Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were steady to 2.00 higher on a limited comparison from last week's light run. Moderate supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Moderate 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 $231.87/cwt on 150 head.

Average price

$231.87

150 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$40.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.96

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	500	236.64	1,184	122
Medium and Large 2	508	215.14	1,093	22
Medium and Large 2-3	461	196.17	904	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.47/cwt here — about $280 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 sale150 hd

231.87

—

KY average25 barns · 4,965 hd

229.90

+1.96

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	1,829	117.43	2,148	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	99.33	1,168	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,329	96.42	1,281	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	85.82	893	8thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	212.24/cwt	212.00–213.00	1,430	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	250.80/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,455	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	269.16/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,179	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,382	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	251.41/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,556	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	235.63/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,338	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	239.33/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,230	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,049	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	234.47/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,594	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,704	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	267.10/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,266	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,490	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,154	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,219	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,331	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,310	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	229.55/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,327	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,052	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	76.09/cwt	71.00–81.00	729	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	96.22/cwt	92.50–100.00	1,092	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,247	88.61/cwt	84.50–92.50	1,105	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	111.87/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,558	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	99.68/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,436	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	96.92/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,134	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	87.82/cwt	83.00–91.00	951	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	85.49/cwt	83.00–87.00	884	4
Bulls	—	—	1,880	118.67/cwt	115.00–126.00	2,231	6
Bulls	—	—	1,525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,678	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	114.44/cwt	106.00–122.00	1,463	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	843	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	242.64/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,034	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,119	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,028	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,447	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,166	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	959	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	205.90/cwt	189.00–217.00	1,163	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,043	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	919	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,064	3

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 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 380Last week 237Year ago 245

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 27Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	228.00	228.00
6	—	563	223.00	223.00
2	—	673	190.00	190.00
6	—	446	215.00	215.00
3	—	517	208.00	208.00
3	—	495	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	329	251.00	251.00
8	—	674	212.00–213.00	212.24
8	—	614	225.00	225.00
19	—	568	235.00–237.00	235.63
8	—	514	235.00–242.00	239.33
1	—	715	190.00	190.00
38	—	432	238.00	238.00
11	—	495	235.50	235.50
11	—	362	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	197.00	197.00
2	—	513	190.00	190.00
1	—	555	188.00	188.00
1	—	335	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	608	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	580	237.00–255.00	250.80
6	—	438	269.00–270.00	269.16
2	—	520	250.00	250.00
2	—	380	276.00	276.00
19	—	680	228.00–240.00	234.47
2	—	335	286.00	286.00
14	—	741	230.00	230.00
10	—	474	265.00–270.00	267.10
4	—	608	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	619	250.00–255.00	251.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	444	260.00	260.00
11	—	508	240.00	240.00
6	—	637	209.00	209.00
3	—	728	180.00	180.00
22	—	578	228.00–230.00	229.55
7	—	369	285.00	285.00
4	—	284	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	227.00	227.00
1	—	625	197.00	197.00
12	—	426	235.00–246.00	242.64
1	—	470	238.00	238.00
1	—	360	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	189.00–217.00	205.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	71.00–81.00	76.09
2	—	1,135	92.50–100.00	96.22
4	—	1,034	83.00–87.00	85.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,247	84.50–92.50	88.61
4	—	1,393	110.00–116.00	111.87
5	—	1,441	95.00–106.00	99.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,170	92.00–105.00	96.92
4	—	1,083	83.00–91.00	87.82
4	—	1,278	106.00–122.00	114.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,880	115.00–126.00	118.67
1	—	1,525	110.00	110.00

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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