Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-01-11

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
679 head
373 vs last sale 306 138 vs year ago 541 · +25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
6 vs last sale 50 17 vs year ago 27 · +63.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
28 vs last sale 9 29 vs year ago 8 · +362.5%
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. Heavy supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate 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 $124.90/cwt on 304 head.
Average price
$124.90
304 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.89
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548127.28697258
Large 1498113.005633thin
Medium and Large 2-3578111.4664443
One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $53 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 sale304 hd
124.90
KY average26 barns · 7,679 hd
121.01
+3.89
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
BullsAverage1,75365.631,1515thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49850.6475813
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30648.966395thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07939.494266thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1-2313134.00/cwt134.00–134.004193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577128.01/cwt120.00–131.0073955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578135.23/cwt130.50–137.0078280
BullsMedium and Large 2-3588119.00/cwt119.00–119.007002
BullsMedium and Large 2-3488126.00/cwt126.00–126.006152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477151.44/cwt141.00–154.0072268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383162.00/cwt162.00–162.006209
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378130.83/cwt129.00–132.0049513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784105.00/cwt105.00–105.0082311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2344157.32/cwt157.00–165.0054146
BullsMedium and Large 1-2581125.50/cwt125.50–125.5072918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672124.31/cwt120.50–127.0083554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added476137.50/cwt137.50–137.5065551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2723115.00/cwt115.00–115.008314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527134.00/cwt134.00–134.0070613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505125.00/cwt125.00–125.0063116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2452128.00/cwt128.00–128.0057917
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663116.00/cwt116.00–116.0076911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445140.00/cwt140.00–140.0062310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2851120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524134.00/cwt134.00–134.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added372144.00/cwt144.00–144.0053614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2965110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22041.50/cwt41.50–41.505061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38556.00/cwt56.00–56.007761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30849.10/cwt46.00–53.006423
Bulls2,29572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,6521
Bulls1,51256.71/cwt53.00–64.008573
Bulls1,93586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,6641
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,310735.00/cwt735.00–735.009,6291
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,244895.54/cwt800.00–970.0011,1418
HeifersLarge 1498113.00/cwt113.00–113.005633
CowsLean 85-90%1,10537.58/cwt36.50–38.504153
CowsLean 85-90%1,05241.39/cwt40.50–42.504353
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60064.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3647112.00/cwt112.00–112.007257
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54253.05/cwt50.00–56.008186
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43646.00/cwt43.00–49.006616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2260159.00/cwt159.00–159.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 2-369099.00/cwt99.00–99.006839
BullsMedium and Large 2-3429133.30/cwt131.00–134.005728
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,325935.00/cwt935.00–935.0012,3891
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,426.09/cwt1,400.00–1,450.0016,4002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3588115.00/cwt115.00–115.0067612
BullsMedium and Large 2-3527121.27/cwt119.00–127.0063911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430122.00/cwt122.00–122.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3280128.00/cwt128.00–128.003582
HeifersMedium and Large 2-378093.50/cwt93.50–93.507293
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3322125.00/cwt125.00–125.004033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448132.00/cwt132.00–132.005919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-286797.00/cwt97.00–97.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2632120.92/cwt119.00–125.0076429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677116.68/cwt115.00–118.0079035
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473115.03/cwt112.00–116.005444
SteersMedium and Large 2-3480123.00/cwt123.00–123.005904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760118.00/cwt118.00–118.008972

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.