Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-03-22

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 22
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
587 head
251 vs last sale 336 520 vs year ago 67 · +776.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
2 vs last sale 56 33 vs year ago 25 · +132.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
18 vs last sale 11 29 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. Moderate supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows 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 $137.52/cwt on 271 head.
Average price
$137.52
271 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.90
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506139.96708223
Medium and Large 2-3517126.1865248
One grade step is worth $13.78/cwt here — about $56 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 sale271 hd
137.52
KY average27 barns · 6,811 hd
129.62
+7.90
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
BullsLow1,78180.071,4265thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48054.8481218
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25652.9166416
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05443.714616thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
SteersLarge 1400153.00/cwt153.00–153.006123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578134.90/cwt131.00–137.0078051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420164.81/cwt164.00–165.0069232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2274165.00/cwt165.00–165.004525
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3713103.00/cwt103.00–103.007342
BullsMedium and Large 2-3565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513134.79/cwt130.00–136.0069150
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517153.85/cwt152.50–154.5079516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.0063128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464140.00/cwt140.00–140.0065017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2703115.00/cwt115.00–115.008086
BullsMedium and Large 1-2653121.00/cwt121.00–121.007904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468162.05/cwt156.50–163.0075887
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571145.00/cwt145.00–145.0082817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2321155.00/cwt155.00–155.004986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372171.51/cwt170.00–173.006388
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429165.70/cwt161.00–166.5071114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added609134.00/cwt134.00–134.0081621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570132.00/cwt132.00–132.0075211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2469155.50/cwt155.50–155.507299
BullsMedium and Large 1-2729106.50/cwt106.50–106.507768
BullsMedium and Large 1-2336171.00/cwt171.00–171.005757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2763124.00/cwt124.00–124.0094612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634138.19/cwt135.00–142.0087611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367159.00/cwt159.00–159.0058428
CowsLean 85-90%80039.00/cwt39.00–39.003121
CowsLean 85-90%1,10544.65/cwt42.50–46.004935
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46457.80/cwt54.50–60.008467
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46449.51/cwt46.00–52.007258
Bulls1,73071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,2281
Bulls1,79482.34/cwt78.00–86.001,4774
BullsMedium and Large 1-2297175.00/cwt175.00–175.005205
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55862.17/cwt62.00–62.509693
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26363.31/cwt61.00–67.008003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24651.84/cwt48.50–55.0064611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30043.17/cwt41.50–45.005612
BullsMedium and Large 2-3337157.00/cwt157.00–157.005295
BullsMedium and Large 1-2506147.09/cwt135.00–149.0074422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,215925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,2391
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3751,048.18/cwt1,025.00–1,075.0014,4122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,245900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,2051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,415900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,7351
BullsMedium and Large 2-3663114.00/cwt114.00–114.007564
SteersMedium and Large 2-3320166.00/cwt166.00–166.005312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3510144.00/cwt144.00–144.007341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485127.00/cwt127.00–127.006166
BullsMedium and Large 2-3507128.87/cwt128.00–129.006538
SteersMedium and Large 2-3741115.00/cwt115.00–115.008524
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3426136.42/cwt129.00–138.505819
SteersMedium and Large 2-3573141.00/cwt141.00–141.008082
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3312142.01/cwt140.00–144.004434
BullsMedium and Large 2-3373160.00/cwt160.00–160.005976
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
BullsMedium and Large 2-3443145.00/cwt145.00–145.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3662114.16/cwt113.00–115.0075617
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375139.49/cwt137.00–140.005236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640131.00/cwt131.00–131.0083811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3503121.00/cwt121.00–121.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620127.00/cwt127.00–127.0078723

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.