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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 20

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

553 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 443▼ 80 vs year ago 633 · −12.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

96 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 55▲ 28 vs year ago 68 · +41.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

61 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 0▲ 57 vs year ago 4 · +1,425.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.88/cwt on 238 head.

Average price

$130.88

238 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$18.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

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	616	133.03	819	210
Medium and Large 2-3	517	114.81	594	28

One grade step is worth $18.21/cwt here — about $225 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 sale238 hd

130.88

—

KY average26 barns · 5,452 hd

134.21

−3.33

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	—	Low	1,592	85.34	1,359	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,595	52.98	845	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	51.89	646	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	49.18	465	10

Every lot

84 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	155	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	264	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	558	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	158.43/cwt	152.00–161.00	672	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	148.80/cwt	141.00–149.50	741	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	514	131.40/cwt	129.00–132.00	675	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	148.45/cwt	143.00–151.00	772	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	144.56/cwt	137.00–149.00	828	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	128.02/cwt	127.00–130.00	736	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	900	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	843	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	139.58/cwt	134.00–143.00	932	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,020	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	795	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	867	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	805	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,187	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	202	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	265	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	203	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	293	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	257	136.95/cwt	132.00–143.00	352	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	295	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	348	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	312	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	374	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	339	126.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	429	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	131.47/cwt	128.00–135.00	496	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	460	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	391	141.22/cwt	140.00–144.00	552	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	137.95/cwt	131.00–146.00	577	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	125.76/cwt	120.00–128.00	534	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	498	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	128.09/cwt	125.00–131.00	605	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	511	117.18/cwt	114.00–119.00	599	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	131.39/cwt	122.00–139.00	685	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	765	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	121.11/cwt	117.00–131.00	692	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	632	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	132.40/cwt	121.00–135.00	828	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	724	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	765	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	834	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	114.49/cwt	113.00–116.00	899	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	848	140.40/cwt	140.40–140.40	1,191	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	884	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	993	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	973	83.05/cwt	81.00–85.00	808	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	225	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	275	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	393	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	432	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	400	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	141.47/cwt	140.00–143.00	457	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	362	129.35/cwt	129.00–130.00	468	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	155.96/cwt	153.00–159.00	600	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	408	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	530	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	157.06/cwt	152.00–161.00	657	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	804	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	135.44/cwt	131.00–145.00	641	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	133.11/cwt	130.00–141.00	683	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	528	119.52/cwt	119.00–120.00	631	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	717	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	118.17/cwt	115.00–121.00	722	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	631	107.24/cwt	107.00–108.00	677	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	719	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	114.67/cwt	110.00–120.00	766	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	770	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	882	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	825	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	767	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	260	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	213	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,330	78.24/cwt	74.50–81.00	1,041	4
Bulls	—	—	1,696	88.52/cwt	87.50–89.50	1,501	7
Bulls	—	—	1,915	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,752	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	50.28/cwt	48.00–53.00	474	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	43.71/cwt	41.50–46.00	412	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	575	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,172	46.27/cwt	42.00–49.50	542	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	58.14/cwt	57.00–58.50	709	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	54.01/cwt	50.50–56.50	696	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,589	53.23/cwt	50.00–55.50	846	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	942	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	738	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,129	763.82/cwt	635.00–925.00	8,624	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,267	790.19/cwt	500.00–1,100.00	10,012	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,343	889.07/cwt	725.00–1,190.00	11,940	12
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,299	837.05/cwt	650.00–1,000.00	10,873	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,445	1,001.10/cwt	760.00–1,300.00	14,466	10

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 Oct 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 553Last week 443Year ago 633

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 55Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 0Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	708	144.00	144.00
17	—	668	134.00–143.00	139.58
18	—	520	143.00–151.00	148.45
3	—	620	136.00	136.00
1	—	155	170.00	170.00
17	—	573	137.00–149.00	144.56
4	—	424	152.00–161.00	158.43
12	—	498	141.00–149.50	148.80
1	—	390	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
3	—	575	127.00–130.00	128.02
1	—	795	109.00	109.00
5	—	514	129.00–132.00	131.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	805	147.50	147.50
25	—	606	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	138.00	138.00
1	—	825	93.00	93.00
1	—	660	109.00	109.00
1	—	225	122.00	122.00
2	—	528	119.00–120.00	119.52
3	—	362	129.00–130.00	129.35
2	—	408	130.00	130.00
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
4	—	631	107.00–108.00	107.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	160.00	160.00
2	—	230	171.00	171.00
11	—	611	115.00–121.00	118.17
4	—	418	152.00–161.00	157.06
3	—	668	110.00–120.00	114.67
2	—	323	140.00–143.00	141.47
8	—	385	153.00–159.00	155.96
9	—	513	130.00–141.00	133.11
2	—	578	124.00	124.00
3	—	473	131.00–145.00	135.44
2	—	802	110.00	110.00
1	—	720	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	312	120.00	120.00
5	—	425	120.00–128.00	125.76
2	—	973	81.00–85.00	83.05
2	—	295	117.00–119.00	118.00
2	—	202	131.00	131.00
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
1	—	635	114.00	114.00
1	—	465	107.00	107.00
3	—	765	109.00	109.00
5	—	511	114.00–119.00	117.18
1	—	380	121.00	121.00
3	—	580	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	418	131.00–146.00	137.95
3	—	257	132.00–143.00	136.95
10	—	377	128.00–135.00	131.47
21	—	625	121.00–135.00	132.40
8	—	571	117.00–131.00	121.11
2	—	203	144.00–145.00	144.49
1	—	875	101.00	101.00
4	—	785	113.00–116.00	114.49
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
38	—	521	122.00–139.00	131.39
20	—	472	125.00–131.00	128.09
5	—	911	109.00	109.00
3	—	339	125.00–130.00	126.57
1	—	680	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	140.00–144.00	141.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	848	140.40	140.40
20	—	571	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	82.00	82.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	942	48.00–53.00	50.28
3	—	942	41.50–46.00	43.71
1	—	975	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,610	58.50	58.50
10	—	1,589	50.00–55.50	53.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,219	57.00–58.50	58.14
15	—	1,172	42.00–49.50	46.27
28	—	1,288	50.50–56.50	54.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,330	74.50–81.00	78.24
1	—	1,915	91.50	91.50
7	—	1,696	87.50–89.50	88.52

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,267	500.00–1,100.00	790.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,343	725.00–1,190.00	889.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,129	635.00–925.00	763.82

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,299	650.00–1,000.00	837.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,445	760.00–1,300.00	1,001.10

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.