Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers steady on a lite test, Feeder heifers 8.00-12.00 lower on a lite test, Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.30/cwt on 11 head, down $99.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −69.67 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$328.30

▼ 99.12 vs prior sale

11 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

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

$68.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−64.24

vs KY average

−47.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	353.03	1,888	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	552	285.03	1,572	4thin

One grade step is worth $68.01/cwt here — about $316 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

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 sale11 hd

328.30

—

KY average24 barns · 796 hd

392.54

−64.24

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−47.51

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−69.67

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	1,965	218.48	4,294	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	199.49	3,088	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,361	190.30	2,590	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,157	143.67	1,662	3thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,055	240.00	2,532	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,000	192.00	1,920	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
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	935	$2,202	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,500	$2,950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	493.16/cwt	485.00–502.00	1,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	312.01/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	543	292.53/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	404.35/cwt	392.00–430.00	2,155	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,211	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	225	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	321.78/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	320.08/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	436.34/cwt	435.00–437.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,000	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,920	1
Bulls	—	—	1,970	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	4,157	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,571	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,813	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,605	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	199.49/cwt	198.00–201.00	3,088	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	905	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	314.93/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	356.87/cwt	345.00–377.00	1,888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	378.35/cwt	350.00–407.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	277.52/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	372	376.79/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	397.76/cwt	385.00–412.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,255	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	352.50/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,223	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,055	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,532	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	190.30/cwt	176.00–199.00	2,590	8
Bulls	—	—	1,963	222.22/cwt	220.00–225.00	4,362	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	2,201.87/head	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,202	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	430.05/cwt	427.00–433.00	1,841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	265.65/cwt	250.00–297.00	1,907	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 Jul 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 151Year ago 95

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 26Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 5Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	313	485.00–502.00	493.16
1	350–400	370	427.00	427.00
2	400–450	428	427.00–433.00	430.05
1	450–500	480	420.00	420.00
3	600–650	608	310.00–330.00	321.78
2	650–700	665	315.00–325.00	320.08
5	700–750	718	250.00–297.00	265.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	370	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	660	237.00	237.00
1	900–950	905	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	475.00	475.00
1	300–350	345	435.00	435.00
3	350–400	365	435.00–437.00	436.34
1	400–450	400	412.00	412.00
1	450–500	450	392.00	392.00
6	500–550	529	345.00–377.00	356.87
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	607	300.00–316.00	312.01
3	800–850	817	276.00	276.00
1	900–950	935	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	385.00–412.00	397.76
3	350–400	372	360.00–395.00	376.79
1	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	470	340.00–365.00	352.50
2	500–550	543	285.00–300.00	292.53
2	550–600	560	275.00–280.00	277.52
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	865	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	410	432.00	432.00
3	500–550	533	392.00–430.00	404.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	468	350.00–407.00	378.35
2	550–600	568	310.00–320.00	314.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	240.00	240.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	211.00	211.00
2	—	1,963	220.00–225.00	222.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	136.00	136.00
1	—	1,185	153.00	153.00
1	—	1,130	142.00	142.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	198.00–201.00	199.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,361	176.00–199.00	190.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	2,950.00	2,950.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	935	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,201.87

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle