Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers steady on a lite test, Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.99/cwt on 16 head, up $32.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 28 comparable sales and sits −5.98 against this barn's trailing median of $397.97.

Average price

$391.99

▲ 32.75 vs prior sale

16 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$55.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.91

vs KY average

+25.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	395.45	2,187	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	340.00	1,955	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.45/cwt here — about $232 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 sale16 hd

391.99

—

KY average27 barns · 856 hd

379.07

+12.91

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

+25.30

This barn, trailing median28 sales

397.97

−5.98

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	1,856	226.22	4,199	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,715	191.00	3,276	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,350	174.55	2,356	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,035	146.03	1,511	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
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,025	$2,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	700–750	720	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	348.32/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	344.46/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	358.94/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,039	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,286	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	804	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,621	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	398.20/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,935	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	318.73/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	410.35/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,765	2
Bulls	—	—	1,973	219.54/cwt	219.00–220.00	4,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	442	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	549	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,114	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	452.57/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,141	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	349.99/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,254	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	381.63/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	465.07/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	249.97/cwt	245.00–257.50	2,062	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	267.40/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,939	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,276	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	184.12/cwt	175.00–197.00	2,546	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	155.42/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,994	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	134.04/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,488	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,505	1
Bulls	—	—	1,778	230.68/cwt	225.00–241.00	4,101	3

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 Aug 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 233Year ago 394

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 52Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	470.00	470.00
2	600–650	603	334.00–355.00	344.46
1	700–750	720	325.00	325.00
1	950–1000	950	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	620	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	775	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	378	455.00–475.00	465.07
2	400–450	428	450.00–455.00	452.57
4	450–500	458	467.50	467.50
3	550–600	562	340.00–360.00	348.32
1	650–700	660	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	725	260.00–275.00	267.40
3	800–850	825	245.00–257.50	249.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	430	400.00–420.00	410.35
3	450–500	473	300.00–335.00	318.73
1	650–700	670	314.00	314.00
1	700–750	715	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	502.50	502.50
4	500–550	549	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	560	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	385.00–405.00	398.20
3	500–550	526	380.00–385.00	381.63
2	550–600	568	352.50–365.00	358.94
4	600–650	644	335.00–355.00	349.99
1	750–800	750	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	415.00	415.00
9	550–600	563	406.00	406.00
66	800–850	804	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	770	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,973	219.00–220.00	219.54
3	—	1,778	225.00–241.00	230.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	191.00	191.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	175.00–197.00	184.12
3	—	1,283	149.00–162.00	155.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	125.00–143.00	134.04
1	—	885	170.00	170.00

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
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	2,450.00	2,450.00

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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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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