Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend due to the holiday last Monday. Light supply of all classes of cattle with moderate demad.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.42/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$139.42

112 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$6.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.33

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	670	139.76	937	106
Medium and Large 2-3	539	133.50	719	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.26/cwt here — about $218 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 sale112 hd

139.42

—

KY average26 barns · 4,692 hd

141.76

−2.33

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,946	83.18	1,619	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,374	56.26	773	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,186	51.38	609	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	957	43.79	419	7thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	131.34/cwt	131.00–131.50	741	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	502	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	777	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	817	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	55.43/cwt	52.50–59.00	744	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	49.39/cwt	48.50–50.50	565	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	41.55/cwt	40.00–44.50	366	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	52.12/cwt	50.50–55.00	628	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	50.63/cwt	48.50–52.00	691	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	64.79/cwt	60.00–70.00	967	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	609	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	147.73/cwt	144.00–149.00	719	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,073	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	362	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	658	1
Bulls	—	—	1,988	79.01/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	692	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	137.52/cwt	127.00–140.00	535	8
Bulls	—	—	1,863	91.53/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	139.00/cwt	137.00–143.00	610	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	559	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,207.86/cwt	1,160.00–1,235.00	14,796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	825	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	131.28/cwt	123.00–132.00	664	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	132.23/cwt	131.00–136.00	561	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	115.67/cwt	115.00–116.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	135.55/cwt	135.00–140.00	489	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	487	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	703	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Mon Sep 14, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 340Last week 326Year ago 355

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 33Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 44Year ago 15

Compared to last Monday: No trend due to the holiday last Monday. Light supply of all classes of cattle with moderate demad.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	45.50	45.50
8	—	1,204	50.50–55.00	52.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,343	52.50–59.00	55.43
2	—	1,365	48.50–52.00	50.63
2	—	1,493	60.00–70.00	64.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	48.50–50.50	49.39
5	—	882	40.00–44.50	41.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,988	77.00–81.00	79.01
2	—	1,863	91.00–92.00	91.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	105.00	105.00
3	—	562	125.00	125.00
4	—	632	123.00	123.00
1	—	535	123.00	123.00
8	—	389	127.00–140.00	137.52
6	—	458	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	131.00–131.50	131.34
7	—	346	145.00	145.00
11	—	656	124.50	124.50
3	—	273	165.00	165.00
1	—	705	117.00	117.00
13	—	494	140.00	140.00
12	—	439	137.00–143.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	409	149.00	149.00
26	—	487	144.00–149.00	147.73
65	—	792	135.50	135.50
1	—	615	130.00	130.00
2	—	320	161.00	161.00
2	—	513	133.00	133.00
3	—	583	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	146.00	146.00
3	—	715	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	272	141.00	141.00
4	—	490	135.00	135.00
27	—	506	123.00–132.00	131.28
4	—	310	139.00	139.00
23	—	424	131.00–136.00	132.23
3	—	667	115.00–116.00	115.67
9	—	361	135.00–140.00	135.55
8	—	558	126.00	126.00
6	—	637	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	620	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	134.00	134.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,225	1,160.00–1,235.00	1,207.86

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle