Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle traded 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.55/cwt on 129 head.

Average price

$117.55

129 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$38.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.78

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	513	120.54	618	98
Medium and Large 2-3	499	113.60	567	25
Small and Medium 1-2	420	102.00	428	1thin
Small and Medium 2-3	479	82.00	393	5thin

One grade step is worth $38.54/cwt here — about $226 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 sale129 hd

117.55

—

KY average28 barns · 6,276 hd

118.33

−0.78

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	1,910	63.35	1,210	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,420	52.50	746	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,538	46.78	720	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,107	43.91	486	19

Every lot, as filed

58 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	—	—	1,960	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	717	8
Bulls	—	—	1,885	61.52/cwt	61.00–62.00	1,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	606	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	735	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	653	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	647	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	789	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	504	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	600	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	—	506	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	430	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	570	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	497	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	747	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	694	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	619	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	712	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	41.20/cwt	36.00–43.50	434	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	46.93/cwt	44.00–50.50	547	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	43.70/cwt	42.50–44.50	640	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	51.41/cwt	48.50–55.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	461	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	113.98/cwt	106.00–118.00	560	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	409	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,919	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	817.11/cwt	800.00–850.00	8,759	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	226	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	155.99/cwt	150.00–163.00	432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	750	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	522	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	258	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	222	117.10/cwt	115.00–122.00	260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	341	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	114.27/cwt	111.00–115.00	655	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	420	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	428	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	479	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	393	5

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 Sep 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 327Last week 427Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder cattle traded 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,960	67.00	67.00
2	—	1,885	61.00–62.00	61.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	52.50	52.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,054	36.00–43.50	41.20
9	—	1,165	44.00–50.50	46.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,465	42.50–44.50	43.70
2	—	1,648	48.50–55.00	51.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	658	109.00	109.00
4	—	843	95.00	95.00
1	—	985	86.50	86.50
16	—	501	121.00	121.00
1	—	905	91.00	91.00
1	—	705	101.00	101.00
17	—	363	127.00	127.00
7	—	310	132.00	132.00
15	—	428	122.00	122.00
2	—	1,028	80.00	80.00
3	—	260	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	647	122.00	122.00
8	—	540	125.00	125.00
10	—	588	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	491	106.00–118.00	113.98
2	—	540	103.00	103.00
3	—	222	115.00–122.00	117.10
11	—	573	111.00–115.00	114.27
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	70.00	70.00
7	—	504	119.00	119.00
7	—	421	118.00	118.00
5	—	645	96.00	96.00
3	—	460	120.00	120.00
2	—	558	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	81.00	81.00
2	—	348	134.00	134.00
11	—	653	112.50	112.50
11	—	715	103.00	103.00
14	—	491	133.00	133.00
15	—	565	125.00	125.00
17	—	355	140.00	140.00
24	—	432	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	506	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	129.00	129.00
2	—	585	122.00	122.00
2	—	670	121.00	121.00
1	—	635	116.00	116.00
1	—	795	91.00	91.00
2	—	258	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	144.00	144.00
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
3	—	445	132.00	132.00
4	—	277	150.00–163.00	155.99
11	—	577	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	226	54.00	54.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,072	800.00–850.00	817.11

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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Slaughter Cattle

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Replacement Cattle