	245.00	1,409	2thin

One grade step is worth $117.82/cwt here — about $541 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 sale17 hd

348.96

—

KY average19 barns · 315 hd

335.04

+13.92

This barn, trailing median21 sales

414.80

−65.84

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	—	High	1,888	182.00	3,437	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,274	150.08	1,912	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,526	149.29	2,279	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	124.00	1,215	1thin

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)	1,225	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	650–700	668	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	337.54/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,059	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	326.31/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,004	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	371.56/cwt	362.50–377.50	2,092	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	349.17/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	892	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,217	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	301.23/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	133.42/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,638	2
Bulls	—	—	1,985	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	150.07/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,289	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	143.49/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,791	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	154.30/cwt	149.00–158.00	2,011	4
Bulls	—	—	2,040	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,845	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	322.43/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	536	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,010	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	457	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	229.26/cwt	227.50–231.00	2,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	353.41/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	380.00/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,919	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	812	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	314.95/cwt	312.50–322.50	2,088	4
Bulls	—	—	1,640	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,919	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,398	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,190	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,215	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	164.33/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	958	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,892	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 37Year ago 303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 19Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 7Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
8	450–500	481	345.00–360.00	349.17
2	500–550	505	315.00–330.00	322.43
10	600–650	607	304.00	304.00
3	650–700	668	295.00	295.00
2	800–850	818	257.50	257.50
1	850–900	855	229.00	229.00
1	950–1000	965	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	610	335.00–340.00	337.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	585	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	645	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	705	205.00	205.00
2	850–900	892	206.00	206.00
2	950–1000	958	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	445.00	445.00
2	350–400	398	445.00	445.00
8	500–550	527	352.50–360.00	353.41
2	550–600	582	370.00	370.00
4	600–650	614	320.00–335.00	326.31
4	650–700	663	312.50–322.50	314.95
2	700–750	725	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	800	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	875	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	935	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	300.00–302.50	301.23
2	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	695	265.00	265.00
2	800–850	812	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	870	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	472.00	472.00
4	400–450	420	455.00	455.00
5	500–550	536	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	600	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	505	375.00–385.00	380.00
5	550–600	563	362.50–377.50	371.56
1	600–650	620	330.00	330.00
2	950–1000	985	227.50–231.00	229.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	131.00–136.00	133.42
4	—	1,248	141.00–147.00	143.49
4	—	1,303	149.00–158.00	154.30
3	—	1,302	163.00–167.00	164.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,525	145.00–153.00	150.07
1	—	1,480	162.00	162.00
2	—	1,553	140.00–142.00	140.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	124.00	124.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	193.00	193.00
1	—	2,040	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,640	178.00	178.00

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	—	1,225	2,400.00	2,400.00

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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle