Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 18

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

71 head

▼ 269 vs last sale 340▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 54▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend this week because of light test.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.63/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$113.63

32 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$33.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.17

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	638	118.79	758	27
Medium and Large 2-3	553	85.78	475	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.01/cwt here — about $283 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 sale32 hd

113.63

—

KY average29 barns · 6,342 hd

123.80

−10.17

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	1,655	65.95	1,092	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,637	44.25	725	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	43.38	549	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	983	37.00	364	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,355	75.68	1,025	2thin

Every lot

33 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	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	130.00/cwt	126.00–132.00	633	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	983	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	899	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	966	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,116	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,180	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,003	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	369	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	105.86/cwt	103.00–109.00	445	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	428	82.95/cwt	80.00–86.00	355	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	448	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	740	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	856	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	695	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	716	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	700	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	511	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	744	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	783	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	518	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	596	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	391	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	121.20/cwt	114.00–128.00	642	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	679	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	844	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	861	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,355	75.68/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,025	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,230	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	713	1
Bulls	—	—	1,868	69.93/cwt	68.50–71.50	1,306	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	306	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	426	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	45.23/cwt	42.00–49.00	569	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	39.31/cwt	35.00–41.50	503	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	622	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,649	44.86/cwt	43.00–47.00	740	7

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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 71Last week 340Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 54Year ago 0

No trend this week because of light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	129.00	129.00
1	—	775	116.00	116.00
4	—	487	126.00–132.00	130.00
4	—	966	115.50	115.50
7	—	731	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	73.00	73.00
2	—	428	80.00–86.00	82.95
1	—	515	87.00	87.00
1	—	695	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	101.00	101.00
2	—	420	103.00–109.00	105.86
3	—	768	102.00	102.00
5	—	569	130.00	130.00
5	—	709	105.00	105.00
11	—	666	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	116.00	116.00
1	—	805	107.00	107.00
2	—	355	146.00	146.00
2	—	432	138.00	138.00
2	—	530	114.00–128.00	121.20
2	—	670	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	72.00–79.00	75.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	34.00	34.00
1	—	1,065	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,280	35.00–41.50	39.31
11	—	1,258	42.00–49.00	45.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	40.00	40.00
7	—	1,649	43.00–47.00	44.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	58.00	58.00
2	—	1,868	68.50–71.50	69.93

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.