Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.82/cwt on 158 head.

Average price

$122.82

158 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$7.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

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	487	123.27	600	148
Medium and Large 2-3	428	116.05	497	10thin

One grade step is worth $7.22/cwt here — about $104 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 sale158 hd

122.82

—

KY average27 barns · 7,054 hd

119.64

+3.17

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	1,787	62.07	1,109	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,402	45.20	634	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,191	45.06	537	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	38.52	396	11

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	129.49/cwt	123.00–131.00	817	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	662	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	125.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	554	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	127.70/cwt	120.00–130.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	628	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	664	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	135.88/cwt	132.00–139.00	766	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	471	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	671	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	269	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	412	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	674	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	730	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	737	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	631	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	423	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	171.88/cwt	165.00–175.00	459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	570	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	160.30/cwt	157.00–163.00	515	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	353	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	480	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	111.60/cwt	110.00–112.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	120.07/cwt	115.00–121.00	609	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	116.05/cwt	105.00–123.00	497	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	114.12/cwt	113.00–115.50	754	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	523	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	135.27/cwt	134.00–140.00	666	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Bulls	—	—	1,916	65.98/cwt	63.00–73.00	1,264	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	40.67/cwt	40.50–41.00	496	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	41.57/cwt	39.50–42.50	547	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	40.56/cwt	38.50–42.50	400	6
Bulls	—	—	1,683	58.95/cwt	55.00–61.00	992	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	44.87/cwt	42.00–47.50	519	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	45.63/cwt	43.50–48.00	655	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	50.07/cwt	48.50–51.00	638	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	52.34/cwt	50.50–55.00	748	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	36.07/cwt	34.50–37.50	390	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 Oct 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 408Last week 448Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 59Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 17Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	631	123.00–131.00	129.49
4	—	675	125.00	125.00
1	—	710	121.00	121.00
18	—	564	132.00–139.00	135.88
5	—	445	144.00	144.00
1	—	750	121.00	121.00
4	—	329	159.00	159.00
9	—	492	134.00–140.00	135.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	576	115.00	115.00
4	—	493	125.00	125.00
3	—	275	140.00	140.00
37	—	441	125.00–130.00	125.63
21	—	357	132.00	132.00
6	—	612	116.00	116.00
3	—	747	111.00	111.00
33	—	507	115.00–121.00	120.07
4	—	320	134.00	134.00
9	—	661	113.00–115.50	114.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	428	105.00–123.00	116.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	120.00–130.00	127.70
2	—	608	95.00	95.00
5	—	493	128.00	128.00
4	—	269	153.00	153.00
2	—	512	115.00	115.00
4	—	353	136.00	136.00
5	—	578	110.00–112.00	111.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	439	143.00	143.00
9	—	511	130.00	130.00
6	—	451	135.00	135.00
19	—	576	117.00	117.00
10	—	658	111.00	111.00
6	—	709	104.00	104.00
3	—	267	165.00–175.00	171.88
8	—	368	155.00	155.00
14	—	321	157.00–163.00	160.30
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	67.00	67.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	810.00	810.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,916	63.00–73.00	65.98
5	—	1,683	55.00–61.00	58.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	40.50–41.00	40.67
10	—	1,157	42.00–47.50	44.87
3	—	1,275	48.50–51.00	50.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,315	39.50–42.50	41.57
18	—	1,436	43.50–48.00	45.63
3	—	1,430	50.50–55.00	52.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	985	38.50–42.50	40.56
5	—	1,080	34.50–37.50	36.07

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle