Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were steady to 3.00 higher. Light supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Light supply of slaughter cattle with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.13/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$220.13

100 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$37.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.93

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	453	225.91	1,023	84
Medium and Large 2-3	408	192.46	786	5thin
Medium and Large 2	528	188.64	997	11thin

One grade step is worth $37.27/cwt here — about $26 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 sale100 hd

220.13

—

KY average22 barns · 5,481 hd

192.21

+27.93

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	1,792	118.83	2,129	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	97.07	1,388	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,141	89.75	1,024	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	71.49	729	8thin

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)	1,228	$1,226	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	975	$1,175	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,215	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	566	193.06/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,093	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	257	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,368	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,160	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	225	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	188.76/cwt	183.00–201.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	266.31/cwt	249.00–269.00	991	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	705	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	203.96/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,246	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	247.68/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,058	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,063	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	236.99/cwt	236.00–238.00	912	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	205	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	231.89/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,241	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,119	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,066	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,127	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	227.54/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,047	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	398	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	214.49/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,094	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	232.94/cwt	229.00–234.00	997	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	1,225.98/head	1,150.00–1,285.00	1,226	3
Bulls	—	—	1,729	116.80/cwt	115.00–120.00	2,019	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	97.21/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,118	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	896	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	88.22/cwt	84.00–92.00	992	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	91.15/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,338	4
Bulls	—	—	2,105	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,715	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	62.93/cwt	62.00–64.00	579	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	104.97/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,446	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	74.35/cwt	71.00–77.50	782	6

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 Apr 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 267Last week 444Year ago 463

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 60Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 19Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	566	187.00–200.00	193.06
3	—	257	243.00	243.00
13	—	977	140.00	140.00
4	—	763	152.00	152.00
8	—	375	260.00	260.00
2	—	633	168.00	168.00
3	—	663	170.00	170.00
7	—	460	220.00–238.00	227.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	227.00	227.00
8	—	496	215.00	215.00
3	—	442	224.00	224.00
2	—	398	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	474	183.00–201.00	188.76
1	—	205	216.00	216.00
1	—	415	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	281	251.00	251.00
9	—	462	230.00	230.00
10	—	385	236.00–238.00	236.99
3	—	583	192.00	192.00
32	—	510	211.00–215.00	214.49
24	—	428	229.00–234.00	232.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	580	175.00	175.00
1	—	275	222.00	222.00
2	—	543	187.00	187.00
1	—	640	176.00	176.00
2	—	455	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	569	215.00	215.00
3	—	770	175.00	175.00
7	—	372	249.00–269.00	266.31
10	—	611	190.00–210.00	203.96
25	—	427	247.00–252.00	247.68
28	—	535	215.00–232.50	231.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	230.00	230.00
1	—	465	215.00	215.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,228	1,150.00–1,285.00	1,225.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,729	115.00–120.00	116.80
1	—	2,105	129.00	129.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	94.00–102.00	97.21
1	—	1,195	75.00	75.00
5	—	1,125	84.00–92.00	88.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	87.00–94.00	91.15
3	—	1,378	102.00–107.00	104.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	62.00–64.00	62.93
6	—	1,052	71.00–77.50	74.35

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

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle