Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-11-08

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 8
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
451 head
146 vs last sale 305 28 vs year ago 423 · +6.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
13 vs last sale 54 29 vs year ago 38 · +76.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
11 vs last sale 30 18 vs year ago 23 · +78.3%
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 and bulls were mostly steady. Heavy 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 $125.31/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$125.31
163 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$15.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.88
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533129.06688107
Medium and Large 2-3478123.5559027
Large 1579113.1065529
One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about $32 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 sale163 hd
125.31
KY average24 barns · 7,723 hd
131.19
−5.88
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
BullsHigh1,58871.871,14112
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29852.9668824
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23751.0563222
CowsLean 85-90%Low98244.314355thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1-2494152.24/cwt150.00–152.5075218
SteersMedium and Large 2-3560116.00/cwt116.00–116.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2834107.00/cwt107.00–107.008924
HeifersLarge 1320124.00/cwt124.00–124.003971
HeifersLarge 1682111.00/cwt111.00–111.0075713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2349140.00/cwt140.00–140.004898
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632131.21/cwt131.00–133.008299
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579140.11/cwt135.00–141.0081128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521135.00/cwt135.00–135.0070323
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3408134.00/cwt134.00–134.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3510122.09/cwt110.00–127.0062320
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730117.00/cwt117.00–117.008543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2389159.00/cwt159.00–159.006194
SteersMedium and Large 2-3645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290158.00/cwt158.00–158.004581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2444135.00/cwt135.00–135.0059919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2728106.68/cwt105.00–110.007779
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,03910
SteersMedium and Large 2-3395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417153.00/cwt153.00–153.0063815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2748105.00/cwt105.00–105.0078521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2664116.00/cwt116.00–116.0077019
BullsMedium and Large 2-3493122.30/cwt118.00–123.0060314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2269160.00/cwt160.00–160.004305
BullsMedium and Large 1-2371157.00/cwt157.00–157.005827
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21145.40/cwt42.50–47.505505
CowsLean 85-90%92841.91/cwt41.00–42.503893
CowsLean 85-90%1,06347.92/cwt46.50–49.005092
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20356.84/cwt56.50–57.006843
Bulls1,82882.65/cwt82.00–83.001,5113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25451.82/cwt48.50–55.5065014
Bulls1,36164.25/cwt57.00–70.008746
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36558.88/cwt58.00–60.508043
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34353.00/cwt49.50–56.5071218
CowsBreaker 75-80%96346.78/cwt45.50–49.504503
Bulls1,80376.32/cwt72.00–80.001,3763
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,205907.22/cwt875.00–975.0010,9325
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,020900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,1801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950986.84/cwt975.00–1,000.009,3752
HeifersLarge 1563113.00/cwt113.00–113.006369
HeifersLarge 1425116.00/cwt116.00–116.004936
BullsMedium and Large 2-3588115.25/cwt113.00–116.006788
BullsMedium and Large 2-3359140.00/cwt140.00–140.005033
BullsMedium and Large 2-3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005406
BullsMedium and Large 1-2509132.36/cwt125.00–137.5067442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2215147.00/cwt142.00–152.003162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278137.00/cwt137.00–137.003816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639118.70/cwt116.00–125.0075810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2593128.00/cwt128.00–128.0075926
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3368123.00/cwt123.00–123.004534
BullsMedium and Large 2-3635111.00/cwt111.00–111.007051

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.