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Owenton Livestock Auction

Name: Owenton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owenton, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 1

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2203

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

140 head

▼ 403 vs last sale 543▼ 169 vs year ago 309 · −54.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

48 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 44▼ 7 vs year ago 55 · −12.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 8▲ 4 vs year ago 3 · +133.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers except 400-600 lbs they were 5.00-8.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes on a lite test with limited comparison, Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter 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 $389.42/cwt on 7 head, down $44.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 22 comparable sales and sits −8.80 against this barn's trailing median of $398.22.

Average price

$389.42

▼ 44.01 vs prior sale

7 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$712

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

$140.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−59.65

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	540	490.00	2,646	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	554	349.18	1,934	5thin

One grade step is worth $140.82/cwt here — about $712 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 sale7 hd

389.42

—

KY average26 barns · 673 hd

449.07

−59.65

This barn, trailing median22 sales

398.22

−8.80

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	—	Average	1,667	220.96	3,684	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	177.23	2,307	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	165.00	2,615	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	989	152.34	1,506	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,070	242.50	2,595	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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,383	$2,750	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,213	$2,573	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,378	$2,528	2thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	344	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,116	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	380	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,090	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,856	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	413	540.37/cwt	510.00–562.50	2,232	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,208	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,168	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	641	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,804	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	719	387.39/cwt	367.50–392.50	2,785	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	235	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	858	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	326	534.41/cwt	505.00–560.00	1,742	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,632	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	379	526.15/cwt	505.00–545.00	1,994	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,800	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	414	521.28/cwt	502.50–535.00	2,158	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	418	415.27/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,736	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,244	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	473.09/cwt	410.00–500.00	2,403	7
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,309	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	577	326.98/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,887	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	338.72/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,229	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,686	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	228	554.51/cwt	510.00–600.00	1,264	2
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,140	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	564.51/cwt	535.00–590.00	1,891	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	363	562.55/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,042	4
Bulls	350–400	Small 1-2	375	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,481	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	414	549.97/cwt	510.00–565.00	2,277	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	423	439.47/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,859	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	455	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,480	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	413.66/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,957	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	467.53/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,221	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,498	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	387.50/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,996	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	565	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,797	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	323.64/cwt	300.00–352.50	1,877	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,905	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	633	373.87/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,367	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,918	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	668	362.56/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,422	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,398	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	722	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,545	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,699	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	525	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,076	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,070	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,595	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,363	204.25/cwt	200.00–207.00	2,784	2
Bulls	—	—	1,870	232.10/cwt	225.00–237.00	4,340	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,297	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	105.98/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,036	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	991	153.35/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,520	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	994	173.73/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,727	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	178.39/cwt	165.00–197.00	2,312	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,222	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,200	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,043	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,213	2,572.73/head	2,000.00–3,025.00	2,573	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,378	2,527.59/head	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,528	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,383	2,750.05/head	2,725.00–2,775.00	2,750	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,686	1

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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 140Last week 543Year ago 309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 44Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 8Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	408	455.00	455.00
1	450–500	480	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	641	437.50	437.50
5	700–750	719	367.50–392.50	387.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	615.00	615.00
1	350–400	380	550.00	550.00
6	400–450	413	510.00–562.50	540.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	415	465.00	465.00
2	450–500	475	465.00–470.00	467.53
1	500–550	515	485.00	485.00
1	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	695	345.00	345.00
1	850–900	885	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	410.00–450.00	439.47
3	450–500	473	400.00–440.00	413.66
2	500–550	515	350.00–425.00	387.50
3	550–600	580	300.00–352.50	323.64
1	600–650	600	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	650	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	510.00–600.00	554.51
5	300–350	335	535.00–590.00	564.51
4	350–400	363	540.00–570.00	562.55
7	400–450	414	510.00–565.00	549.97
1	450–500	455	545.00	545.00
1	550–600	565	495.00	495.00
2	600–650	633	367.50–380.00	373.87
3	650–700	668	360.00–367.50	362.56
3	700–750	722	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	380	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	400	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	480	467.50	467.50
1	550–600	585	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	600	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	658	330.00–347.50	338.72
1	750–800	790	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	365.00	365.00
1	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	365	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	418	400.00–430.00	415.27
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	505	355.00	355.00
3	550–600	577	305.00–345.00	326.98
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	508	410.00–500.00	473.09
4	550–600	570	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	505.00–560.00	534.41
5	350–400	379	505.00–545.00	526.15
7	400–450	414	502.50–535.00	521.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,610	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	161.00	161.00
14	—	1,296	165.00–197.00	178.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	133.00	133.00
5	—	994	169.00–178.00	173.73
5	—	991	140.00–159.00	153.35
2	—	978	100.00–115.00	105.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	200.00–207.00	204.25
3	—	1,870	225.00–237.00	232.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	242.50	242.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,383	2,725.00–2,775.00	2,750.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,213	2,000.00–3,025.00	2,572.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,378	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,527.59

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	1	—	860	196.00	196.00

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.