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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 11

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Feb 4Feb 11Feb 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

466 head

▲ 424 vs last sale 42▲ 138 vs year ago 328 · +42.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 11▲ 16 vs year ago 7 · +228.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher on a limited amount of comparisons. There was good to very good demand for feeder and yearling classes. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on a light test. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.94/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 12 of 23 comparable sales and sits −3.60 against this barn's trailing median of $451.54.

Average price

$447.94

36 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$518

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

$98.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.61

vs KY average

−30.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	453.41	2,523	34
Medium and Large 2-3	565	355.00	2,006	2thin

One grade step is worth $98.41/cwt here — about $518 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 sale36 hd

447.94

—

KY average22 barns · 795 hd

451.55

−3.61

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−30.45

This barn, trailing median23 sales

451.54

−3.60

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

23 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.24, low $365.18, median $451.54 across 23 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	—	High	1,633	193.29	3,156	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,267	150.22	1,903	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,004	122.55	1,230	4thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,033	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,349	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	441	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,227	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,114	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	468.25/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,201	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,178	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,189	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	544	472.16/cwt	472.00–475.00	2,569	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	454.94/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,525	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	423.46/cwt	410.00–432.00	2,469	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	380.04/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,292	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	638	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,743	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	641	411.37/cwt	410.00–419.00	2,637	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	666	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,781	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	391.96/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,614	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	731	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,756	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	365.43/cwt	345.00–367.50	2,704	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	763	366.36/cwt	364.50–367.50	2,795	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	350.79/cwt	340.00–351.10	2,764	68
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3Gaunt	800	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,800	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,582	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,640	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,660	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	205	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	728	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	459.14/cwt	452.50–465.00	1,896	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,964	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,115	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	549	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,240	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	415.87/cwt	415.00–416.00	2,416	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	376.18/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,366	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,000	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,246	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	656	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,378	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	341.55/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,346	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	700	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,065	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	331.22/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,368	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	731	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,559	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,618	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,342	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,700	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	496.69/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,101	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	325.02/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,382	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,632	191.38/cwt	190.00–192.00	3,123	3
Bulls	—	—	1,635	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,254	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	109.84/cwt	107.50–112.50	1,032	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,499	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,383	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,357	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	153.94/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,963	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,768	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,346	163.29/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,198	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 Feb 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 466Last week 42Year ago 328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 11Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	408.00	408.00
38	550–600	581	415.00–416.00	415.87
12	600–650	629	372.50–380.00	376.18
24	650–700	656	362.50	362.50
36	700–750	731	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	413	452.50–465.00	459.14
4	450–500	489	432.50	432.50
9	600–650	638	352.00	352.00
8	650–700	687	335.00–342.50	341.55
4	700–750	715	330.00–332.50	331.22
11	800–850	822	318.50	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	485	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	630	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	700	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	544	472.00–475.00	472.16
6	550–600	555	445.00–460.00	454.94
42	600–650	641	410.00–419.00	411.37
7	650–700	666	417.50	417.50
9	700–750	731	377.00	377.00
35	750–800	763	364.50–367.50	366.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	535.00	535.00
1	400–450	445	475.00	475.00
3	450–500	470	465.00–470.00	468.25
1	500–550	515	425.00	425.00
10	550–600	583	410.00–432.00	423.46
2	600–650	603	370.00–390.00	380.04
15	650–700	667	390.00–395.00	391.96
12	700–750	740	345.00–367.50	365.43
68	750–800	788	340.00–351.10	350.79
4	800–850	802	322.00	322.00
1	850–900	880	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	930	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	800	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	495	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	590	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	795	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	505.00	505.00
25	600–650	638	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	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	295	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
1	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
6	400–450	423	480.00–500.00	496.69
2	700–750	733	320.00–330.00	325.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	153.00	153.00
2	—	940	107.50–112.50	109.84
1	—	1,155	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	125.00–130.00	127.47
1	—	1,300	136.00	136.00
4	—	1,346	162.00–164.00	163.29
2	—	1,275	150.00–157.00	153.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	199.00	199.00
3	—	1,632	190.00–192.00	191.38

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.