Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2022-04-11

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
72 vs last sale 391 16 vs year ago 447 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
6 vs last sale 47 8 vs year ago 61 · 13.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
3 vs last sale 8 12 vs year ago 23 · 52.2%
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. 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 $143.51/cwt on 244 head.
Average price
$143.51
244 head · 618 lb average
Value per head Derived
$886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$0.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.91
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2629143.57903222
Medium and Large 2-3502142.9271722
One grade step is worth $0.65/cwt here — about $186 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 sale244 hd
143.51
KY average23 barns · 6,036 hd
146.42
−2.91
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
BullsAverage1,59196.831,5407thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20377.4593219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53376.211,16811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07365.277009thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643134.00/cwt134.00–134.008626
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6101,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0021,7352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1781,150.80/cwt1,125.00–1,175.0013,5562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2452155.00/cwt155.00–155.0070118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736135.00/cwt135.00–135.009947
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420180.00/cwt180.00–180.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2501151.00/cwt151.00–151.0075719
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3577137.00/cwt137.00–137.007906
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3340164.00/cwt164.00–164.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363165.00/cwt165.00–165.005995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624163.90/cwt163.00–164.001,02348
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2763120.00/cwt120.00–120.009169
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3693120.00/cwt120.00–120.008322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561151.25/cwt140.00–153.0084961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3555146.50/cwt145.00–148.008132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2874130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1364
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485161.00/cwt161.00–161.007811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,07115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487183.17/cwt179.00–184.0089217
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,028127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,3062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy543185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2641130.84/cwt130.00–133.008397
BullsMedium and Large 1-2347189.00/cwt189.00–189.006566
BullsMedium and Large 1-2441176.50/cwt176.50–176.5077811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568148.00/cwt148.00–148.008416
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535136.93/cwt133.00–141.007334
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530160.00/cwt160.00–160.0084819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671138.00/cwt138.00–138.0092628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443165.00/cwt165.00–165.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2349169.00/cwt169.00–169.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added777135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,04964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2853117.00/cwt117.00–117.009985
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705118.00/cwt118.00–118.008321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420156.00/cwt156.00–156.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3501139.00/cwt139.00–139.006964
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3428151.35/cwt147.00–155.006489
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250179.00/cwt179.00–179.004481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,0381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3960975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,3601
Bulls1,62196.27/cwt92.00–101.001,5614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15468.84/cwt66.00–70.007944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20378.34/cwt75.00–83.0094212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27185.34/cwt85.00–86.001,0853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46579.12/cwt75.00–83.001,1597
Bulls1,600115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8401
Bulls1,52588.85/cwt87.00–90.001,3552
CowsLean 85-90%99065.26/cwt63.00–67.006463
CowsLean 85-90%1,04878.55/cwt78.00–79.008232
CowsLean 85-90%1,14858.64/cwt56.00–61.506734
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65171.11/cwt70.00–73.001,1744

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.