Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. We had a light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. 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 $115.54/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$115.54

99 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$8.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.71

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	483	117.11	566	80
Medium and Large 2-3	464	108.94	505	19thin

One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about $61 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 sale99 hd

115.54

—

KY average24 barns · 4,781 hd

122.25

−6.71

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	—	High	1,699	70.14	1,192	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,434	51.73	742	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	49.05	601	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	39.91	441	6thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	133.50/cwt	131.00–136.00	587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	584	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	102.87/cwt	100.00–107.00	644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	582	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	595	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	652	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	474	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	637	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	488	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	529	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	685	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	949.48/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	11,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,560	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	1,129.64/cwt	1,075.00–1,225.00	11,726	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,711	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	757	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	704	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	563	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	33.50/cwt	31.50–36.50	367	3
Bulls	—	—	2,033	84.12/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,710	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	721	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	523	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,353	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	609	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	45.47/cwt	45.00–46.00	513	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	51.56/cwt	48.00–55.00	726	8
Bulls	—	—	1,605	70.46/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,131	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	49.77/cwt	46.50–52.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	576	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	605	4
Bulls	—	—	1,570	60.49/cwt	57.00–63.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	637	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	672	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	59.11/cwt	58.00–60.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	308	121.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	373	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	103.78/cwt	99.00–105.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	367	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	348	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	444	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	480	9

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 Oct 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 266Year ago 448

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 43Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 0Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	108.00	108.00
4	—	440	131.00–136.00	133.50
1	—	360	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,037	100.00	100.00
10	—	459	142.00	142.00
1	—	740	103.50	103.50
7	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	113.00	113.00
1	—	450	126.00	126.00
1	—	305	126.00	126.00
1	—	375	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	124.00	124.00
4	—	576	105.00	105.00
3	—	637	96.00	96.00
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
3	—	348	115.00	115.00
9	—	417	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	439	133.00	133.00
2	—	280	142.00	142.00
15	—	514	124.00	124.00
8	—	346	141.00	141.00
9	—	646	106.00	106.00
10	—	579	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	573	108.00	108.00
7	—	626	100.00–107.00	102.87
4	—	329	129.00	129.00
20	—	506	115.00	115.00
6	—	476	125.00	125.00
8	—	373	127.00	127.00
5	—	701	96.50	96.50
16	—	434	122.00	122.00
5	—	278	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	308	115.00–125.00	121.00
3	—	542	100.00	100.00
5	—	585	99.00–105.00	103.78
4	—	444	107.00	107.00
2	—	470	109.00	109.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	900.00–1,000.00	949.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,360	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,038	1,075.00–1,225.00	1,129.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,310	55.00	55.00
3	—	1,180	46.50–52.00	49.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	31.50–36.50	33.50
1	—	1,090	48.00	48.00
2	—	1,128	45.00–46.00	45.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	45.00	45.00
8	—	1,408	48.00–55.00	51.56
2	—	1,618	58.00–60.00	59.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,033	81.00–87.00	84.12
3	—	1,605	67.00–76.00	70.46
3	—	1,570	57.00–63.00	60.49

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle