Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2022-04-04

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 4
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
391 head
186 vs last sale 205 209 vs year ago 182 · +114.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
23 vs last sale 24 12 vs year ago 35 · +34.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 6 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
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 moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $144.37/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$144.37
167 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.73
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1482145.677026thin
Medium and Large 1-2572144.75828136
Medium and Large 2-3486141.9669025
One grade step is worth $3.71/cwt here — about $13 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 sale167 hd
144.37
KY average23 barns · 7,005 hd
149.09
−4.73
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
BullsHigh1,68092.981,5627thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45075.991,10115
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16570.0881615
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06559.236315thin

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 1-2710125.00/cwt125.00–125.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3493140.00/cwt140.00–140.006909
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3572125.00/cwt125.00–125.007153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500153.00/cwt153.00–153.0076516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2646135.48/cwt132.00–142.0087512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2795139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710145.92/cwt140.00–149.001,0366
HeifersLarge 1464148.00/cwt148.00–148.006874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448156.00/cwt156.00–156.0069919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673138.00/cwt138.00–138.0092918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330167.00/cwt167.00–167.005514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2544155.00/cwt155.00–155.008434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330191.00/cwt191.00–191.006303
SteersMedium and Large 2-3487162.00/cwt162.00–162.007893
SteersMedium and Large 2-3388163.43/cwt160.00–167.006342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638150.51/cwt150.00–151.009602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2803138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,10816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2418182.00/cwt182.00–182.007612
SteersLarge 1340169.00/cwt169.00–169.005751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580158.49/cwt158.00–160.009194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474174.75/cwt170.00–177.0082810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2501169.00/cwt169.00–169.0084715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2302180.00/cwt180.00–180.005443
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710121.00/cwt121.00–121.008591
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670126.00/cwt126.00–126.008446
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360185.00/cwt185.00–185.006666
BullsMedium and Large 1-2434177.31/cwt174.00–179.0077031
CowsLean 85-90%1,07553.45/cwt52.50–54.505752
CowsLean 85-90%1,05863.09/cwt60.00–66.006673
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32567.39/cwt60.50–73.008936
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58089.55/cwt89.00–90.001,4152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51979.48/cwt75.00–82.001,2077
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31881.50/cwt81.00–82.001,0742
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11872.50/cwt70.00–76.008117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16863.44/cwt60.50–66.007416
Bulls1,715110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8871
Bulls1,83494.13/cwt91.00–102.001,7264
Bulls1,35582.17/cwt80.00–85.001,1132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0631,115.00/cwt1,050.00–1,175.0011,8522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29101,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.009,5551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,235925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,4241
BullsMedium and Large 2-3697125.00/cwt125.00–125.008713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2496164.00/cwt164.00–164.0081318
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618140.00/cwt140.00–140.008652
BullsMedium and Large 2-3476148.54/cwt133.00–154.007074
BullsMedium and Large 2-3356160.00/cwt160.00–160.005704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2584154.56/cwt150.00–156.0090321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3628127.00/cwt127.00–127.007982
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3437151.00/cwt151.00–151.0066010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2758125.00/cwt125.00–125.0094826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573141.23/cwt140.00–147.0080923
HeifersLarge 1518141.00/cwt141.00–141.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381169.00/cwt169.00–169.0064417

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.