Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2021-01-13

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 13
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
321 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 246▼ 6 vs year ago 327 · −1.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 64▲ 18 vs year ago 37 · +48.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 23▼ 23 vs year ago 28 · −82.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady. There was moderate 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 classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.46/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$128.46
111 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.86
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2600131.4378899
Medium and Large 2-3738104.0076712thin
One grade step is worth $27.43/cwt here — about $20 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 sale111 hd
128.46
—
KY average26 barns · 8,565 hd
133.32
−4.86
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—Average1,70187.371,4877thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59754.278677thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31352.6269131
CowsLean 85-90%Low95636.913537thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy355162.00/cwt162.00–162.005751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368147.36/cwt142.00–150.005423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428133.97/cwt133.00–135.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465126.00/cwt126.00–126.005861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468136.91/cwt133.00–145.0064110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523130.59/cwt126.00–140.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3530116.00/cwt116.00–116.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy547150.00/cwt150.00–150.008217
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565114.50/cwt112.00–117.006472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575145.63/cwt145.00–146.0083711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577130.77/cwt126.00–141.0075513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626132.08/cwt127.00–137.008277
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670123.31/cwt116.00–130.0082632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710117.37/cwt113.00–119.008338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765114.00/cwt114.00–114.008721
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
Steers—Medium and Large 2-380088.00/cwt88.00–88.007041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865103.00/cwt103.00–103.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 2-388591.00/cwt91.00–91.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,11088.00/cwt88.00–88.009772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3295100.00/cwt100.00–100.002951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330102.00/cwt102.00–102.003371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345115.00/cwt115.00–115.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365102.97/cwt101.00–104.003763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390122.00/cwt122.00–122.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425102.00/cwt102.00–102.004341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436120.93/cwt116.00–127.0052711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468120.40/cwt118.00–126.0056317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490102.00/cwt102.00–102.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3508104.43/cwt100.00–109.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519119.85/cwt114.00–126.0062219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560112.00/cwt106.00–113.006277
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590108.02/cwt106.00–110.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632117.05/cwt105.00–120.5074020
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3633100.07/cwt96.00–102.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-365596.50/cwt93.00–100.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686113.51/cwt112.00–115.0077910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371786.31/cwt85.00–87.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2782102.00/cwt102.00–102.007983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-384072.00/cwt72.00–72.006051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2292137.35/cwt131.00–141.004013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2350144.25/cwt141.00–147.505052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390129.00/cwt129.00–129.005031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422134.51/cwt131.00–141.005683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-343091.00/cwt91.00–91.003911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516133.33/cwt126.00–138.006885
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3545102.00/cwt102.00–102.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3550111.00/cwt111.00–111.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2589123.49/cwt118.00–136.507274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2627115.51/cwt110.00–121.007247
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690110.38/cwt107.00–114.007628
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3695105.00/cwt105.00–105.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-372587.00/cwt87.00–87.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375894.00/cwt94.00–94.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-277098.00/cwt98.00–98.007552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-380582.00/cwt82.00–82.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284092.51/cwt91.00–94.007772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-386884.49/cwt80.00–89.007332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-392581.00/cwt81.00–81.007491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41574.84/cwt74.00–75.501,0592
Bulls——1,78889.82/cwt88.50–91.001,6063
Bulls——1,85896.24/cwt95.50–97.001,7882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94834.90/cwt33.00–38.003316
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00549.00/cwt49.00–49.004921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28247.17/cwt43.00–49.006059
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31954.28/cwt51.00–57.0071620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39560.49/cwt60.00–61.008442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60752.48/cwt50.50–54.508436
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,234862.80/cwt810.00–990.0010,6474

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.