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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 15

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Dec 8Dec 15Dec 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

512 head

▲ 146 vs last sale 366▲ 112 vs year ago 400 · +28.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

72 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 71▼ 15 vs year ago 87 · −17.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 4▼ 8 vs year ago 9 · −88.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $132.52/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$132.52

196 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$19.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.39

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	641	135.44	868	167
Medium and Large 2-3	532	115.72	616	29

One grade step is worth $19.72/cwt here — about $252 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 sale196 hd

132.52

—

KY average24 barns · 6,988 hd

134.91

−2.39

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	1,828	86.33	1,578	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,626	58.03	943	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	55.78	711	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	912	51.45	469	13

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	502	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	514	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	440	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	161.99/cwt	161.00–163.00	624	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	173.68/cwt	169.00–176.00	801	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	172.21/cwt	170.00–174.00	875	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	162.85/cwt	155.00–169.00	839	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	537	136.19/cwt	135.00–140.00	731	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	573	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	774	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	156.95/cwt	149.00–159.00	904	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	614	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	752	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	935	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	140.91/cwt	131.00–145.00	926	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	678	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	780	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	135.56/cwt	134.00–137.00	987	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	124.48/cwt	122.00–129.00	965	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,212	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	836	149.90/cwt	149.90–149.90	1,253	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	878	103.02/cwt	102.00–104.00	905	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	145.11/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,299	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	148.19/cwt	141.00–150.00	479	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	411	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	357	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	536	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	525	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	395	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	478	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	134.36/cwt	124.00–139.00	587	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	442	117.31/cwt	115.00–121.00	519	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	563	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	133.87/cwt	128.00–139.00	625	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	122.96/cwt	120.00–125.00	627	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	139.43/cwt	132.00–143.00	729	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	137.64/cwt	136.00–140.00	796	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	582	117.60/cwt	114.00–119.00	684	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	123.22/cwt	116.00–128.00	775	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	130.01/cwt	120.00–133.50	863	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	700	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	644	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	109.33/cwt	109.00–110.00	809	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	99.74/cwt	99.00–100.00	810	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	823	89.51/cwt	89.00–90.00	737	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	835	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,190	52
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	462	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	568	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	601	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	365	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	423	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	149.35/cwt	149.00–150.00	620	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	166.73/cwt	157.00–171.00	707	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	748	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	475	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	817	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	164.81/cwt	158.00–168.00	791	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	497	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	736	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	505	162.76/cwt	162.00–165.00	822	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	568	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	143.06/cwt	141.00–156.00	754	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	695	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	146.68/cwt	146.00–147.00	846	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	138.21/cwt	136.00–141.00	846	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	621	116.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	722	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	655	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	734	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	705	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	116.03/cwt	113.00–119.00	821	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	765	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	750	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	820	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	697	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	648	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	590	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	710	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	611	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,590	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,447	1
Bulls	—	—	1,888	85.16/cwt	83.50–87.00	1,608	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	886	47.55/cwt	43.00–49.00	421	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	589	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	53.42/cwt	50.00–57.00	499	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	47.85/cwt	45.50–50.00	579	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	62.91/cwt	61.50–64.00	805	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	56.46/cwt	52.50–59.50	726	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,620	57.53/cwt	53.50–60.00	932	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,665	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	1,024	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,581	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 Dec 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 512Last week 366Year ago 400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 71Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 4Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	120.00–125.00	122.96
2	—	395	121.00	121.00
2	—	823	89.00–90.00	89.51
1	—	340	121.00	121.00
8	—	465	120.00–122.00	120.99
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
1	—	700	92.00	92.00
3	—	442	115.00–121.00	117.31
7	—	582	114.00–119.00	117.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	523	132.00–143.00	139.43
5	—	323	141.00–150.00	148.19
18	—	664	120.00–133.50	130.01
16	—	467	128.00–139.00	133.87
11	—	629	116.00–128.00	123.22
3	—	740	109.00–110.00	109.33
2	—	393	133.00–134.00	133.50
7	—	578	136.00–140.00	137.64
15	—	437	124.00–139.00	134.36
4	—	812	99.00–100.00	99.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	357	150.00	150.00
2	—	445	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	835	142.50	142.50
7	—	735	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	102.00–104.00	103.02
2	—	678	115.00	115.00
2	—	573	135.00	135.00
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
4	—	614	122.50	122.50
1	—	495	145.00	145.00
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
5	—	537	135.00–140.00	136.19
1	—	345	149.00	149.00
1	—	355	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	657	131.00–145.00	140.91
19	—	515	155.00–169.00	162.85
18	—	895	144.00–146.00	145.11
2	—	645	145.00	145.00
9	—	775	122.00–129.00	124.48
5	—	576	149.00–159.00	156.95
8	—	461	169.00–176.00	173.68
15	—	728	134.00–137.00	135.56
1	—	295	170.00	170.00
10	—	816	148.50	148.50
4	—	385	161.00–163.00	161.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	836	149.90	149.90
9	—	508	170.00–174.00	172.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	91.00	91.00
1	—	710	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	172.00	172.00
2	—	708	113.00–119.00	116.03
13	—	527	141.00–156.00	143.06
3	—	577	146.00–147.00	146.68
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
5	—	480	158.00–168.00	164.81
4	—	612	136.00–141.00	138.21
1	—	275	168.00	168.00
1	—	360	167.00	167.00
4	—	424	157.00–171.00	166.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	162.00–165.00	162.76
1	—	475	172.00	172.00
1	—	425	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	123.00	123.00
3	—	415	149.00–150.00	149.35
1	—	820	85.00	85.00
1	—	765	98.00	98.00
2	—	505	112.00–113.00	112.50
1	—	705	89.00	89.00
1	—	365	116.00	116.00
3	—	497	148.00	148.00
4	—	621	115.00–120.00	116.24
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	935	50.00–57.00	53.42
6	—	886	43.00–49.00	47.55
1	—	935	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,210	45.50–50.00	47.85
3	—	1,280	61.50–64.00	62.91
27	—	1,286	52.50–59.50	56.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	61.50	61.50
7	—	1,620	53.50–60.00	57.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,888	83.50–87.00	85.16
1	—	1,590	91.00	91.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	675.00	675.00

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.