Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-04-12

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
265 vs last sale 182 247 vs year ago 200 · +123.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
26 vs last sale 35 44 vs year ago 17 · +258.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
17 vs last sale 6 23 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 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.35/cwt on 268 head.
Average price
$147.35
268 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.69
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525149.15784220
Large 1461140.0064621
Medium and Large 2-3477138.4466127
One grade step is worth $10.71/cwt here — about $123 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 sale268 hd
147.35
KY average26 barns · 7,471 hd
138.66
+8.69
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
BullsAverage1,65978.161,2977thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42866.1594420
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18460.4471617
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09249.8054410

Every lot, as filed

56 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 2-3479141.52/cwt138.00–142.0067817
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455145.00/cwt145.00–145.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447150.27/cwt148.00–159.0067229
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445142.00/cwt142.00–142.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added655142.00/cwt142.00–142.009307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added427188.00/cwt188.00–188.008035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506160.00/cwt160.00–160.008106
BullsMedium and Large 1-2342185.00/cwt185.00–185.0063311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567148.68/cwt141.00–153.0084323
BullsMedium and Large 2-3501143.00/cwt143.00–143.007165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2446165.95/cwt164.50–170.0074021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2449164.50/cwt164.50–164.5073915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467162.00/cwt162.00–162.0075714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519165.00/cwt165.00–165.008566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390181.00/cwt181.00–181.007061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2647123.00/cwt123.00–123.007966
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added521157.34/cwt149.00–159.0082064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added483160.75/cwt160.00–161.0077629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568127.00/cwt127.00–127.0072115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676123.90/cwt120.00–128.0083810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519153.50/cwt153.50–153.5079717
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735113.00/cwt113.00–113.008315
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43465.68/cwt62.00–68.0094210
Bulls1,66078.62/cwt76.00–83.001,3055
Bulls1,66068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1291
Bulls1,65586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,4231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16555.22/cwt50.00–57.006436
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44772.04/cwt69.50–74.001,0426
CowsLean 85-90%1,17853.12/cwt50.50–54.506264
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38358.47/cwt57.50–59.508094
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278196.91/cwt192.00–203.005474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,4001
BullsLarge 1535128.00/cwt128.00–128.006851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33068.10/cwt67.00–69.009062
HeifersLarge 1445142.00/cwt142.00–142.0063215
HeifersLarge 1502135.00/cwt135.00–135.006786
BullsMedium and Large 2-3586131.00/cwt131.00–131.007689
SteersMedium and Large 2-3519146.00/cwt146.00–146.007587
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16562.22/cwt60.00–65.007259
CowsLean 85-90%1,03447.58/cwt44.50–48.504926
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200204.00/cwt204.00–204.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added608141.88/cwt140.00–145.0086327
BullsMedium and Large 2-3444148.00/cwt148.00–148.006575
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3538129.00/cwt129.00–129.006942
SteersLarge 1580131.00/cwt131.00–131.007601
SteersLarge 1378164.00/cwt164.00–164.006203
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3598120.00/cwt120.00–120.007182
BullsMedium and Large 2-3343152.00/cwt152.00–152.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511142.00/cwt142.00–142.0072611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2771110.00/cwt110.00–110.008488
BullsMedium and Large 1-2561144.00/cwt144.00–144.008084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2646135.00/cwt135.00–135.0087212
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3412139.00/cwt139.00–139.005736
SteersMedium and Large 2-3744120.00/cwt120.00–120.008934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363164.31/cwt163.00–168.0059619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295190.00/cwt190.00–190.005611

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.