Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2022-02-21

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 21
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
21 vs last sale 407 216 vs year ago 212 · +101.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
57 vs last sale 78 7 vs year ago 14 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
0 vs last sale 12 4 vs year ago 8 · +50.0%
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 5.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. 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 $146.76/cwt on 184 head.
Average price
$146.76
184 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.98
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563148.17834154
Medium and Large 2-3536141.4175925
Large 1655130.008525thin
One grade step is worth $18.17/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale184 hd
146.76
KY average26 barns · 7,754 hd
149.73
−2.98
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
BullsAverage2,02582.001,6611thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21070.318515thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46661.829067thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97449.574834thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1-2503153.58/cwt152.00–159.0077322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375177.00/cwt177.00–177.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616149.19/cwt141.00–150.0091935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383161.00/cwt161.00–161.006177
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3628136.29/cwt124.00–138.008568
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774128.00/cwt128.00–128.0099120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578143.00/cwt143.00–143.0082715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2751140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,05121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2839139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,16639
SteersMedium 1465155.00/cwt155.00–155.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3569141.00/cwt141.00–141.008026
HeifersLarge 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265158.00/cwt158.00–158.004194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583163.31/cwt160.00–165.0095215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420187.00/cwt187.00–187.007851
SteersMedium and Large 2-3589156.00/cwt156.00–156.009198
SteersMedium and Large 2-3738133.00/cwt133.00–133.009822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480179.71/cwt178.00–184.008637
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0037
SteersMedium and Large 2-3505160.00/cwt160.00–160.008081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3626131.49/cwt131.00–132.008238
BullsMedium and Large 2-3516137.00/cwt137.00–137.007077
BullsMedium and Large 1-2291216.00/cwt216.00–216.0062913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2349188.00/cwt188.00–188.006569
BullsMedium and Large 1-2684138.00/cwt138.00–138.0094411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515163.00/cwt163.00–163.0083911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48057.24/cwt55.50–60.008473
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45665.26/cwt62.50–68.009504
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12875.45/cwt75.00–76.008512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26566.88/cwt62.50–69.008463
CowsLean 85-90%93747.42/cwt44.00–50.504443
Bulls2,02582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,6611
CowsLean 85-90%1,08556.00/cwt56.00–56.006081
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,685.65/cwt1,600.00–1,775.0019,8912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2985900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,8651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,143903.67/cwt875.00–925.0010,3292
BullsLarge 11,850111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,0541
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440176.00/cwt176.00–176.0077414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743120.00/cwt120.00–120.008923
BullsMedium and Large 2-3670123.00/cwt123.00–123.008241
BullsMedium and Large 2-3563136.00/cwt136.00–136.007662
BullsMedium and Large 2-3790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
BullsLarge 1488135.00/cwt135.00–135.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2307170.00/cwt170.00–170.005228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430156.64/cwt155.00–157.0067422
BullsMedium and Large 2-3491151.00/cwt151.00–151.007416
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375165.52/cwt164.00–167.006212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2608143.00/cwt143.00–143.008692
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445139.00/cwt139.00–139.006191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2504171.00/cwt171.00–171.008627
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3466145.86/cwt140.00–152.006808
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3358148.00/cwt148.00–148.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530136.00/cwt136.00–136.007211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666143.75/cwt139.00–148.0095718

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.