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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 13

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

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Feeder Cattle receipts

394 head

▲ 262 vs last sale 132▼ 85 vs year ago 479 · −17.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 25▼ 18 vs year ago 43 · −41.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 5▲ 16 vs year ago 4 · +400.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. No test on slaughter bulls. 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 $376.49/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −15.49 against this barn's trailing median of $391.99.

Average price

$376.49

67 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

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

$50.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.80

vs KY average

+25.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	378.75	2,176	64
Medium and Large 2-3	560	328.26	1,839	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.49/cwt here — about $337 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 sale67 hd

376.49

—

KY average25 barns · 1,248 hd

357.69

+18.80

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

+25.68

This barn, trailing median29 sales

391.99

−15.49

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,317	173.89	2,290	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,597	173.78	2,776	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	150.41	1,500	6thin

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,453	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	895	$1,725	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,440	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	825	$1,627	12

Every lot

81 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	178	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	828	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	282	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,241	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,502	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,539	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	377.51/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,672	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,679	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	395.85/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,908	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,119	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	369.79/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,156	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	401.12/cwt	395.00–402.00	2,459	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	329.45/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,023	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,485	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	330.25/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,365	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	335.13/cwt	332.50–338.00	2,581	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	825	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,772	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,646	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	998	304.75/cwt	304.75–304.75	3,041	40
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	364.21/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,515	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	369.37/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,714	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	361.07/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,860	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,779	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	353.27/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,017	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	573	326.14/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,869	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	594	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,281	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,193	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,860	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,111	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	356.38/cwt	355.00–358.00	2,413	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,033	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	279.05/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,031	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,202	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,881	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,425	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,145	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2-3	1,065	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,034	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	295	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,254	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,181	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,667	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	375.03/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,530	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,769	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	492	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,988	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	373.37/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,998	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	555	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,067	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	353.95/cwt	352.50–357.50	2,074	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	620	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,186	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	314.95/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,959	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,224	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,090	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	795	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,425	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	882	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,764	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,047	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	949	153.62/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,458	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,574	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	164.41/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,072	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	172.85/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,242	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,393	184.40/cwt	181.00–187.00	2,569	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,886	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,602	172.64/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,766	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,620	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,689	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,440	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	2,453.33/head	1,600.00–3,200.00	2,453	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	1,626.83/head	1,350.00–2,050.00	1,627	12

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 Aug 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 132Year ago 479

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 25Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 5Year ago 4

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,125	1,600.00–3,200.00	2,453.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,440	3,000.00	3,000.00

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	12	—	825	1,350.00–2,050.00	1,626.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	492	404.00	404.00
2	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	555	372.50	372.50
2	600–650	620	352.50	352.50
1	750–800	795	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	390	427.50	427.50
2	400–450	408	370.00–380.00	375.03
2	450–500	478	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	535	365.00–377.50	373.37
5	550–600	586	352.50–357.50	353.95
3	600–650	622	312.50–320.00	314.95
4	650–700	695	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	705	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	760	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	890	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	400	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
2	850–900	882	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	535	332.50	332.50
2	550–600	573	322.50–330.00	326.14
3	600–650	605	307.50	307.50
1	650–700	695	292.50	292.50
2	700–750	745	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	770	185.00	185.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	375.00	375.00
6	400–450	416	355.00–370.00	364.21
4	450–500	464	367.50–372.50	369.37
9	500–550	515	355.00–370.00	361.07
6	550–600	571	345.00–364.00	353.27
7	600–650	630	335.00	335.00
5	700–750	728	270.00–285.00	279.05
1	750–800	780	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	515	395.00	395.00
44	550–600	594	384.00	384.00
3	600–650	605	362.50	362.50
78	650–700	677	355.00–358.00	356.38
4	700–750	734	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	380.00	380.00
6	600–650	610	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	522	406.00	406.00
25	600–650	613	395.00–402.00	401.12
21	700–750	700	355.00	355.00
7	800–850	825	336.00	336.00
40	950–1000	998	304.75	304.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	178	465.00	465.00
3	250–300	282	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	330	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	362	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	443	375.00–380.00	377.51
3	450–500	482	395.00–397.50	395.85
1	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	583	360.00–380.00	369.79
4	600–650	614	325.00–340.00	329.45
3	700–750	716	325.00–341.00	330.25
3	750–800	770	332.50–338.00	335.13
1	800–850	840	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	590	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	142.00–146.00	144.00
4	—	949	151.00–157.00	153.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,560	185.00	185.00
3	—	1,602	170.00–175.00	172.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	160.00–169.00	164.41
3	—	1,393	181.00–187.00	184.40
3	—	1,297	170.00–175.00	172.85

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.