Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-07-19

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
55 vs last sale 251 49 vs year ago 245 · 20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
31 vs last sale 64 6 vs year ago 27 · +22.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
8 vs last sale 21 13 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 on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 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 $142.56/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$142.56
84 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.75
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495145.0871862
Medium and Large 2501135.4967822
One grade step is worth $9.59/cwt here — about $40 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 sale84 hd
142.56
KY average24 barns · 6,266 hd
140.81
+1.75
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
BullsHigh1,72691.611,5817thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38764.1889013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22861.987616thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99354.115372thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
BullsMedium and Large 2440141.60/cwt140.00–142.006235
BullsMedium and Large 2489138.51/cwt137.00–139.006774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563138.00/cwt138.00–138.007776
SteersMedium and Large 2475148.00/cwt148.00–148.007032
HeifersMedium and Large 2602128.49/cwt126.00–131.007744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460160.00/cwt160.00–160.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707115.00/cwt115.00–115.008133
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325161.03/cwt157.00–162.005235
BullsMedium and Large 1-2825108.00/cwt108.00–108.008912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367155.00/cwt155.00–155.005697
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657134.00/cwt134.00–134.008805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700113.00/cwt113.00–113.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482145.00/cwt145.00–145.006999
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423150.87/cwt150.00–153.0063811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324158.87/cwt155.00–160.005157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714137.25/cwt135.00–141.009808
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577140.40/cwt140.00–141.008105
CowsLean 85-90%99354.11/cwt51.50–56.505372
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35965.42/cwt61.00–68.508899
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34058.34/cwt56.50–60.507823
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78570.50/cwt70.50–70.501,2581
Bulls1,785112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,9991
Bulls1,77691.25/cwt87.00–96.001,6214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2601141.00/cwt141.00–141.0084710
BullsMedium and Large 2590126.00/cwt126.00–126.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 2660119.02/cwt116.00–125.007863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2873120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0483
HeifersMedium and Large 2478137.97/cwt132.00–140.006598
HeifersMedium and Large 2283152.46/cwt147.50–157.504312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516145.00/cwt145.00–145.007484
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,215860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,4491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,325900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,9252
BullsMedium and Large 2235160.00/cwt160.00–160.003761
HeifersMedium and Large 2508136.00/cwt136.00–136.006912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2669144.00/cwt144.00–144.0096313
HeifersMedium and Large 2407143.00/cwt143.00–143.005823
Bulls1,59582.13/cwt80.00–84.001,3102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27563.03/cwt60.50–67.508043
SteersMedium and Large 2585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008191
SteersMedium and Large 2670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37576.50/cwt76.50–76.501,0521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08353.15/cwt47.00–59.005762
SteersLarge 1740122.00/cwt122.00–122.009034
BullsMedium and Large 1-2645123.00/cwt123.00–123.007931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425151.00/cwt151.00–151.006426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598150.00/cwt150.00–150.008972

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.