Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2020-06-08

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
19 vs last sale 184 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
44 vs last sale 58 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 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 to 2.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls were not well tested. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. 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 $128.05/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$128.05
69 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$8.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.56
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538128.3269061
Medium and Large 2-3449126.835697thin
Large 1380120.004561thin
One grade step is worth $8.32/cwt here — about $234 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 sale69 hd
128.05
KY average27 barns · 5,464 hd
128.61
−0.56
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
BullsLow2,00074.261,4852thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34956.867675thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06552.005541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25851.156443thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Stock CowsMedium 274570.00/cwt70.00–70.005221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31546.47/cwt45.50–47.506112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14560.50/cwt60.50–60.506931
CowsLean 85-90%1,06552.00/cwt52.00–52.005541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40560.43/cwt57.50–64.008492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,13346.73/cwt43.00–51.505292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520141.00/cwt141.00–141.007334
SteersMedium and Large 2-3355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
SteersMedium and Large 2-3670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2886110.00/cwt110.00–110.0097514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633134.00/cwt134.00–134.008487
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564136.75/cwt135.00–138.007717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776117.00/cwt117.00–117.009085
SteersMedium and Large 2-3491140.18/cwt136.00–145.006885
HeifersLarge 1380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519132.32/cwt124.00–135.006878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715109.28/cwt109.00–110.007817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559128.43/cwt127.00–132.007187
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473126.14/cwt124.00–128.005976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421134.00/cwt134.00–134.005647
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3305131.00/cwt131.00–131.004001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2356143.60/cwt143.00–144.005115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613124.49/cwt115.00–129.0076316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295147.00/cwt147.00–147.004341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490131.00/cwt131.00–131.0064210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007225
BullsMedium and Large 1-2386169.00/cwt169.00–169.006525
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005203
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005962
BullsMedium and Large 1-2753101.00/cwt101.00–101.007612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512133.93/cwt132.00–135.0068617
Bulls2,00074.26/cwt73.00–75.001,4852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295173.00/cwt173.00–173.005101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447151.00/cwt151.00–151.0067511
BullsLarge 1385136.00/cwt136.00–136.005241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2637119.46/cwt113.00–122.007617

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.