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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, May 19

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← May 12May 19May 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

226 head

▼ 183 vs last sale 409▼ 56 vs year ago 282 · −19.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 60▲ 46 vs year ago 19 · +242.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 10▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower on a plain quality offering. There was light to moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. 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 $129.60/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$129.60

95 head · 828 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$6.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.64

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	833	129.73	1,081	93
Medium and Large 2-3	608	123.50	750	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.23/cwt here — about $331 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 sale95 hd

129.60

—

KY average27 barns · 5,133 hd

137.24

−7.64

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	1,785	92.76	1,656	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	68.95	1,114	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	68.19	836	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	788	46.40	366	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,875	73.00	1,369	1thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	148.05/cwt	146.00–150.00	635	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	146.71/cwt	140.00–150.00	707	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	685	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	153.50/cwt	152.00–155.00	791	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	134.00/cwt	129.00–139.00	797	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	124.65/cwt	124.00–126.00	769	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	134.79/cwt	125.00–138.00	907	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	123.69/cwt	119.00–126.00	887	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	129.63/cwt	127.00–130.00	998	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	901	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	960	126.30/cwt	126.30–126.30	1,212	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	335	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	130.52/cwt	124.00–136.00	533	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	408	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	486	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	131.69/cwt	128.00–135.00	633	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	117.00/cwt	115.00–119.00	567	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	535	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	116.57/cwt	113.00–126.00	615	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	121.19/cwt	114.00–129.00	694	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	578	106.99/cwt	104.00–110.00	618	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	107.54/cwt	105.00–112.00	660	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	632	94.72/cwt	91.00–99.00	599	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	108.75/cwt	107.00–110.00	744	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	511	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	94.41/cwt	90.00–99.00	722	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	659	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,010	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	838	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	373	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	139.98/cwt	136.00–142.00	549	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	145.11/cwt	139.00–155.00	625	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	478	125.02/cwt	121.00–129.00	598	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	706	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	143.45/cwt	134.00–149.00	780	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	136.05/cwt	128.00–144.00	789	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	121.97/cwt	120.00–128.00	750	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	124.23/cwt	120.00–127.00	824	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	113.26/cwt	110.00–118.00	809	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	595	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	106.39/cwt	99.00–110.00	812	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	765	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	689	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	104.46/cwt	100.00–109.00	851	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	815	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	782	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	776	2
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,875	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,369	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,630	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,353	1
Bulls	—	—	1,756	96.78/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,699	5
Bulls	—	—	1,813	91.82/cwt	88.00–95.50	1,665	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	655	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	406	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	810	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	446	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	833	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	250	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	646	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	66.94/cwt	63.00–70.50	807	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	73.08/cwt	71.50–74.00	952	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,558	75.25/cwt	75.00–75.50	1,172	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,622	69.12/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,121	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,680	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	924	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	794	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,231	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 May 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 226Last week 409Year ago 282

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 60Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	104.00	104.00
1	—	570	125.00	125.00
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
2	—	520	130.00	130.00
2	—	478	121.00–129.00	125.02
1	—	815	96.00	96.00
1	—	735	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	90.00–91.00	90.50
1	—	480	147.00	147.00
4	—	714	110.00–118.00	113.26
1	—	285	131.00	131.00
8	—	663	120.00–127.00	124.23
9	—	544	134.00–149.00	143.45
3	—	392	136.00–142.00	139.98
4	—	815	100.00–109.00	104.46
4	—	615	120.00–128.00	121.97
4	—	431	139.00–155.00	145.11
5	—	580	128.00–144.00	136.05
5	—	763	99.00–110.00	106.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	128.00–135.00	131.69
4	—	684	107.00–110.00	108.75
4	—	614	105.00–112.00	107.54
5	—	528	113.00–126.00	116.57
2	—	765	90.00–99.00	94.41
1	—	700	98.00	98.00
1	—	270	124.00	124.00
8	—	408	124.00–136.00	130.52
8	—	573	114.00–129.00	121.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	85.00	85.00
2	—	578	104.00–110.00	106.99
1	—	710	72.00	72.00
2	—	485	115.00–119.00	117.00
1	—	1,010	83.00	83.00
1	—	500	107.00	107.00
3	—	632	91.00–99.00	94.72
2	—	408	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	124.00–126.00	124.65
1	—	875	103.00	103.00
3	—	482	140.00–150.00	146.71
2	—	595	129.00–139.00	134.00
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
4	—	429	146.00–150.00	148.05
3	—	717	119.00–126.00	123.69
4	—	673	125.00–138.00	134.79
8	—	770	127.00–130.00	129.63
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
4	—	515	152.00–155.00	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	960	126.30	126.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
1	—	500	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,622	66.00–72.00	69.12
2	—	1,558	75.00–75.50	75.25
1	—	1,680	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,303	71.50–74.00	73.08
1	—	1,095	59.00	59.00
20	—	1,206	63.00–70.50	66.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	30.00	30.00
1	—	655	62.00	62.00
2	—	810	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,813	88.00–95.50	91.82
1	—	1,630	83.00	83.00
5	—	1,756	96.00–98.00	96.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	73.00	73.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	79.00	79.00

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	—	1,265	1,125.00	1,125.00

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.