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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 10

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

334 head

▲ 177 vs last sale 157▼ 333 vs year ago 667 · −49.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 48▲ 12 vs year ago 55 · +21.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 22▲ 15 vs year ago 15 · +100.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Strongest demand noted for weaned and vaccinated calves. Fleshy, bawling, and unweaned calves facing discounts. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $356.46/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 6 of 22 comparable sales and sits −41.76 against this barn's trailing median of $398.22.

Average price

$356.46

25 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$30.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.62

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	363.81	1,969	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	565	333.17	1,882	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.64/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale25 hd

356.46

—

KY average24 barns · 947 hd

355.84

+0.62

This barn, trailing median22 sales

398.22

−41.76

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

22 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $456.33, low $335.42, median $398.22 across 22 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	1,582	170.62	2,699	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,577	161.10	2,540	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,290	154.09	1,988	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	902	133.33	1,202	3thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	176.00	1,918	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,497	$2,674	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,268	$2,105	6
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,420	$2,913	7

Every lot

97 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,357	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	411	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,829	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	468	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,017	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	402.56/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,888	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	364.79/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,116	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,326	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,353	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,366	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,214	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	712	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,528	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	833	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	262	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	878	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	265	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	861	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	290	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,102	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	315	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,008	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,231	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,209	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	381.36/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,442	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	352.46/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,491	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	327.90/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,436	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	468	377.30/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,766	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	348.21/cwt	342.00–357.50	1,647	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	327.62/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,566	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	278.40/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,448	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	353.38/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,848	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	331.99/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,763	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	557	366.09/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,039	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	353.97/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,996	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	267.52/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,632	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	357.37/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,212	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	322.45/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,009	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	212.53/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,658	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,080	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	825	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,815	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,338	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,155	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	925	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,636	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,937	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 2-3	168	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	529	2
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	190	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	770	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	225	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	956	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	242	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	944	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,036	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	286	432.11/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,236	9
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	290	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,320	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	374	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,805	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,659	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,599	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	418.96/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,718	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	415	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,816	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	466	435.91/cwt	435.00–436.00	2,031	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	474	318.84/cwt	270.00–380.00	1,511	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	520	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,002	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	367.55/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,930	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,891	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	345.77/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,929	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	563	381.63/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,149	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	326.26/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,876	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	319.05/cwt	317.00–325.00	2,185	15
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,674	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	740	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,758	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	262.56/cwt	252.50–272.50	2,022	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,829	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	942	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,049	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,090	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,918	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,483	162.60/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,411	5
Bulls	—	—	1,745	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,054	1
Bulls	—	—	1,748	188.48/cwt	186.00–191.00	3,295	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,258	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,382	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	148.40/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,781	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	138.97/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,754	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	156.45/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,054	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	163.72/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,194	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,249	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,559	166.25/cwt	162.00–171.00	2,592	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,621	157.97/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,561	4
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,268	2,104.99/head	1,500.00–2,400.00	2,105	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,497	2,674.23/head	1,700.00–3,175.00	2,674	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	175.46/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,619	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,420	2,912.75/head	2,000.00–3,450.00	2,913	7

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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 334Last week 157Year ago 667

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 48Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 22Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	168	315.00	315.00
2	250–300	280	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	390	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	435	405.00	405.00
7	450–500	474	270.00–380.00	318.84
2	500–550	545	347.00	347.00
4	550–600	575	320.00–335.00	326.26
1	600–650	645	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	675	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	740	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	770	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	405.00	405.00
2	200–250	242	390.00	390.00
9	250–300	286	430.00–435.00	432.11
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	377	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	410	410.00–427.50	418.96
3	450–500	463	410.00	410.00
9	500–550	525	357.50–377.50	367.55
6	550–600	558	340.00–360.00	345.77
2	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
15	650–700	685	317.00–325.00	319.05
1	700–750	720	232.50	232.50
2	750–800	770	252.50–272.50	262.56
2	900–950	942	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	425.00	425.00
3	250–300	290	455.00	455.00
7	350–400	374	482.50	482.50
3	400–450	415	437.50	437.50
11	450–500	466	435.00–436.00	435.91
1	500–550	520	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	563	380.00–385.00	381.63
1	600–650	625	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	627	371.00	371.00
4	650–700	661	358.00	358.00
2	700–750	712	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	405	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	469	395.00–407.50	402.56
9	550–600	580	360.00–372.50	364.79
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	692	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	465	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	445.00	445.00
4	450–500	468	431.00	431.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	315	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	375	322.50	322.50
7	400–450	438	325.00–330.00	327.90
2	450–500	478	320.00–335.00	327.62
3	500–550	520	275.00–285.00	278.40
1	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	610	265.00–270.00	267.52
2	750–800	780	210.00–215.00	212.53
1	800–850	825	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	350.00–360.00	353.38
7	550–600	557	362.50–370.00	366.09
14	600–650	619	345.00–362.50	357.37
12	900–950	925	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	340.00	340.00
5	250–300	262	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	342	360.00	360.00
6	350–400	378	365.00–385.00	381.36
2	400–450	423	350.00–355.00	352.46
9	450–500	473	342.00–357.50	348.21
8	500–550	531	320.00–340.00	331.99
5	550–600	564	350.00–357.50	353.97
4	600–650	623	320.00–330.00	322.45
1	750–800	785	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	835	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	855	252.00	252.00
1	900–950	945	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	380.00	380.00
5	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	468	370.00–385.00	377.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	153.00	153.00
4	—	1,559	162.00–171.00	166.25
4	—	1,621	156.00–160.00	157.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	162.00–165.00	163.72
15	—	1,313	152.00–160.00	156.45
3	—	1,262	138.00–140.00	138.97
5	—	1,200	146.00–150.00	148.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	141.00	141.00
1	—	975	129.00	129.00
1	—	750	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,483	160.00–165.00	162.60
2	—	1,748	186.00–191.00	188.48
1	—	1,745	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	176.00	176.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,268	1,500.00–2,400.00	2,104.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,497	1,700.00–3,175.00	2,674.23

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	923	175.00–176.00	175.46

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	—	955	2,600.00	2,600.00

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	7	—	1,420	2,000.00–3,450.00	2,912.75

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.