Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2022-10-24

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 24
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
47 vs last sale 338 27 vs year ago 318 · 8.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
7 vs last sale 39 6 vs year ago 52 · 11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 6 12 vs year ago 19 · 63.2%
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. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. 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 $143.56/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$143.56
128 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$22.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.78
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547145.3779599
Medium and Large 2-3424144.0061020
Large 1585122.787189thin
One grade step is worth $22.59/cwt here — about $76 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 sale128 hd
143.56
KY average22 barns · 5,964 hd
148.35
−4.78
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
BullsHigh2,17286.281,8744thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36463.8387113
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18561.8273215
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11253.335938thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,158$8912thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2316186.00/cwt186.00–186.005883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717120.00/cwt120.00–120.008603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2681121.00/cwt121.00–121.008247
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569142.00/cwt142.00–142.008089
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513151.00/cwt151.00–151.0077510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423167.76/cwt165.00–173.0071011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3670131.25/cwt120.00–135.008794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420174.00/cwt174.00–174.007312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2503167.00/cwt167.00–167.008403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574152.75/cwt150.00–161.008778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673148.23/cwt145.00–150.0099811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008051
SteersMedium and Large 2-3343164.00/cwt164.00–164.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added714135.00/cwt135.00–135.0096413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added529153.00/cwt153.00–153.008095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606141.01/cwt137.00–143.008559
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2444155.00/cwt155.00–155.0068811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2787120.00/cwt120.00–120.009443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505147.00/cwt147.00–147.0074213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2288152.29/cwt143.00–155.004394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581140.00/cwt140.00–140.0081317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008701
HeifersLarge 1654125.00/cwt125.00–125.008185
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3317144.00/cwt144.00–144.004563
CowsLean 85-90%1,14349.03/cwt48.00–50.505603
CowsLean 85-90%1,09355.91/cwt54.00–59.006115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37857.07/cwt51.00–61.007865
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34374.52/cwt74.00–75.001,0012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36065.91/cwt62.00–71.008966
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22579.00/cwt79.00–79.009681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22162.95/cwt60.00–64.0076910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08454.69/cwt48.00–58.005934
Bulls2,26092.00/cwt92.00–92.002,0791
Bulls2,14384.37/cwt80.00–87.001,8083
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,158890.50/head850.00–925.008912
HeifersLarge 1585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2-3566129.99/cwt120.00–136.007368
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006316
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004685
BullsMedium and Large 2-3462143.03/cwt139.00–145.0066111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623125.00/cwt125.00–125.007792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666132.00/cwt132.00–132.0087910
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3491146.00/cwt146.00–146.007174
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3363145.00/cwt145.00–145.005264
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3428149.00/cwt149.00–149.006386
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2347169.00/cwt169.00–169.0058613
HeifersLarge 1470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3513130.00/cwt130.00–130.006673

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.