Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2019-08-19

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
55 vs last sale 375 320 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
10 vs last sale 34 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
6 vs last sale 19 13 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 were mostly steady. Heifer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 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 $130.26/cwt on 173 head.
Average price
$130.26
173 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.40
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520130.32678172
Medium and Large 2-3400119.004761thin
One grade step is worth $11.32/cwt here — about $202 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 sale173 hd
130.26
KY average26 barns · 3,259 hd
123.85
+6.40
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
BullsAverage1,43872.001,0352thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37156.027688thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15447.605497thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90540.503671thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsLean 85-90%90540.50/cwt40.50–40.503671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35354.52/cwt52.00–57.007386
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42560.53/cwt59.50–61.508632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10044.96/cwt44.00–46.504954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22551.12/cwt48.00–53.506263
Bulls1,43872.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300785.00/cwt785.00–785.0010,2051
Dairy SteersLarge 361475.00/cwt75.00–75.004616
SteersMedium and Large 2-3685123.00/cwt123.00–123.008431
SteersMedium and Large 2-3525127.00/cwt127.00–127.006671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511138.61/cwt135.00–141.007085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2439147.00/cwt147.00–147.006454
SteersLarge 1400137.00/cwt137.00–137.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400119.00/cwt119.00–119.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added553136.00/cwt136.00–136.0075291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482126.02/cwt125.00–129.0060722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350134.93/cwt134.00–135.0047215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608114.00/cwt114.00–114.0069311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523119.00/cwt119.00–119.006229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678108.24/cwt107.00–109.007348
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432130.00/cwt130.00–130.005628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2247135.00/cwt135.00–135.003336
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760101.00/cwt101.00–101.007682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3524121.81/cwt121.00–122.006385
BullsMedium and Large 2-3380126.00/cwt126.00–126.004794
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2591122.39/cwt120.00–124.0072315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2657118.00/cwt118.00–118.0077512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2454137.00/cwt137.00–137.0062212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514133.00/cwt133.00–133.0068411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2736113.00/cwt113.00–113.0083210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2363158.00/cwt158.00–158.005749
BullsMedium and Large 1-291885.00/cwt85.00–85.007807
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007503
BullsMedium and Large 1-2403135.00/cwt135.00–135.005443
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285159.00/cwt159.00–159.004531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921

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.