Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2020-03-16

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 16
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
297 vs last sale 460 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
1 vs last sale 46 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
26 vs last sale 47 21 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 under 600 lbs were sharply lower on a light test. Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs 10.00 lower over 600 lbs were to few to test. Light supply of calves with light demand. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls to few to test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.42/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$120.42
59 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.52
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2446123.1955045
Medium and Large 2-3421111.9147111thin
Large 1418110.004603thin
One grade step is worth $13.19/cwt here — about $90 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 sale59 hd
120.42
KY average27 barns · 6,089 hd
122.94
−2.52
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
BullsLow1,54566.001,0201thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39159.1282233
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17556.026587thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11545.505072thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625102.00/cwt102.00–102.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2554115.00/cwt115.00–115.006377
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345103.00/cwt103.00–103.003551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004782
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380134.00/cwt134.00–134.005091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2333141.00/cwt141.00–141.004702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517119.12/cwt118.00–120.0061619
BullsMedium and Large 2-3540108.00/cwt108.00–108.005831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003601
BullsMedium and Large 1-265593.00/cwt93.00–93.006091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423129.40/cwt124.00–135.0054718
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
Bulls1,54566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0201
SteersLarge 1613113.00/cwt113.00–113.006932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581123.00/cwt123.00–123.007154
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,289881.44/cwt800.00–960.0011,3625
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21560.25/cwt60.00–60.507322
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48261.94/cwt61.00–64.509187
SteersLarge 1740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2343144.00/cwt144.00–144.004942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505128.00/cwt128.00–128.006467
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06044.00/cwt44.00–44.004661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56552.00/cwt52.00–52.008141
CowsLean 85-90%1,11545.50/cwt45.50–45.505072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385144.00/cwt144.00–144.005541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429129.00/cwt129.00–129.005535
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18456.91/cwt55.00–58.006744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35858.62/cwt54.00–60.5079625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448123.00/cwt123.00–123.005514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485120.00/cwt120.00–120.0058211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-364290.00/cwt90.00–90.005783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2288140.00/cwt140.00–140.004033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619104.23/cwt103.00–106.006455
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390122.00/cwt122.00–122.004763
HeifersLarge 1418110.00/cwt110.00–110.004603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508120.00/cwt120.00–120.006105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380128.86/cwt125.00–130.0049017
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3306119.00/cwt119.00–119.003645

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.