Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2019-09-16

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 16
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
355 head
273 vs last sale 628 355 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
45 vs last sale 84 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
30 vs last sale 45 15 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 heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Moderate 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 $118.34/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$118.34
128 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$9.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.61
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2572120.5969093
Medium and Large 2-3380112.5442828
Large 1577111.576447thin
One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $46 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 sale128 hd
118.34
KY average28 barns · 4,213 hd
118.95
−0.61
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
BullsAverage1,66169.531,1555thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51751.2777815
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21647.9558310
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11344.664973thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
BullsLarge 1576117.00/cwt117.00–117.006747
BullsMedium and Large 1-2192170.00/cwt170.00–170.003263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2744108.00/cwt108.00–108.008047
BullsMedium and Large 1-2646111.00/cwt111.00–111.007179
BullsMedium and Large 1-2344146.81/cwt144.00–153.0050513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430132.00/cwt132.00–132.0056813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585124.08/cwt118.00–124.5072615
CowsLean 85-90%1,11344.66/cwt44.50–45.004973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51050.70/cwt48.50–52.5076612
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41056.61/cwt54.00–59.507982
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81547.50/cwt47.50–47.508621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21248.97/cwt46.00–51.505948
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23343.87/cwt42.50–45.005412
Bulls1,68571.37/cwt70.00–73.001,2032
Bulls1,44060.46/cwt60.00–61.008712
Bulls2,05584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,7261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,180800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,4401
SteersMedium and Large 2-3559118.00/cwt118.00–118.006608
SteersMedium and Large 2-3427132.00/cwt132.00–132.005646
SteersMedium and Large 2-3631113.00/cwt113.00–113.007134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added699135.00/cwt135.00–135.0094425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639131.19/cwt130.00–133.0083810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494135.00/cwt135.00–135.006677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586131.00/cwt131.00–131.007686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670128.00/cwt128.00–128.008581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415144.00/cwt144.00–144.005981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335151.00/cwt151.00–151.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3354121.00/cwt121.00–121.0042815
HeifersMedium and Large 2-345294.00/cwt94.00–94.004256
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3340106.00/cwt106.00–106.003604
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3513113.00/cwt113.00–113.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235122.00/cwt122.00–122.002871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added685124.00/cwt124.00–124.0084927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added625125.00/cwt125.00–125.0078110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500117.00/cwt117.00–117.0058517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613111.00/cwt111.00–111.0068011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439120.00/cwt120.00–120.005279
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379127.00/cwt127.00–127.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558113.00/cwt113.00–113.006315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2210140.00/cwt140.00–140.002941
HeifersLarge 1644109.00/cwt109.00–109.007025
HeifersLarge 1410118.00/cwt118.00–118.004842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3581115.00/cwt115.00–115.006687
BullsMedium and Large 2-3480122.97/cwt120.00–125.005907
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425121.00/cwt121.00–121.005142
BullsMedium and Large 2-369593.00/cwt93.00–93.006461
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615102.00/cwt102.00–102.006271
BullsMedium and Large 2-3320113.00/cwt113.00–113.003621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477130.02/cwt127.00–133.0062021

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.