Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2019-09-23

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 23
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
72 vs last sale 355 427 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
18 vs last sale 39 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
7 vs last sale 15 8 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 two last Monday: Steer and bull calves were steady to 3.00 higher heifer calves were 2.00 to 4.00 higher.Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.09/cwt on 203 head.
Average price
$123.09
203 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.88
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545124.28677172
Large 1438118.005177thin
Medium and Large 2-3501116.0458224
One grade step is worth $8.24/cwt here — about $95 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 sale203 hd
123.09
KY average27 barns · 6,139 hd
121.21
+1.88
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
BullsLow1,59463.171,00710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19046.4655310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26745.9158213
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11339.9044410

Every lot, as filed

51 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%1,13337.73/cwt36.00–39.504275
CowsLean 85-90%1,09342.08/cwt40.00–43.504605
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26846.49/cwt45.50–47.505896
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25243.89/cwt39.50–45.505506
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35554.50/cwt54.50–54.507381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18747.76/cwt45.00–50.505676
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18540.51/cwt38.50–42.504803
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22556.50/cwt56.50–56.506921
Bulls1,56059.66/cwt57.00–61.009316
Bulls1,64568.43/cwt65.00–71.001,1264
SteersMedium and Large 2-3431137.97/cwt132.00–141.005956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521137.77/cwt134.00–138.0071817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617129.95/cwt126.00–132.0080216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721130.00/cwt130.00–130.009377
SteersMedium and Large 1-2656131.00/cwt131.00–131.008596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573137.00/cwt134.00–140.007856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435142.00/cwt142.00–142.006181
SteersLarge 1508125.00/cwt125.00–125.006354
SteersLarge 1573117.00/cwt117.00–117.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3498113.00/cwt113.00–113.005638
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3511118.00/cwt118.00–118.006037
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3434120.00/cwt120.00–120.005215
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3576113.73/cwt110.00–115.006554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added651129.00/cwt129.00–129.0084028
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added543129.00/cwt129.00–129.0070019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added727123.00/cwt123.00–123.0089418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486121.48/cwt120.50–123.0059031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377128.00/cwt128.00–128.0048319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561118.24/cwt117.00–120.0066317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629117.63/cwt115.00–119.0074012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440123.00/cwt123.00–123.0054111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328133.00/cwt133.00–133.004367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2709110.00/cwt110.00–110.007804
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680111.00/cwt111.00–111.007553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2237141.00/cwt141.00–141.003343
HeifersLarge 1438118.00/cwt118.00–118.005177
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425119.34/cwt118.00–120.005076
BullsMedium and Large 2-3561116.00/cwt116.00–116.006515
BullsMedium and Large 2-3532120.00/cwt120.00–120.006385
BullsMedium and Large 2-3452127.00/cwt127.00–127.005745
BullsMedium and Large 2-3359127.10/cwt121.00–131.004565
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660109.19/cwt106.00–111.0072117
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431142.00/cwt142.00–142.0061217
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513132.00/cwt132.00–132.0067716
BullsMedium and Large 1-2367150.00/cwt150.00–150.0055111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2263176.00/cwt176.00–176.004639
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574124.00/cwt124.00–124.007128
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715106.00/cwt106.00–106.007585
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
BullsLarge 1494128.00/cwt128.00–128.006327
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,0001

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.