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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 25

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

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Feeder Cattle receipts

329 head

▲ 129 vs last sale 200▲ 329 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 37▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.42/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$142.42

196 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

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

$31.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.88

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	634	143.55	910	189
Medium and Large 2-3	492	111.86	550	7thin

One grade step is worth $31.70/cwt here — about $360 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale196 hd

142.42

—

KY average27 barns · 8,221 hd

135.54

+6.88

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	1,794	75.40	1,353	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	53.36	874	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	49.88	651	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	992	45.95	456	5thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	265	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	313	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	141.31/cwt	134.00–144.00	475	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	130.37/cwt	126.00–135.00	559	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	583	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	450	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	464	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	495	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	723	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	132.00/cwt	127.00–140.00	689	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	113.33/cwt	110.00–115.00	601	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	568	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	630	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	126.31/cwt	120.00–132.00	731	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	115.05/cwt	111.00–119.00	717	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	145.80/cwt	145.80–145.80	964	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	696	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	905	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,022	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,056	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2-3	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	119.16/cwt	109.00–124.00	392	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	121.63/cwt	112.00–128.00	442	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	122.49/cwt	120.00–126.00	525	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	96.00/cwt	92.00–100.00	413	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	117.30/cwt	103.00–121.00	551	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	478	92.81/cwt	90.00–99.00	444	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	505	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	114.39/cwt	105.00–119.00	646	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	564	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	110.66/cwt	106.00–116.00	681	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	712	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	678	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	597	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	715	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	125.66/cwt	122.00–129.00	337	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	302	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	411	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	110.96/cwt	110.00–112.00	411	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	383	92.48/cwt	90.00–95.00	354	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	418	103.34/cwt	97.00–111.00	432	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	127.85/cwt	124.00–133.00	547	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	125.26/cwt	115.00–129.00	592	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	102.96/cwt	101.00–105.00	535	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	116.06/cwt	110.00–121.00	607	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	536	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	111.60/cwt	103.00–115.00	638	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	519	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	106.65/cwt	105.00–110.00	670	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	761	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	865	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	787	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	410	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	344	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	645	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	484	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,742	73.87/cwt	70.50–76.50	1,287	3
Bulls	—	—	1,950	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,560	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	52.23/cwt	50.00–54.50	517	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	41.76/cwt	40.00–44.50	415	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	42.63/cwt	40.00–48.00	540	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	53.91/cwt	51.00–56.00	715	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,592	54.64/cwt	54.00–55.50	870	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,775	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	879	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	494.76/cwt	490.00–500.00	4,468	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,088	636.32/cwt	625.00–650.00	6,923	2

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 Sep 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 200Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 37Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	92.00–100.00	96.00
1	—	730	98.00	98.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
1	—	570	99.00	99.00
1	—	500	101.00	101.00
6	—	478	90.00–99.00	92.81
2	—	678	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	470	103.00–121.00	117.30
11	—	329	109.00–124.00	119.16
6	—	565	105.00–119.00	114.39
6	—	363	112.00–128.00	121.63
4	—	735	100.00	100.00
4	—	429	120.00–126.00	122.49
3	—	615	106.00–116.00	110.66
1	—	665	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	97.00–111.00	103.34
2	—	520	101.00–105.00	102.96
2	—	383	90.00–95.00	92.48
1	—	865	91.00	91.00
1	—	610	85.00	85.00
1	—	570	94.00	94.00
1	—	270	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	115.00–129.00	125.26
5	—	428	124.00–133.00	127.85
4	—	572	103.00–115.00	111.60
4	—	523	110.00–121.00	116.06
3	—	628	105.00–110.00	106.65
2	—	370	110.00–112.00	110.96
2	—	268	122.00–129.00	125.66
1	—	705	108.00	108.00
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
1	—	340	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	75.00	75.00
1	—	410	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	110.00–115.00	113.33
2	—	568	111.00	111.00
1	—	450	103.00	103.00
1	—	265	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	661	145.80	145.80
70	—	700	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	336	134.00–144.00	141.31
5	—	429	126.00–135.00	130.37
4	—	696	130.00	130.00
4	—	579	120.00–132.00	126.31
3	—	522	127.00–140.00	132.00
2	—	623	111.00–119.00	115.05
2	—	450	129.00–130.00	129.50
2	—	395	130.00	130.00
1	—	845	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	495	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	993	40.00–44.50	41.76
2	—	990	50.00–54.50	52.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	54.00–55.50	54.64
1	—	1,775	49.50	49.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,326	51.00–56.00	53.91
5	—	1,266	40.00–48.00	42.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,742	70.50–76.50	73.87
1	—	1,950	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	903	490.00–500.00	494.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,088	625.00–650.00	636.32

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.