Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher on a limited amount of comparisons. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on a light test. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.94/cwt on 36 head, up $32.20 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 20 comparable sales and sits −14.73 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$447.94

▲ 32.20 vs prior sale

36 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$518

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

$98.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.61

vs KY average

−30.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	453.41	2,523	34
Medium and Large 2-3	565	355.00	2,006	2thin

One grade step is worth $98.41/cwt here — about $518 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

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 sale36 hd

447.94

—

KY average22 barns · 795 hd

451.55

−3.61

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−30.45

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−14.73

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	1,633	193.29	3,156	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,267	150.22	1,903	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,004	122.55	1,230	4thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	415.87/cwt	415.00–416.00	2,416	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,756	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	459.14/cwt	452.50–465.00	1,896	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,246	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	341.55/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,346	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	376.18/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,366	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,618	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	641	411.37/cwt	410.00–419.00	2,637	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	205	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,240	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,559	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Gaunt	800–850	800	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	472.16/cwt	472.00–475.00	2,569	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	454.94/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,065	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,499	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,383	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	109.84/cwt	107.50–112.50	1,032	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,768	1
Bulls	—	—	1,635	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,254	1
Bulls	—	—	1,632	191.38/cwt	190.00–192.00	3,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,178	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	163.29/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,198	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	153.94/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,963	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	496.69/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,101	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	325.02/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,382	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	350.79/cwt	340.00–351.10	2,764	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	441	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	638	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,743	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	380.04/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,378	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	391.96/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,614	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,115	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	763	366.36/cwt	364.50–367.50	2,795	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	468.25/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,201	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	365.43/cwt	345.00–367.50	2,704	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	423.46/cwt	410.00–432.00	2,469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	331.22/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,368	4

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 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 466Last week 42Year ago 328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 11Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	408.00	408.00
38	550–600	581	415.00–416.00	415.87
12	600–650	629	372.50–380.00	376.18
24	650–700	656	362.50	362.50
36	700–750	731	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	413	452.50–465.00	459.14
4	450–500	489	432.50	432.50
9	600–650	638	352.00	352.00
8	650–700	687	335.00–342.50	341.55
4	700–750	715	330.00–332.50	331.22
11	800–850	822	318.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	485	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	630	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	700	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	544	472.00–475.00	472.16
6	550–600	555	445.00–460.00	454.94
42	600–650	641	410.00–419.00	411.37
7	650–700	666	417.50	417.50
9	700–750	731	377.00	377.00
35	750–800	763	364.50–367.50	366.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	535.00	535.00
1	400–450	445	475.00	475.00
3	450–500	470	465.00–470.00	468.25
1	500–550	515	425.00	425.00
10	550–600	583	410.00–432.00	423.46
2	600–650	603	370.00–390.00	380.04
15	650–700	667	390.00–395.00	391.96
12	700–750	740	345.00–367.50	365.43
68	750–800	788	340.00–351.10	350.79
4	800–850	802	322.00	322.00
1	850–900	880	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	930	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	495	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	590	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	505.00	505.00
25	600–650	638	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
1	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
6	400–450	423	480.00–500.00	496.69
2	700–750	733	320.00–330.00	325.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	153.00	153.00
2	—	940	107.50–112.50	109.84
1	—	1,155	117.50	117.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	125.00–130.00	127.47
1	—	1,300	136.00	136.00
4	—	1,346	162.00–164.00	163.29
2	—	1,275	150.00–157.00	153.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	199.00	199.00
3	—	1,632	190.00–192.00	191.38

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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