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Owenton Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 12

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

141 head

▼ 92 vs last sale 233▼ 253 vs year ago 394 · −64.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 52▼ 7 vs year ago 25 · −28.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 19 vs year ago 20 · −95.0%

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 15 of 29 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $391.99.

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

+25.34 vs national

Price by quality 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.

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 average163 barns · 7,070 hd

366.65

+25.34

This barn, trailing median29 sales

391.99

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $430.48, low $328.30, median $391.99 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,856	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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,771	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	344.46/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,077	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,340	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,684	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	398.20/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,935	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	515	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,137	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	381.63/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,007	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,286	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	358.94/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,039	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	349.99/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,254	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,288	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,964	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	804	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,621	66
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,541	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	465.07/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,758	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	452.57/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,937	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	410.35/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,765	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	442	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,221	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,141	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	318.73/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,508	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	549	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,114	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	348.32/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,958	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,104	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	267.40/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,939	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	249.97/cwt	245.00–257.50	2,062	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,778	230.68/cwt	225.00–241.00	4,101	3
Bulls	—	—	1,973	219.54/cwt	219.00–220.00	4,332	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,505	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	134.04/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,488	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	155.42/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,994	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,383	184.12/cwt	175.00–197.00	2,546	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,715	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,276	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1

This sale against other markets

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	125.00–143.00	134.04
1	—	885	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,778	225.00–241.00	230.68
2	—	1,973	219.00–220.00	219.54

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.