Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2020-05-20

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, May 20
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
282 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 258▲ 282 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 35▲ 19 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 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. No test for slaughter bulls. There was moderate 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 $134.91/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$134.91
130 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$268
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.67
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3463139.506452thin
Medium and Large 1-2677134.84913128
One grade step is worth $4.66/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale130 hd
134.91
—
KY average29 barns · 6,573 hd
132.25
+2.67
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—Average1,54591.001,4061thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50571.001,0691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21161.3974311
CowsLean 85-90%High96957.105536thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381158.66/cwt158.00–160.006043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420166.00/cwt166.00–166.006971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420146.05/cwt145.00–147.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445139.00/cwt139.00–139.006191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478152.81/cwt149.00–156.007308
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519154.71/cwt142.00–157.5080330
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580141.10/cwt136.00–143.008189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618124.00/cwt124.00–124.007662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626142.25/cwt142.25–142.2589010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666127.80/cwt127.00–128.008515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735126.19/cwt119.00–128.0092721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863119.20/cwt117.00–121.101,02931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,10289.50/cwt89.50–89.509866
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338134.00/cwt134.00–134.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438147.08/cwt140.00–148.0064417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488142.22/cwt131.00–144.5069424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533140.84/cwt130.00–144.0075129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580130.24/cwt123.00–134.0075522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-361580.00/cwt80.00–80.004921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616123.96/cwt114.00–129.5076416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370596.00/cwt96.00–96.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2751113.00/cwt113.00–113.0084910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-382896.00/cwt96.00–96.007953
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433153.84/cwt151.00–160.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505149.00/cwt149.00–149.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560139.00/cwt139.00–139.007781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,54591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84045.00/cwt45.00–45.003781
Cows—Lean 85-90%98861.29/cwt59.00–63.506062
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00058.33/cwt57.00–61.005833
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16160.50/cwt58.00–62.007025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24857.00/cwt57.00–57.007113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25767.26/cwt66.50–68.508453
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0691

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.