Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2023-07-24

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 24
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
12 vs last sale 195 9 vs year ago 192 · 4.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
12 vs last sale 48 31 vs year ago 29 · +106.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
9 vs last sale 20 7 vs year ago 4 · +175.0%
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 bull calves were mostly steady on a light test. Heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady. Moderate 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 $246.34/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +80.20 against this barn's trailing median of $166.14.
Average price
$246.34
75 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$48.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.38
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2454254.391,15556
Medium and Large 2477232.561,10812thin
Medium and Large 2-3588205.571,2087thin
One grade step is worth $48.82/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale75 hd
246.34
KY average25 barns · 2,207 hd
213.96
+32.38
This barn, trailing median1 sales
166.14
+80.20
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
BullsAverage1,640109.771,8005thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,125117.001,3161thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53899.881,53615
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20298.511,18415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06076.3780915

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)1,198$1,3673thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2517243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2568
BullsMedium and Large 1-2372270.41/cwt253.00–277.001,00617
BullsMedium and Large 1-2436254.11/cwt251.00–256.001,10816
BullsMedium and Large 2509231.16/cwt227.00–232.001,1776
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4596
BullsMedium and Large 1-2298294.00/cwt294.00–294.008764
HeifersMedium and Large 2436223.53/cwt222.00–225.009758
HeifersMedium and Large 2398218.00/cwt218.00–218.008684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381240.00/cwt240.00–240.009147
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3355224.00/cwt224.00–224.007951
HeifersMedium and Large 2540210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,1371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3384
SteersMedium and Large 2-3425221.00/cwt221.00–221.009391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2284261.00/cwt261.00–261.007414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575220.84/cwt220.50–223.001,2707
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1508
HeifersMedium and Large 2561212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1896
HeifersMedium and Large 2493212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0455
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324255.00/cwt255.00–255.008265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2457240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0975
BullsMedium and Large 2-3569215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2234
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340263.00/cwt263.00–263.008941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3391
BullsMedium and Large 2550222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2211
BullsMedium and Large 2423236.36/cwt231.00–240.001,0005
BullsMedium and Large 2-3613193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1981,367.25/head1,300.00–1,450.001,3673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13189.98/cwt87.00–92.001,0185
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49589.73/cwt88.50–91.001,3412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57498.83/cwt93.00–104.001,55610
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,125117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19499.40/cwt95.00–105.001,1877
CowsBoner 80-85%1,338110.67/cwt110.00–111.001,4813
Bulls1,633120.68/cwt115.00–125.001,9712
Bulls1,645102.50/cwt95.00–110.001,6863
CowsLean 85-90%1,10681.22/cwt76.00–89.008986
CowsLean 85-90%97094.00/cwt94.00–94.009121
CowsLean 85-90%1,03670.53/cwt65.00–74.007318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,448110.14/cwt107.00–113.001,5953

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.