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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 5

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

310 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 345▼ 321 vs year ago 631 · −50.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

76 head

▲ 74 vs last sale 2▼ 8 vs year ago 84 · −9.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 50▼ 15 vs year ago 20 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.23/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −135.76 against this barn's trailing median of $391.99.

Average price

$256.23

15 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$57.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.42

vs KY average

−42.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	260.07	1,432	14thin
Medium and Large 2-3	590	202.50	1,195	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.57/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

256.23

—

KY average25 barns · 2,154 hd

274.65

−18.42

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−42.63

This barn, trailing median29 sales

391.99

−135.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $430.48, low $328.30, median $391.99 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,977	158.57	3,135	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,538	136.06	2,092	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,248	130.31	1,626	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	102.14	990	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	150.89	1,996	2thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	858	$1,464	2thin

Every lot

80 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,649	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	309.66/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,623	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	554	329.38/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,825	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,505	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,824	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,430	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,883	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	253.76/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,748	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	252.85/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,853	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,938	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,870	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	815	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,630	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,069	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,123	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,245	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	292	315.11/cwt	305.00–320.00	920	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	323.14/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,205	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,183	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	315.55/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,338	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	429	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,424	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	301.48/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,441	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,440	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	253.19/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,367	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	257.00/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,473	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,195	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	248.26/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,576	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	244.49/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,599	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,513	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,695	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	804	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,938	64
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	810	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,474	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,673	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	275	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	811	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	358.54/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,154	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,139	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	334.36/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,254	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	324.40/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,353	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,551	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	348.84/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,500	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,168	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	314.58/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,598	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,540	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,396	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	298.96/cwt	294.00–305.00	1,710	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	268.78/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,677	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,537	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	635	287.27/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,824	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	655	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,913	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,601	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	273.19/cwt	269.00–283.00	1,825	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	239.04/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,726	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	725	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,617	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,860	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	855	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,599	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	867	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,777	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	935	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,786	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	755	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,095	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,323	150.89/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,996	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,429	1
Bulls	—	—	1,920	157.35/cwt	154.00–161.00	3,021	4
Bulls	—	—	2,133	166.39/cwt	163.00–169.00	3,549	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	93.55/cwt	91.00–95.00	870	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,152	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	107.65/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,103	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,223	120.29/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,471	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	131.64/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,619	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	143.10/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,865	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,502	135.00/cwt	133.00–139.00	2,028	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	142.73/cwt	141.50–144.00	2,255	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,630	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,086	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	1,463.56/head	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,464	2

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 345Year ago 631

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 2Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 50Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	292	305.00–320.00	315.11
4	350–400	373	322.50–325.00	323.14
4	400–450	424	307.50–320.00	315.55
5	450–500	478	300.00–302.50	301.48
5	500–550	540	250.00–257.00	253.19
7	550–600	573	250.00–260.00	257.00
4	600–650	635	242.50–257.50	248.26
4	650–700	654	240.00–252.00	244.49
3	700–750	715	237.00	237.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	288.00	288.00
64	800–850	804	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	429	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	415	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	590	202.50	202.50
1	650–700	665	227.50	227.50
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	810	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	434	380.00	380.00
11	500–550	524	306.00–320.00	309.66
2	550–600	598	305.00	305.00
5	650–700	689	252.00–261.00	253.76
16	700–750	733	242.00–255.00	252.85
1	750–800	760	246.00	246.00
2	800–850	848	244.00	244.00
3	850–900	870	244.00	244.00
2	1050–1100	1,090	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	253.00	253.00
1	600–650	615	232.50	232.50
1	800–850	815	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	870	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	554	327.50–330.00	329.38
1	650–700	670	281.00	281.00
11	700–750	734	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	755	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	445	262.50	262.50
2	500–550	535	261.00	261.00
1	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	630	244.00	244.00
1	650–700	660	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	725	223.00	223.00
1	850–900	855	187.00	187.00
1	900–950	935	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	500	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	635	285.00–288.00	287.27
1	650–700	655	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	350.00–365.00	358.54
2	350–400	375	325.00–343.00	334.36
2	400–450	430	345.00–352.50	348.84
7	500–550	508	305.00–322.00	314.58
5	550–600	572	294.00–305.00	298.96
5	600–650	624	265.00–270.00	268.78
4	650–700	668	269.00–283.00	273.19
6	700–750	722	234.00–243.00	239.04
4	750–800	756	246.00	246.00
3	850–900	867	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	417	320.00–330.00	324.40
3	500–550	522	295.00	295.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,303	140.00–148.00	143.10
8	—	1,230	129.00–136.00	131.64
10	—	1,223	117.00–125.00	120.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	930	91.00–95.00	93.55
1	—	960	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,025	106.00–110.00	107.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,580	141.50–144.00	142.73
5	—	1,502	133.00–139.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	150.00–152.00	150.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	140.00	140.00
4	—	1,920	154.00–161.00	157.35
3	—	2,133	163.00–169.00	166.39

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	858	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,463.56

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.