Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-10-25

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 25
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
318 head
29 vs last sale 347 17 vs year ago 301 · +5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
7 vs last sale 45 5 vs year ago 47 · +10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
10 vs last sale 29 9 vs year ago 10 · +90.0%
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 moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. 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 $129.94/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$129.94
114 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.65
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492134.6666270
Medium and Large 2-3464125.3158236
Large 1642109.507038thin
One grade step is worth $25.16/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale114 hd
129.94
KY average24 barns · 5,077 hd
133.59
−3.65
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
BullsHigh1,74277.951,3586thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45154.6779315
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17252.1761111
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07344.6747918

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3517132.46/cwt131.00–135.006858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2402155.99/cwt154.00–157.006273
SteersLarge 1580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3368123.00/cwt123.00–123.004532
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3255130.00/cwt130.00–130.003325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511134.28/cwt134.00–136.0068622
SteersLarge 1738125.00/cwt125.00–125.009232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450153.00/cwt153.00–153.006893
SteersMedium and Large 2-3783126.00/cwt126.00–126.009872
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3682112.01/cwt111.00–113.007644
HeifersLarge 1718105.00/cwt105.00–105.007543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365142.00/cwt142.00–142.0051814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555141.00/cwt141.00–141.007837
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400129.00/cwt129.00–129.005162
SteersMedium and Large 2-3568130.00/cwt130.00–130.007388
SteersLarge 1615125.21/cwt121.00–128.007705
SteersLarge 1526132.00/cwt132.00–132.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666126.58/cwt122.00–129.008439
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395150.96/cwt150.00–157.005967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512148.00/cwt148.00–148.0075811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724136.00/cwt136.00–136.009859
BullsMedium and Large 1-2387151.71/cwt149.00–153.005876
BullsMedium and Large 2-3318138.06/cwt131.00–145.004392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2564123.00/cwt123.00–123.006949
BullsMedium and Large 1-2741103.00/cwt103.00–103.007636
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445145.00/cwt145.00–145.006458
BullsMedium and Large 1-2273150.00/cwt150.00–150.004104
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16352.86/cwt50.50–55.506158
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20846.97/cwt46.50–47.505672
CowsLean 85-90%1,02639.90/cwt38.00–41.004094
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49461.06/cwt58.50–63.509124
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43753.06/cwt50.50–56.507629
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17057.00/cwt57.00–57.006671
CowsLean 85-90%1,09550.75/cwt50.50–51.005562
CowsLean 85-90%1,08545.24/cwt42.50–49.0049112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43049.10/cwt48.50–49.507022
Bulls1,71585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4581
Bulls1,66071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1791
Bulls1,76977.92/cwt75.00–82.001,3784
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09571.29/cwt67.00–75.007813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,335975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,0161
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2481,036.87/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0012,9402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0021,3561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424139.00/cwt139.00–139.0058915
HeifersLarge 1550114.00/cwt114.00–114.006272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2644116.00/cwt116.00–116.007477
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529133.00/cwt133.00–133.0070416
BullsMedium and Large 2-3464127.26/cwt125.00–134.005908
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300132.00/cwt132.00–132.003962
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528127.00/cwt127.00–127.006715
HeifersLarge 1628111.00/cwt111.00–111.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570126.00/cwt126.00–126.0071810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3442131.00/cwt131.00–131.0057912
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573116.00/cwt116.00–116.006656

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.