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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 30

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

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Feeder Cattle receipts

81 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 95▼ 45 vs year ago 126 · −35.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 16▼ 26 vs year ago 43 · −60.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons to last week due to light number of receipts. Movement of cattle restricted due to extremely hot and humid conditions in the area.

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 $265.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −126.36 against this barn's trailing median of $391.99.

Average price

$265.63

4 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$706

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

$145.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−72.49

vs KY average

−81.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	320.00	1,712	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	283.75	1,575	2thin
Large 2-3	575	175.00	1,006	1thin

One grade step is worth $145.00/cwt here — about $706 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale4 hd

265.63

—

KY average26 barns · 752 hd

338.12

−72.49

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−81.88

This barn, trailing median29 sales

391.99

−126.36

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	1,622	188.33	3,054	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	167.91	2,628	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	156.24	1,872	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	945	102.66	970	5thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,445	$3,375	3thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	349.88/cwt	349.00–352.50	1,872	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,080	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	165	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	660	1
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	175	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	753	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	220	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	616	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	265	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	822	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,005	1
Heifers	300–350	Large 2-3	300	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	458	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,251	1
Heifers	350–400	Large 2-3	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	422	309.91/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,308	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	453	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,617	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,544	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	343.75/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,702	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,553	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Heifers	550–600	Large 2-3	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	750	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,406	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,892	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,848	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	100–150	Medium and Large 1-2	135	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	540	1
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	175	422.57/cwt	420.00–425.00	739	2
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	195	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	887	1
Bulls	250–300	Large 2-3	265	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	464	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	355.08/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,172	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,476	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,027	1
Bulls	450–500	Large 2-3	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	248.63/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,827	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,057	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	895	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,656	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,205	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,928	1
Bulls	—	—	1,830	202.50/cwt	202.00–203.00	3,706	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	86.25/cwt	85.00–87.50	805	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	95.89/cwt	95.00–97.00	897	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,475	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,060	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,526	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,900	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	154.81/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,971	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	162.86/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,521	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,848	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,445	3,375.20/head	3,300.00–3,450.00	3,375	3

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 95Year ago 126

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 16Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 7Year ago 2

No comparisons to last week due to light number of receipts. Movement of cattle restricted due to extremely hot and humid conditions in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	135	400.00	400.00
2	150–200	175	420.00–425.00	422.57
1	250–300	285	440.00	440.00
3	300–350	330	350.00–360.00	355.08
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	410	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	475	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	735	240.00–257.50	248.63
4	750–800	779	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	415	247.50	247.50
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	515	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	835	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	895	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	175.00	175.00
1	450–500	470	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	430.00	430.00
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	300	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	355	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	495	335.00–352.50	343.75
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
4	750–800	760	249.00	249.00
1	850–900	880	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	280.00	280.00
1	250–300	265	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	390	315.00	315.00
3	400–450	422	300.00–315.00	309.91
4	450–500	490	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	540	287.50	287.50
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	750	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	152.50	152.50
1	350–400	370	140.00	140.00
1	550–600	575	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	453	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
4	500–550	535	349.00–352.50	349.88
1	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	635	327.50	327.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	85.00–87.50	86.25
2	—	935	95.00–97.00	95.89
1	—	990	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	178.00	178.00
2	—	1,548	159.00–167.00	162.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	164.00–165.00	164.50
3	—	1,273	150.00–159.00	154.81
1	—	1,060	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,830	202.00–203.00	202.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	3	—	1,445	3,300.00–3,450.00	3,375.20

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.