Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-06-07

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
495 head
253 vs last sale 242 292 vs year ago 203 · +143.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
27 vs last sale 20 33 vs year ago 14 · +235.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
1 vs last sale 11 7 vs year ago 5 · +140.0%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.60/cwt on 233 head.
Average price
$128.60
233 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$16.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.82
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558129.42722203
Medium and Large 2-3498124.6662126
Large 1674112.507584thin
One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale233 hd
128.60
KY average25 barns · 4,852 hd
131.42
−2.82
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
BullsLow1,72690.351,5609thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30161.437997thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20260.2872514
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06552.445598thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1-2740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2554131.67/cwt128.00–132.0072913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672130.00/cwt130.00–130.008743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413153.00/cwt153.00–153.006323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2313158.00/cwt158.00–158.004952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514158.00/cwt158.00–158.0081217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598134.00/cwt134.00–134.008018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647136.00/cwt136.00–136.008805
SteersMedium and Large 1-2786117.25/cwt117.00–118.009224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512134.33/cwt130.00–136.0068861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669122.69/cwt121.00–124.0082136
BullsMedium and Large 1-2746111.17/cwt110.00–112.0082924
BullsMedium and Large 2-3428130.02/cwt124.00–136.005568
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.0069312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438138.00/cwt138.00–138.0060410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2795101.00/cwt101.00–101.008037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367140.00/cwt140.00–140.0051415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800100.00/cwt100.00–100.008005
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576143.72/cwt142.00–146.0082830
SteersMedium and Large 1-2963104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32062.47/cwt60.00–65.508254
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31051.50/cwt51.50–51.506751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26068.67/cwt65.50–70.508653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17458.64/cwt55.50–64.0068810
Bulls1,53576.67/cwt73.00–80.001,1772
Bulls1,78299.31/cwt97.00–102.001,7703
HeifersLarge 1674112.50/cwt111.00–114.007584
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22571.00/cwt71.00–71.008701
Bulls1,78090.48/cwt86.00–93.001,6114
CowsLean 85-90%1,08653.64/cwt50.50–56.505837
CowsLean 85-90%92044.00/cwt44.00–44.004051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30054.55/cwt53.50–55.507092
BullsMedium and Large 1-2511152.00/cwt152.00–152.0077713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2372157.23/cwt156.50–160.0058510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655117.00/cwt117.00–117.007661
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0731,041.78/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0011,1782
SteersLarge 2-3524140.50/cwt140.50–140.507365
SteersLarge 1611126.00/cwt126.00–126.007705
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007223
SteersMedium and Large 2-3693119.00/cwt119.00–119.008252
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3468120.00/cwt120.00–120.005623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2639121.06/cwt118.00–123.0077418
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477161.02/cwt150.00–165.0076818
SteersMedium and Large 2-3422144.00/cwt144.00–144.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3587127.50/cwt127.50–127.507488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2347140.00/cwt140.00–140.004867
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3422123.15/cwt115.00–130.005208
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3524126.00/cwt126.00–126.006606
BullsMedium and Large 2-3355128.00/cwt128.00–128.004546
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612125.75/cwt125.75–125.7577035
BullsMedium and Large 2-3245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003922

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.