Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2019-08-05

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 5
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
345 head
39 vs last sale 384 345 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
5 vs last sale 37 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 20 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves were mostly steady. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.83/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$133.83
168 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.68
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542134.61730156
Medium and Large 2-3492123.7160912thin
One grade step is worth $10.90/cwt here — about $121 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 sale168 hd
133.83
KY average26 barns · 5,380 hd
133.15
+0.68
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,60972.301,1633thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43554.067767thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19446.885607thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97642.964209thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,39062.00/cwt62.00–62.008621
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28547.50/cwt47.50–47.506101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20043.40/cwt41.50–44.505214
CowsLean 85-90%92140.18/cwt38.50–41.003704
CowsLean 85-90%1,04051.00/cwt51.00–51.005301
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46360.00/cwt60.00–60.008782
CowsLean 85-90%1,01643.74/cwt42.00–46.004444
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45852.73/cwt50.00–56.007694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18751.53/cwt49.50–53.006123
Bulls1,71877.45/cwt73.00–81.001,3312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2970775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,5181
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3447118.00/cwt118.00–118.005275
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295725.00/cwt725.00–725.009,3891
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606135.00/cwt135.00–135.0081811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590134.15/cwt131.00–139.0079110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540142.26/cwt137.00–143.007688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670130.58/cwt128.00–131.008757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490142.98/cwt141.00–144.507017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2348156.00/cwt156.00–156.005435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413151.00/cwt151.00–151.006243
SteersLarge 1570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3512130.50/cwt130.50–130.506685
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3555121.00/cwt121.00–121.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added523140.00/cwt140.00–140.0073244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added604136.00/cwt136.00–136.0082113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added573136.45/cwt136.00–137.0078213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.0074121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510135.09/cwt134.50–135.5068915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686122.35/cwt118.00–124.0083911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490143.13/cwt140.00–144.5070110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446136.72/cwt134.00–137.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358135.00/cwt135.00–135.004838
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724110.00/cwt110.00–110.007965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645124.00/cwt124.00–124.008004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328135.00/cwt135.00–135.004432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280145.00/cwt145.00–145.004061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480141.00/cwt141.00–141.006771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572125.00/cwt125.00–125.007153
BullsMedium and Large 1-2643118.00/cwt118.00–118.007593
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007974
BullsMedium and Large 1-2744110.00/cwt110.00–110.008184
BullsMedium and Large 1-2324154.39/cwt150.00–161.005007
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426146.00/cwt146.00–146.006229
BullsMedium and Large 1-2509134.00/cwt134.00–134.0068210
BullsMedium and Large 2-3448131.00/cwt131.00–131.005872
BullsMedium and Large 2-3521119.91/cwt115.00–125.006256
BullsMedium and Large 2-3563123.00/cwt123.00–123.0069210

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.