Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2021-02-10

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 206 vs last sale 247▼ 414 vs year ago 455 · −91.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 23▼ 24 vs year ago 29 · −82.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to low number of receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.90/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −76.80 against this barn's trailing median of $215.70.
Average price
$138.90
20 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$48.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.17
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2354148.5652716thin
Medium and Large 2-3651100.256534thin
One grade step is worth $48.31/cwt here — about −$126 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 sale20 hd
138.90
—
KY average26 barns · 1,309 hd
125.73
+13.17
This barn, trailing median5 sales
215.70
−76.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

5 sales
235215195175median 215.7003/1104/1504/2204/2905/06
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $221.00, low $188.98, median $215.70 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23455.366835thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738120.00/cwt120.00–120.008863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3215110.00/cwt110.00–110.002371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300113.00/cwt113.00–113.003391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340100.00/cwt100.00–100.003401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350127.00/cwt127.00–127.004452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475133.00/cwt133.00–133.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530123.00/cwt123.00–123.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550114.00/cwt114.00–114.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650110.50/cwt110.50–110.507187
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3225120.00/cwt120.00–120.002701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy311157.00/cwt157.00–157.004887
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2342130.00/cwt130.00–130.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420148.00/cwt148.00–148.006226
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675109.00/cwt109.00–109.007361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-379586.00/cwt86.00–86.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-391086.00/cwt86.00–86.007831
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07070.00/cwt70.00–70.007491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11049.00/cwt49.00–49.005441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33052.60/cwt50.00–54.007003

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.