Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2023-01-18

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 18
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 278▼ 208 vs year ago 344 · −60.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 63▲ 9 vs year ago 39 · +23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower with steer calves over 500 lbs selling mostly steady.

Feeder Heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.64/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$145.64
63 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$54.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.47
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560149.2683656
Medium and Large 2-3603125.407565thin
Medium and Large 360595.005752thin
One grade step is worth $54.26/cwt here — about $262 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 sale63 hd
145.64
—
KY average24 barns · 6,865 hd
156.11
−10.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,62291.261,48011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63571.771,1746thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,12965.8574328
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04842.464453thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335177.50/cwt177.50–177.505951
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495166.34/cwt165.00–167.008233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy502189.00/cwt189.00–189.009493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531164.80/cwt160.00–175.008753
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535141.00/cwt141.00–141.007541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576170.49/cwt170.00–171.009824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620169.24/cwt160.00–171.001,0499
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630148.00/cwt148.00–148.009321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0515
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3679138.02/cwt135.00–139.009374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3705128.00/cwt128.00–128.009021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0432
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3815122.00/cwt122.00–122.009941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820133.50/cwt128.00–139.001,0952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2982129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260140.00/cwt140.00–140.003641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330157.50/cwt157.50–157.505201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386159.67/cwt158.00–161.006167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457158.54/cwt150.00–164.007257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531155.11/cwt154.00–158.008249
Heifers—Medium and Large 355594.00/cwt94.00–94.005221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563146.24/cwt139.00–148.008235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590126.00/cwt126.00–126.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635143.12/cwt136.00–149.0090910
Heifers—Medium and Large 365596.00/cwt96.00–96.006291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659150.00/cwt150.00–150.009895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677138.13/cwt132.00–144.009354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3685120.00/cwt117.00–123.008222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736138.94/cwt127.00–145.001,0235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385195.37/cwt194.00–196.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480123.00/cwt123.00–123.005901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573159.94/cwt158.00–164.009163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575146.00/cwt146.00–146.008401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579115.51/cwt112.00–120.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672141.77/cwt141.00–143.009535
Bulls—Medium and Large 374560.00/cwt60.00–60.004471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2768131.50/cwt131.00–132.001,0104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3775102.52/cwt100.00–105.007952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2825120.63/cwt115.00–126.009952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,13090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41380.35/cwt66.00–89.001,1356
Bulls——1,76896.38/cwt90.00–103.001,7042
Bulls——1,943109.67/cwt109.00–110.002,1313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%87882.44/cwt78.00–88.007243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00851.21/cwt49.00–53.005163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04842.46/cwt37.00–45.004453
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13860.44/cwt55.00–64.0068810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21469.87/cwt66.00–74.0084812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62064.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65971.90/cwt67.00–74.501,1934

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.