Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2020-04-13

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
87 vs last sale 287 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
3 vs last sale 20 17 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 on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter bulls to few to test. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.23/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$117.23
101 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.90
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531118.0062697
Medium and Large 2-353498.505264thin
One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $100 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 sale101 hd
117.23
KY average26 barns · 3,708 hd
122.13
−4.90
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
BullsLow1,75565.501,1502thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24054.676782thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03647.684944thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98442.174155thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2562115.00/cwt115.00–115.006463
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500127.00/cwt127.00–127.006358
BullsMedium and Large 2-3323131.30/cwt123.00–140.004242
Bulls1,67556.00/cwt56.00–56.009381
BullsLarge 1443128.00/cwt128.00–128.005673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2286159.00/cwt159.00–159.004558
BullsMedium and Large 1-2437145.00/cwt145.00–145.0063411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3515110.81/cwt103.00–115.005713
BullsLarge 162594.00/cwt94.00–94.005881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370164.00/cwt164.00–164.006077
BullsMedium and Large 1-2646106.50/cwt106.50–106.506889
BullsMedium and Large 2-3395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005212
Bulls1,83575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2258131.00/cwt131.00–131.003382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-285992.00/cwt92.00–92.0079011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521125.50/cwt125.50–125.5065418
HeifersMedium and Large 2-359592.00/cwt92.00–92.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635101.00/cwt101.00–101.0064110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378133.47/cwt131.00–135.0050518
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473105.00/cwt105.00–105.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330127.00/cwt127.00–127.004193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432126.00/cwt126.00–126.0054416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583110.73/cwt110.00–111.0064619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03647.68/cwt46.50–49.004944
CowsLean 85-90%1,01745.43/cwt44.00–47.004623
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24054.67/cwt53.50–56.006782
CowsLean 85-90%93537.27/cwt37.00–37.503482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586118.00/cwt118.00–118.006916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437154.00/cwt154.00–154.006733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485152.00/cwt152.00–152.0073716
SteersLarge 1442141.00/cwt141.00–141.006233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521134.00/cwt134.00–134.006989

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.