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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 1

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

553 head

▲ 319 vs last sale 234▲ 553 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 49▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 13▲ 2 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 steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $133.17/cwt on 255 head.

Average price

$133.17

255 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$23.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.92

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	657	135.58	890	229
Medium and Large 2-3	714	111.98	800	26

One grade step is worth $23.60/cwt here — about $90 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 sale255 hd

133.17

—

KY average27 barns · 7,806 hd

137.09

−3.92

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	1,545	81.55	1,260	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	45.59	552	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,528	44.75	684	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	899	43.68	393	13

Every lot

76 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	314	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	444	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	156.64/cwt	155.00–160.00	508	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	162.65/cwt	160.00–167.00	602	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	373	132.68/cwt	127.00–138.00	495	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	154.16/cwt	145.00–161.00	664	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	137.74/cwt	130.50–142.00	646	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	511	130.81/cwt	129.00–136.00	668	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	154.58/cwt	141.00–157.00	832	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	564	140.59/cwt	139.00–143.00	793	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	158.08/cwt	145.00–160.00	909	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	954	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	145.84/cwt	139.00–151.00	897	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	137.12/cwt	129.00–140.00	910	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	704	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	915	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	820	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	877	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	846	107.77/cwt	103.00–108.00	912	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	853	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	819	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	873	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	978	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,075	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	860	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	205	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	293	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	208	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	250	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	289	145.19/cwt	136.00–148.00	420	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	365	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	315	123.91/cwt	121.00–128.00	390	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	135.26/cwt	128.00–140.00	452	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	365	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	577	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	147.16/cwt	142.00–152.00	544	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	131.05/cwt	127.00–132.00	505	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	412	125.23/cwt	122.00–126.00	516	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	138.91/cwt	135.00–143.00	603	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	472	117.58/cwt	113.00–120.00	555	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	130.48/cwt	125.00–135.00	632	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	126.51/cwt	119.00–133.00	655	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	128.28/cwt	117.00–131.25	725	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	583	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	665	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	116.02/cwt	114.00–120.00	719	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	622	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	659	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	693	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	670	99.27/cwt	97.00–102.00	665	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	87.98/cwt	85.00–94.00	647	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	682	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	935	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	776	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	240	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	319	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	556	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	452	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	158.83/cwt	150.00–166.00	589	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	396	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	675	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	641	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	448	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	448	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	461	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	733	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	141.22/cwt	139.00–144.00	655	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	139.76/cwt	139.00–140.00	731	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	125.23/cwt	123.00–128.00	719	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	117.77/cwt	110.00–125.00	733	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	116.32/cwt	115.00–117.00	774	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	721	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	110.79/cwt	110.00–112.00	848	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	795	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	763	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	880	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	792	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	485	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	383	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,285	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	970	1
Bulls	—	—	1,610	83.06/cwt	81.00–84.50	1,337	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	881	48.28/cwt	46.00–50.00	425	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	896	36.92/cwt	33.00–41.00	331	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	52.48/cwt	52.00–53.00	501	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	40.46/cwt	35.00–42.50	471	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	639	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,231	47.45/cwt	43.00–50.50	584	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	718	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	642	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	7,556	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,649	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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 553Last week 234Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 49Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 13Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	615	139.00–151.00	145.84
20	—	575	145.00–160.00	158.08
8	—	370	160.00–167.00	162.65
4	—	664	129.00–140.00	137.12
22	—	846	103.00–108.00	107.77
16	—	538	141.00–157.00	154.58
5	—	324	155.00–160.00	156.64
23	—	469	130.50–142.00	137.74
18	—	431	145.00–161.00	154.16
7	—	704	130.00	130.00
1	—	290	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	139.00–143.00	140.59
1	—	820	107.00	107.00
5	—	1,075	80.00	80.00
2	—	373	127.00–138.00	132.68
7	—	853	96.00	96.00
5	—	511	129.00–136.00	130.81
1	—	285	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	606	157.50	157.50
63	—	873	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	85.00–94.00	87.98
2	—	290	126.00	126.00
1	—	775	88.00	88.00
7	—	670	97.00–102.00	99.27
4	—	622	106.00	106.00
3	—	315	121.00–128.00	123.91
1	—	935	83.00	83.00
11	—	412	122.00–126.00	125.23
5	—	472	113.00–120.00	117.58
3	—	583	114.00	114.00
2	—	208	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	101.00	101.00
6	—	385	127.00–132.00	131.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	484	125.00–135.00	130.48
12	—	370	142.00–152.00	147.16
4	—	289	136.00–148.00	145.19
1	—	205	143.00	143.00
41	—	565	117.00–131.25	128.28
12	—	434	135.00–143.00	138.91
4	—	670	103.50	103.50
13	—	518	119.00–133.00	126.51
5	—	334	128.00–140.00	135.26
3	—	620	114.00–120.00	116.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	159.00	159.00
6	—	396	170.50	170.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	96.00	96.00
1	—	240	133.00	133.00
1	—	880	90.00	90.00
1	—	345	131.00	131.00
2	—	448	100.00	100.00
1	—	600	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	574	123.00–128.00	125.23
4	—	523	139.00–140.00	139.76
2	—	700	103.00	103.00
5	—	622	110.00–125.00	117.77
5	—	371	150.00–166.00	158.83
3	—	343	162.00	162.00
1	—	430	149.00	149.00
5	—	765	110.00–112.00	110.79
5	—	464	139.00–144.00	141.22
3	—	665	115.00–117.00	116.32
2	—	250	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,231	43.00–50.50	47.45
1	—	1,195	53.50	53.50
11	—	1,163	35.00–42.50	40.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	881	46.00–50.00	48.28
2	—	955	52.00–53.00	52.48
6	—	896	33.00–41.00	36.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	49.50	49.50
1	—	1,605	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,610	81.00–84.50	83.06
1	—	1,285	75.50	75.50

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	610.00	610.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	730.00	730.00

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.