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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, May 25

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

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Feeder Cattle receipts

307 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 322▲ 195 vs year ago 112 · +174.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 63▲ 33 vs year ago 16 · +206.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 1▼ 5 vs year ago 8 · −62.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower on a limited comparison. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower except 500 to 600 lbs heifers those sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady 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 $136.66/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$136.66

128 head · 735 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$21.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.80

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	750	139.34	1,044	112
Medium and Large 2-3	635	117.87	748	16thin

One grade step is worth $21.47/cwt here — about $296 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 sale128 hd

136.66

—

KY average25 barns · 6,058 hd

150.45

−13.80

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	1,517	114.87	1,743	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	88.12	1,099	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	87.50	1,352	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	82.21	818	5thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	517	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	699	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	165.91/cwt	160.00–170.00	680	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	692	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	897	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	515	194.28/cwt	192.50–196.00	1,001	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	829	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,015	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	933	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	870	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	153.30/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,006	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	146.50/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,091	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,104	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	285	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	435	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	473	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	541	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	149.36/cwt	142.00–157.50	638	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	479	138.47/cwt	137.00–143.00	663	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	158.90/cwt	149.00–163.00	774	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	512	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	666	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	153.34/cwt	142.00–157.00	794	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	137.96/cwt	132.00–147.00	786	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	609	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	920	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	147.04/cwt	138.00–150.00	906	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	645	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	758	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	143.33/cwt	142.00–144.00	942	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	958	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	785	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	754	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	878	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,201	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	882	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,148	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,171	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	250	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	419	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	162.36/cwt	160.00–165.00	450	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	315	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	466	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	575	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	164.21/cwt	161.00–173.00	688	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	782	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	508	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	986	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	157.74/cwt	157.00–158.00	822	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	858	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	142.15/cwt	133.00–145.00	898	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	138.31/cwt	134.00–145.00	927	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	138.48/cwt	134.00–143.00	980	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	848	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	978	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,353	110.07/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,489	3
Bulls	—	—	1,425	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,539	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	125.50/cwt	124.50–126.50	2,272	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	716	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	862	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	82.69/cwt	81.00–84.00	838	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	78.17/cwt	74.00–82.00	926	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	88.51/cwt	84.50–91.50	1,100	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	94.23/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,228	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,545	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,352	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	10,965	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,445	1,625.00/cwt	1,625.00–1,625.00	23,481	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 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 307Last week 322Year ago 112

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 63Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 1Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	149.00–163.00	158.90
3	—	657	142.00–144.00	143.33
4	—	518	142.00–157.00	153.34
3	—	1,148	102.00	102.00
1	—	355	152.50	152.50
8	—	427	142.00–157.50	149.36
11	—	570	132.00–147.00	137.96
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
1	—	300	157.50	157.50
5	—	616	138.00–150.00	147.04
4	—	760	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	878	136.75	136.75
4	—	609	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	125.00	125.00
2	—	512	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	117.50	117.50
1	—	285	152.50	152.50
2	—	730	90.00	90.00
2	—	980	90.00	90.00
2	—	785	96.00	96.00
4	—	479	137.00–143.00	138.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	137.00	137.00
1	—	340	152.00	152.00
3	—	580	145.00	145.00
1	—	530	134.00	134.00
1	—	435	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	153.00	153.00
1	—	340	165.00	165.00
3	—	518	160.00	160.00
2	—	570	178.00	178.00
1	—	460	195.00	195.00
1	—	368	190.00	190.00
4	—	745	146.00–147.00	146.50
3	—	656	148.00–156.00	153.30
1	—	800	138.00	138.00
3	—	410	160.00–170.00	165.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	745	155.00	155.00
2	—	515	192.50–196.00	194.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	120.00	120.00
6	—	670	134.00–145.00	138.31
4	—	277	160.00–165.00	162.36
2	—	460	170.00	170.00
4	—	521	157.00–158.00	157.74
4	—	632	133.00–145.00	142.15
2	—	592	145.00	145.00
6	—	419	161.00–173.00	164.21
2	—	708	134.00–143.00	138.48
2	—	370	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	508	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	148.00	148.00
1	—	800	106.00	106.00
1	—	355	162.00	162.00
2	—	510	120.00	120.00
2	—	430	150.00	150.00
1	—	250	167.50	167.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,243	84.50–91.50	88.51
5	—	1,185	74.00–82.00	78.17
7	—	1,303	93.00–96.00	94.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,013	81.00–84.00	82.69
1	—	980	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	87.50	87.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	108.00	108.00
2	—	1,810	124.50–126.50	125.50
3	—	1,353	109.00–112.00	110.07

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	—	1,020	1,075.00	1,075.00

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	1	—	1,445	1,625.00	1,625.00

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.