Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were steady to 3.00 higher. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test. 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 $163.02/cwt on 129 head.

Average price

$163.02

129 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$18.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.29

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	493	167.01	824	101
Medium and Large 2-3	451	148.64	670	28

One grade step is worth $18.37/cwt here — about $154 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 sale129 hd

163.02

—

KY average24 barns · 5,798 hd

163.32

−0.29

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	—	Average	1,910	99.93	1,909	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	81.68	1,157	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,108	72.50	803	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	60.16	721	3thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	Large 1	—	365	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	891	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	866	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	427	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	133.87/cwt	131.00–136.00	896	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	153.38/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,091	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	303	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	885	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	985	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	441	151.74/cwt	148.00–153.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	357	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	509	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	348	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	132.63/cwt	129.00–140.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	655	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	712	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	144.14/cwt	133.00–150.00	745	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	490	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	342	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	527	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	154.83/cwt	150.00–160.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	805	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	183	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	339	2
Bulls	—	—	1,910	99.93/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,909	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	803	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	78.69/cwt	75.00–80.50	1,140	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	87.67/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,184	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	62.74/cwt	61.00–65.00	714	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	726	1

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 Aug 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 304Year ago 346

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 55Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	235	175.00	175.00
5	—	730	122.00	122.00
2	—	575	145.00	145.00
4	—	666	130.00	130.00
5	—	311	195.00	195.00
8	—	503	160.00	160.00
11	—	420	175.00	175.00
2	—	183	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	145.00	145.00
6	—	517	133.00–150.00	144.14
10	—	288	170.00	170.00
5	—	342	154.00	154.00
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
4	—	430	150.00–160.00	154.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	279	153.00	153.00
8	—	669	131.00–136.00	133.87
1	—	785	128.00	128.00
6	—	576	145.00	145.00
16	—	372	176.00	176.00
6	—	513	158.00	158.00
2	—	308	161.00	161.00
3	—	418	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	145.00	145.00
4	—	441	148.00–153.00	151.74
6	—	357	155.00	155.00
6	—	509	152.00	152.00
2	—	348	150.00	150.00
3	—	560	129.00–140.00	132.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	500	177.00	177.00
33	—	563	175.00	175.00
8	—	410	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	181.00	181.00
2	—	545	166.00	166.00
8	—	711	153.00–154.00	153.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	161.00	161.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,910	95.00–103.00	99.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	72.50	72.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,449	75.00–80.50	78.69
2	—	1,350	85.00–90.00	87.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	61.00–65.00	62.74
1	—	1,320	55.00	55.00

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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