Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2019-12-09

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 9
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
614 head
143 vs last sale 471 614 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
4 vs last sale 95 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
25 vs last sale 8 33 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 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 $122.85/cwt on 210 head.
Average price
$122.85
210 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.31
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2487124.34605171
Medium and Large 2-3493116.3357339
One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $32 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 sale210 hd
122.85
KY average28 barns · 9,981 hd
120.54
+2.31
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
BullsLow1,69557.679788thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42942.2660421
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22040.1949022
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14035.3340312
SteersChoiceAverage1,411104.501,4745thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2738104.00/cwt104.00–104.0076810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473119.00/cwt119.00–119.005637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509125.50/cwt125.50–125.5063936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536141.70/cwt140.00–144.0076035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663130.00/cwt130.00–130.008624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493130.60/cwt130.00–131.0064415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576115.00/cwt115.00–115.0066214
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3439117.50/cwt116.00–118.0051612
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3586110.88/cwt110.00–112.006509
SteersMedium and Large 2-3413140.00/cwt140.00–140.005784
SteersMedium and Large 2-3735113.00/cwt113.00–113.008311
SteersChoice1,411104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,4745
SteersMedium and Large 2-3490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
SteersMedium and Large 2-3355142.00/cwt142.00–142.005041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,435630.00/cwt630.00–630.009,0411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635129.19/cwt121.00–132.0082012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584125.00/cwt125.00–125.0073012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2458148.28/cwt140.00–150.0067912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005851
Dairy SteersLarge 342377.00/cwt77.00–77.003268
Dairy SteersLarge 353279.50/cwt79.50–79.504235
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650111.00/cwt111.00–111.0072211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2283151.00/cwt151.00–151.004272
BullsLarge 1581111.00/cwt111.00–111.0064510
BullsLarge 1444120.00/cwt120.00–120.005337
BullsLarge 1497119.00/cwt119.00–119.005916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added512130.00/cwt130.00–130.006668
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512124.00/cwt124.00–124.0063549
Bulls1,69051.27/cwt50.00–53.008664
Bulls1,80061.77/cwt61.00–64.001,1123
Bulls1,40071.00/cwt71.00–71.009941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3357120.00/cwt120.00–120.004287
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650103.00/cwt103.00–103.006703
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31550.08/cwt49.00–51.006592
BullsMedium and Large 1-2364142.00/cwt142.00–142.0051722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427134.50/cwt134.50–134.5057417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567119.00/cwt119.00–119.0067516
BullsMedium and Large 2-3542110.00/cwt110.00–110.005963
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455111.00/cwt111.00–111.005051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23337.44/cwt35.50–38.5046210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25046.50/cwt46.50–46.505811
CowsLean 85-90%1,16533.52/cwt31.50–36.003918
CowsLean 85-90%1,09038.96/cwt37.00–42.504254
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44843.33/cwt41.50–46.0062712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42938.19/cwt33.00–40.505467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376129.00/cwt129.00–129.0048525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2444123.65/cwt123.00–131.0054924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653111.00/cwt111.00–111.0072512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330133.00/cwt133.00–133.0043910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2266130.00/cwt130.00–130.003469
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20542.11/cwt39.50–45.0050711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3511118.00/cwt118.00–118.006039
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385117.05/cwt115.00–119.004512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638119.41/cwt111.00–123.0076216

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.