Sale reports / Kentucky / Owenton Livestock Auction / 2023-05-17

Owenton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, May 17
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 289▼ 103 vs year ago 322 · −32.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 57▼ 63 vs year ago 63 · −100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 5▲ 49 vs year ago 1 · +4,900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $210.82/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$210.82
106 head · 754 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$353
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.38
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2755211.071,593105
Medium and Large 2-3670185.001,2401thin
One grade step is worth $26.07/cwt here — about $353 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 sale106 hd
210.82
—
KY average25 barns · 5,584 hd
217.20
−6.38
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—High1,663124.592,0728thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,580102.901,6265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22398.151,20125
CowsLean 85-90%High93084.247839thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355230.00/cwt230.00–230.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy377258.00/cwt258.00–258.009733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437245.74/cwt242.00–247.501,0743
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482247.10/cwt245.00–254.001,1914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572234.88/cwt229.00–237.001,34415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629236.17/cwt235.00–239.001,48610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629217.46/cwt210.00–225.001,3684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4172
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3670185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added896193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,73460
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,035139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,4391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325188.74/cwt187.50–190.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386194.25/cwt190.00–197.507504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy390214.00/cwt214.00–214.008354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412204.00/cwt204.00–204.008402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420167.50/cwt167.50–167.507041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462185.00/cwt185.00–185.008552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509209.20/cwt200.00–211.001,0656
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3515191.00/cwt191.00–191.009841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533215.79/cwt214.00–217.001,15010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580190.04/cwt180.00–195.001,1023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3630172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2304
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3690150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380241.10/cwt232.00–249.0091611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420227.76/cwt227.50–228.009572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474243.66/cwt230.00–246.001,1559
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519236.37/cwt236.00–237.501,2274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525197.43/cwt195.00–200.001,0372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573205.27/cwt202.00–207.001,1763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613168.12/cwt162.00–174.001,0312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy615197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3623
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,368109.29/cwt109.00–109.501,4952
Bulls——1,393119.51/cwt119.00–120.001,6652
Bulls——1,945134.77/cwt130.50–140.502,6214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91084.08/cwt80.00–88.007655
Cows—Lean 85-90%92573.52/cwt73.00–74.006802
Cows—Lean 85-90%98395.37/cwt92.00–99.009372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19397.28/cwt95.00–102.001,16116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25089.13/cwt86.00–91.001,1143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,291105.00/cwt104.00–107.001,3566
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,5881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,599102.25/cwt102.00–102.501,6354
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0151

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.