Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to being closed last week for the winter storm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $367.39/cwt on 3 head, down $20.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −30.57 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$367.39

▼ 20.60 vs prior sale

3 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−27.65

vs KY average

−64.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	367.39	2,057	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale3 hd

367.39

—

KY average12 barns · 154 hd

395.05

−27.65

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−64.15

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−30.57

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	—	Average	1,668	187.96	3,136	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,196	155.72	1,862	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,035	112.27	1,162	3thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	115.40/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,261	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	975	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	182.44/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,910	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,541	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	153.94/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	427.59/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	423.92/cwt	422.50–425.00	2,081	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,612	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	163.35/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	362.48/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	366.09/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	402	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 187Year ago 310

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 58Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 5

No trends due to being closed last week for the winter storm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	113.00–118.00	115.40
1	—	920	106.00	106.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	144.00	144.00
2	—	1,270	150.00–158.00	153.94
2	—	1,185	161.00–166.00	163.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,595	180.00–184.00	182.44
1	—	1,815	199.00	199.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	360	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	402	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	420.00–435.00	427.59
7	450–500	491	422.50–425.00	423.92
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	580	360.00–372.50	366.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	685	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	435.00	435.00
2	500–550	505	360.00–365.00	362.48
1	650–700	660	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	795	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	430.00	430.00

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	—	1,200	1,850.00	1,850.00

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

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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