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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 26

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Jul 19Jul 26Aug 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

204 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 251▲ 56 vs year ago 148 · +37.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 87▼ 16 vs year ago 48 · −33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 2▲ 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady, Feeder heifers also mostly steady. Feeder bulls continued to sell mostly steady. Demand was good on weaned yearling packages . Limited offering this week on all feeder classes. Slaughter cows traded steady and no trend on slaughter bulls due to limited number of animals. Supply included: 83% Feeder Cattle (13% Steers, 64% Heifers, 24% Bulls); 13% Slaughter Cattle (94% Cows, 6% Bulls); 4% Replacement Cattle (11% Bred Cows, 89% Cow-Calf Pairs). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 50%.

Groups of 20 or more:

Heifers

56 head 838 lbs $221.00

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 $202.28/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$202.28

130 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$913

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

$93.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.80

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	712	218.68	1,558	87
Medium and Large 2	577	186.17	1,074	23
Medium and Large 2-3	506	156.68	793	13thin
Large 2	845	151.00	1,276	3thin
Medium and Large 3	516	124.84	644	4thin

One grade step is worth $93.84/cwt here — about $913 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 sale130 hd

202.28

—

KY average25 barns · 5,758 hd

228.08

−25.80

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	—	Average	2,025	112.30	2,274	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,569	110.74	1,738	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	102.94	1,273	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	770	73.00	562	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,630	$1,760	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	525	$1,197	8

Every lot

76 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	623	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	823	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,081	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	931	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	552	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,474	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,507	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,268	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	209.32/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,507	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	855	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,513	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	895	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,208	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	260	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	416	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	557	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	280	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	526	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	640	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	472	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	755	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	394	210.31/cwt	202.00–215.00	829	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	884	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	160.37/cwt	150.00–173.00	666	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	191.40/cwt	186.00–196.00	808	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	129.78/cwt	125.00–132.00	558	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	216.45/cwt	204.00–224.00	1,019	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	186.51/cwt	175.00–196.00	882	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	483	161.64/cwt	157.50–166.00	781	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	230.06/cwt	224.00–233.00	1,208	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,061	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	878	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	550	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	891	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	191.00/cwt	186.00–196.00	1,070	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,223	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,054	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,303	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	669	180.91/cwt	170.00–188.00	1,210	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,382	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,359	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,566	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	825	137.02/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,130	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	838	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,852	56
Heifers	—	Large 2	845	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,276	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	872	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,587	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	925	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,517	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	307	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	807	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	738	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	338	191.64/cwt	185.00–198.00	648	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	387	209.97/cwt	208.00–214.00	813	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	271.33/cwt	261.00–273.00	1,055	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	714	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	253.76/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,091	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	243.50/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,181	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	248.02/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,265	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	518	193.37/cwt	185.00–218.00	1,002	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	776	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,283	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	220.04/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,391	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	673	179.17/cwt	170.00–188.00	1,206	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	730	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,168	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	745	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	913	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	760	135.07/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,027	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	790	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,375	1
Bulls	—	Large 2	878	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,071	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,025	112.30/cwt	109.50–116.50	2,274	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	562	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,146	96.65/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,108	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	83.19/cwt	77.00–88.00	976	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,304	109.80/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,432	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,569	110.74/cwt	105.50–116.00	1,738	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,630	1,760.00/head	1,760.00–1,760.00	1,760	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	1,146.77/head	900.00–1,325.00	1,147	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	1,246.90/head	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,247	4

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 Jul 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 251Year ago 148

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 87Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 2Year ago 9

Groups of 20 or more:

Heifers

56 head 838 lbs $221.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	872	182.00	182.00
1	—	525	202.00	202.00
3	—	422	186.00–196.00	191.40
2	—	768	177.00	177.00
2	—	560	186.00–196.00	191.00
1	—	925	164.00	164.00
1	—	705	196.00	196.00
4	—	669	170.00–188.00	180.91
2	—	280	188.00	188.00
4	—	473	175.00–196.00	186.51
1	—	320	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	202.00	202.00
3	—	525	224.00–233.00	230.06
4	—	585	209.00	209.00
1	—	265	210.00	210.00
4	—	394	202.00–215.00	210.31
4	—	645	202.00	202.00
4	—	334	226.00	226.00
2	—	415	213.00	213.00
8	—	471	204.00–224.00	216.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	134.00–140.00	137.02
1	—	320	147.50	147.50
1	—	540	162.50	162.50
1	—	550	162.00	162.00
1	—	635	166.00	166.00
1	—	260	160.00	160.00
2	—	483	157.50–166.00	161.64
4	—	415	150.00–173.00	160.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
3	—	430	125.00–132.00	129.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	838	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	175.00	175.00
1	—	485	192.00	192.00
1	—	855	177.00	177.00
1	—	310	201.00	201.00
1	—	650	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	130.00	130.00
1	—	895	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	140.00	140.00
1	—	370	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	235.00	235.00
5	—	610	247.00	247.00
3	—	720	208.00–210.00	209.32
1	—	340	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	552	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	247.00–249.00	248.02
2	—	485	236.00–251.00	243.50
9	—	389	261.00–273.00	271.33
3	—	632	218.00–224.00	220.04
3	—	578	222.00	222.00
3	—	430	251.00–259.00	253.76
1	—	310	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	145.00	145.00
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
2	—	760	125.00–145.00	135.07
1	—	745	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	174.00	174.00
4	—	518	185.00–218.00	193.37
3	—	387	208.00–214.00	209.97
1	—	730	160.00	160.00
2	—	338	185.00–198.00	191.64
1	—	475	200.00	200.00
2	—	673	170.00–188.00	179.17
1	—	420	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,146	90.00–102.00	96.65
14	—	1,304	104.00–114.00	109.80
2	—	1,173	77.00–88.00	83.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,569	105.50–116.00	110.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,025	109.50–116.50	112.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,630	1,760.00	1,760.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	465	900.00–1,325.00	1,146.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	585	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,246.90

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.