Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate supply of feeders with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Heavy supply of slaughter cattle moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.87/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$129.87

167 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$11.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	130.85	678	153
Medium and Large 2-3	495	119.16	590	14thin

One grade step is worth $11.69/cwt here — about $87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale167 hd

129.87

—

KY average18 barns · 4,616 hd

127.75

+2.12

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,921	72.98	1,402	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,324	51.41	681	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	50.48	608	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	43.83	439	14

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	518	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	643	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	140.27/cwt	140.00–141.00	710	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	127.32/cwt	126.00–130.00	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	592	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	127.73/cwt	121.00–130.00	740	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	550	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	120.56/cwt	115.00–121.00	825	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	133.56/cwt	129.00–137.00	584	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	132.49/cwt	128.00–134.00	701	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	119.07/cwt	115.00–121.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	121.25/cwt	110.00–125.00	582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	138.37/cwt	134.00–141.00	796	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	855	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	130.85/cwt	125.00–132.00	845	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	151.42/cwt	148.00–154.00	624	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	953	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.57/cwt	141.00–147.00	743	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	509	130.22/cwt	125.00–131.00	663	8
Bulls	—	—	1,922	72.30/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,390	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	50.84/cwt	47.50–54.50	614	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	51.43/cwt	48.50–55.00	697	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	43.42/cwt	41.00–47.50	433	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	493	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	813	1
Bulls	—	—	1,988	80.68/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,604	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	59.41/cwt	58.50–60.50	709	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	44.77/cwt	40.50–46.50	540	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,140	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	519	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	396	1
Bulls	—	—	1,852	65.97/cwt	65.00–67.00	1,222	3

How this sale compares

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 →

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Mon Jun 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 391Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
2	—	625	115.00–118.00	116.49
10	—	350	148.00	148.00
10	—	426	151.00	151.00
27	—	506	140.00–141.00	140.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	134.00	134.00
3	—	540	126.00–130.00	127.32
4	—	290	145.00	145.00
6	—	592	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	105.00	105.00
4	—	645	123.00	123.00
8	—	579	121.00–130.00	127.73
21	—	397	138.50	138.50
27	—	684	115.00–121.00	120.56
45	—	437	129.00–137.00	133.56
47	—	529	128.00–134.00	132.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
3	—	285	132.00	132.00
3	—	585	115.00–121.00	119.07
3	—	662	100.00	100.00
4	—	480	110.00–125.00	121.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	120.00	120.00
7	—	452	147.00	147.00
8	—	575	134.00–141.00	138.37
9	—	653	131.00	131.00
12	—	646	125.00–132.00	130.85
17	—	412	148.00–154.00	151.42
19	—	762	125.00	125.00
30	—	525	141.00–147.00	141.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	128.00	128.00
8	—	509	125.00–131.00	130.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,922	70.00–78.00	72.30
3	—	1,988	80.00–82.00	80.68
3	—	1,852	65.00–67.00	65.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,208	47.50–54.50	50.84
4	—	1,194	58.50–60.50	59.41
7	—	1,207	40.50–46.50	44.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,355	48.50–55.00	51.43
1	—	1,290	63.00	63.00
2	—	1,140	45.50	45.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	997	41.00–47.50	43.42
2	—	1,028	48.00	48.00
1	—	990	40.00	40.00

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.

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