Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was good demand for for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.25/cwt on 14 head, down $19.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 20 comparable sales and sits −9.42 against this barn's trailing median of $462.67.

Average price

$453.25

▼ 19.36 vs prior sale

14 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

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

$100.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs KY average

−22.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	460.42	2,429	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	560	360.00	2,016	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.42/cwt here — about $413 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd

453.25

—

KY average25 barns · 1,212 hd

460.37

−7.11

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−22.31

This barn, trailing median20 sales

462.67

−9.42

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	1,792	198.88	3,563	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,354	159.71	2,162	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,648	153.55	2,531	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,078	140.00	1,509	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)	955	$2,868	2thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	449.77/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,253	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,033	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,519	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	806	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,841	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	423.91/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,056	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	458.73/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,193	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	419.66/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	370.71/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,254	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	445.09/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	794	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,858	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	772	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,123	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	408.88/cwt	405.00–412.00	2,780	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	446.49/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	597	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,873	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,886	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	145.15/cwt	142.00–148.00	2,312	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	173.01/cwt	172.00–174.00	2,367	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	147.95/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,901	2
Bulls	—	—	1,800	192.79/cwt	189.00–195.00	3,470	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	333	475.11/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,582	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	158.69/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,206	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,421	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,598	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,569	3
Bulls	—	—	1,855	213.66/cwt	208.00–218.00	3,963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	641	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,340	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,344	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,324	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	330	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	418	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	468	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	316.62/cwt	305.00–322.50	2,764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	382.45/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	570	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	445	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,381	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,484	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	2,868.32/head	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	496.26/cwt	495.00–497.50	2,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	472.44/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	321.15/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,328	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	512.51/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	347.10/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,197	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	511.70/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	408.77/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	371.98/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,009	5

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 279Last week 261Year ago 638

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 65Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	470.00–475.00	472.44
1	350–400	375	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	418	510.00–515.00	512.51
2	450–500	458	495.00–497.50	496.26
2	500–550	535	407.50–410.00	408.77
1	600–650	625	395.00	395.00
2	650–700	658	370.00–395.00	382.45
1	700–750	705	355.00	355.00
6	800–850	808	337.50	337.50
6	850–900	873	305.00–322.50	316.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	440.00–452.50	446.49
3	550–600	583	455.00	455.00
1	600–650	625	420.00	420.00
31	650–700	680	405.00–412.00	408.88
3	700–750	728	387.50	387.50
8	750–800	794	360.00	360.00
21	800–850	806	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	470.00	470.00
1	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	641	365.00	365.00
2	650–700	665	352.50	352.50
2	750–800	772	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	520.00	520.00
1	400–450	445	535.00	535.00
1	450–500	475	525.00	525.00
6	500–550	500	485.00	485.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	510.00	510.00
6	400–450	428	475.00	475.00
4	450–500	478	450.00–470.00	458.73
2	500–550	518	410.00–430.00	419.66
3	550–600	552	450.00	450.00
9	600–650	613	411.00	411.00
1	650–700	675	345.00	345.00
2	800–850	832	297.50	297.50
1	1000–1050	1,010	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	600.00	600.00
1	400–450	405	515.00	515.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	470.00–480.00	475.11
1	450–500	475	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	535	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	645	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	920	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	540.00	540.00
2	400–450	415	560.00	560.00
2	450–500	468	480.00	480.00
5	500–550	512	440.00	440.00
3	550–600	570	452.50	452.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	505.00	505.00
3	300–350	338	505.00–520.00	511.70
2	350–400	378	445.00–455.00	449.77
2	400–450	428	440.00–450.00	445.09
18	450–500	485	420.00–425.00	423.91
5	500–550	540	370.00–380.00	371.98
1	550–600	555	385.00	385.00
6	600–650	633	345.00–347.50	347.10
4	700–750	725	310.00–325.00	321.15
1	750–800	785	330.00	330.00
4	800–850	831	325.00	325.00
1	900–950	915	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	550	410.00	410.00
7	600–650	608	370.00–375.00	370.71
13	650–700	680	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	473	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	597	332.50	332.50
1	700–750	715	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	750	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	520.00	520.00
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	418	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	455	445.00	445.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,593	142.00–148.00	145.15
3	—	1,668	154.00	154.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	172.00–174.00	173.01
2	—	1,285	146.00–150.00	147.95
3	—	1,390	158.00–160.00	158.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	138.00	138.00
1	—	1,125	142.00	142.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	185.00	185.00
5	—	1,800	189.00–195.00	192.79
3	—	1,855	208.00–218.00	213.66

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	955	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,868.32

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

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