Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were steady on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady on a light test. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.90/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −21.24 against this barn's trailing median of $166.14.

Average price

$144.90

59 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$8.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	147.26	804	42
Medium and Large 2-3	471	139.06	654	17thin

One grade step is worth $8.20/cwt here — about $149 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 sale59 hd

144.90

—

KY average24 barns · 1,329 hd

142.26

+2.64

This barn, trailing median1 sales

166.14

−21.24

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,925	106.99	2,060	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,598	84.21	1,346	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	78.17	977	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	65.53	680	14

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,108	$1,114	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$918	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,605	$1,375	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	715	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	867	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	142.73/cwt	141.00–146.00	687	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	322	146.34/cwt	141.00–148.00	471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	884	6
Steers	Large 1	—	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	964	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	142.91/cwt	142.00–144.00	936	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	552	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	806	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	846	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	165.01/cwt	163.00–168.00	705	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,605	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	917.68/head	910.00–925.00	918	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	1,114.36/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,114	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	81.47/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,013	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,165	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	70.60/cwt	68.50–73.50	880	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	78.28/cwt	75.00–81.50	1,204	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	88.17/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,444	3
Bulls	—	—	1,978	110.48/cwt	110.00–111.00	2,185	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	69.05/cwt	65.00–72.50	762	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	758	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,820	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	61.90/cwt	59.00–63.50	621	8

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Mon Jun 20, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 221Year ago 162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 34Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	152.00	152.00
6	—	428	167.00	167.00
11	—	590	147.00	147.00
5	—	374	171.00	171.00
1	—	170	190.00	190.00
1	—	265	169.00	169.00
16	—	661	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	481	141.00–146.00	142.73
2	—	390	135.00	135.00
2	—	420	140.00	140.00
2	—	545	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	740	128.00	128.00
6	—	597	148.00	148.00
5	—	354	158.00	158.00
5	—	511	150.00	150.00
2	—	253	155.00	155.00
11	—	655	142.00–144.00	142.91
10	—	427	163.00–168.00	165.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	322	141.00–148.00	146.34
3	—	390	141.00	141.00
6	—	552	146.00	146.00
2	—	473	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	438	183.00	183.00
4	—	675	145.00	145.00
1	—	505	161.00	161.00
3	—	622	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	151.00	151.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,605	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,158	910.00–925.00	917.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,108	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,114.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	75.00–86.00	81.47
1	—	1,280	91.00	91.00
3	—	1,247	68.50–73.50	70.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	75.00–81.50	78.28
3	—	1,638	87.00–90.00	88.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,103	65.00–72.50	69.05
1	—	985	77.00	77.00
8	—	1,004	59.00–63.50	61.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,978	110.00–111.00	110.48
1	—	1,820	100.00	100.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Owensboro Livestock Auction

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

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Replacement Cattle

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