Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2020-03-23

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 23
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
96 vs last sale 163 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
22 vs last sale 47 25 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 to few to test. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher on a light test. Very light supply of calves with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.68/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$132.68
31 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.97
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2444133.4159229
Medium and Large 2-3317122.003862thin
One grade step is worth $11.41/cwt here — about $206 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 sale31 hd
132.68
KY average25 barns · 2,104 hd
119.71
+12.97
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
BullsAverage2,02594.501,9142thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45563.729279thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03756.465855thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14547.255412thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335145.10/cwt145.00–146.0048610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532122.00/cwt122.00–122.0064915
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3410122.00/cwt122.00–122.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384147.00/cwt147.00–147.005644
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3223122.00/cwt122.00–122.002721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01154.45/cwt52.50–56.505504
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42565.57/cwt61.50–69.009344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14064.50/cwt64.50–64.507351
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33554.86/cwt52.00–56.507323
CowsLean 85-90%1,30554.50/cwt54.50–54.507111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69573.32/cwt72.00–74.501,2432
CowsLean 85-90%98540.00/cwt40.00–40.003941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429145.00/cwt145.00–145.006227
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465115.00/cwt115.00–115.005351
Bulls1,84087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,6011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2369168.00/cwt168.00–168.006207
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410132.00/cwt132.00–132.005411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2305167.54/cwt162.00–173.005116
BullsMedium and Large 2-3320125.00/cwt125.00–125.004001
Bulls2,210102.00/cwt102.00–102.002,2541

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.