Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 20
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
594 head
▲ 450 vs last sale 144▲ 594 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 55▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 3▲ 3 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.80/cwt on 225 head.
Average price
$132.80
225 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.06
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2577133.75772209
Medium and Large 2-3485120.4058416thin
One grade step is worth $13.36/cwt here — about $188 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 sale225 hd
132.80
—
KY average28 barns · 7,769 hd
137.86
−5.06
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,56573.661,15311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51151.437779thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21348.8359241
CowsLean 85-90%Average99247.3046913

Every lot

72 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3275108.58/cwt107.00–110.002992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335136.00/cwt136.00–136.004561
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3345119.00/cwt119.00–119.004111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376122.59/cwt120.00–128.004613
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385121.00/cwt121.00–121.004661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435127.59/cwt121.00–134.0055522
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455121.00/cwt121.00–121.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493127.18/cwt123.00–138.0062719
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3509124.29/cwt124.00–126.006337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy520144.93/cwt143.50–148.0075416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529131.15/cwt129.00–140.0069440
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570125.20/cwt118.00–132.0071411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3573120.07/cwt117.00–123.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy586149.00/cwt149.00–149.008734
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3610129.00/cwt129.00–129.007871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616139.61/cwt129.00–142.2586034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy639146.00/cwt146.00–146.0093311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665120.74/cwt119.00–122.0080312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy691139.77/cwt139.50–140.5096625
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3710109.00/cwt109.00–109.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733125.00/cwt125.00–125.009163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752129.00/cwt129.00–129.009702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810120.00/cwt120.00–120.009721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885128.01/cwt120.00–130.001,1335
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3250105.00/cwt105.00–105.002631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345119.00/cwt119.00–119.004111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370101.05/cwt100.00–102.003742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377121.34/cwt114.00–127.0045711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425122.98/cwt113.00–129.0052325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-343090.00/cwt90.00–90.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474120.00/cwt117.00–126.0056925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3484104.74/cwt101.00–111.0050716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3513107.78/cwt104.00–110.0055323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532123.60/cwt117.00–129.5065830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561121.51/cwt113.00–124.0068216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575106.43/cwt101.00–112.006124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614130.38/cwt125.00–135.2580138
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3614110.70/cwt105.00–112.5068014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy667130.00/cwt130.00–130.0086712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-369592.00/cwt92.00–92.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3205118.00/cwt118.00–118.002421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3265103.00/cwt103.00–103.002731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3310103.00/cwt103.00–103.003191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360121.00/cwt116.00–126.004362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395111.00/cwt111.00–111.004381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3408106.53/cwt102.00–111.004352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425128.76/cwt127.00–135.005476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458117.00/cwt117.00–117.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3474108.20/cwt101.00–110.005135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500111.00/cwt110.00–112.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525123.53/cwt120.00–126.006496
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584123.71/cwt118.50–129.0072214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3590108.00/cwt108.00–108.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3622103.73/cwt100.00–109.006453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628118.86/cwt118.00–119.007467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685119.00/cwt119.00–119.008151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3720109.00/cwt109.00–109.007851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760116.00/cwt116.00–116.008821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40569.25/cwt64.00–72.509735
Bulls——1,69877.34/cwt75.50–79.501,3136
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98648.76/cwt47.00–51.504816
Cows—Lean 85-90%99040.61/cwt39.00–41.504024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00553.30/cwt52.00–54.505363
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18748.45/cwt44.00–51.0057526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21038.46/cwt37.00–39.004654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27453.51/cwt52.00–56.0068211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50750.12/cwt47.50–54.007557
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52356.00/cwt56.00–56.008532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,465610.00/cwt610.00–610.008,9371

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.