Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison this week due to Holiday break. Good demand for feeder and slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.53/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$194.53

59 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$407

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

$47.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.41

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	616	196.13	1,208	57
Medium and Large 2-3	538	149.00	801	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.13/cwt here — about $407 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 sale59 hd

194.53

—

KY average1 barns · 60 hd

193.12

+1.41

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	—	Low	1,745	107.50	1,876	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,580	95.99	1,517	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,246	84.85	1,057	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	72.82	739	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	825	110.00	908	1thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,465	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,606	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,488	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	502	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,199	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	220.58/cwt	216.00–225.00	964	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,182	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	740	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,147	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,128	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,001	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,165	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	803	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,405	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	215.52/cwt	203.00–217.00	1,110	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,243	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,220	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	634	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	624	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	75.57/cwt	71.00–78.00	930	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	84.97/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,052	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	95.03/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,195	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	90.00/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,414	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	103.32/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,635	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	75.98/cwt	74.00–78.00	758	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	887	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	61.69/cwt	58.00–66.00	771	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 Jan 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 354Year ago 218

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 73Year ago 34

No comparison this week due to Holiday break. Good demand for feeder and slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	771	190.00	190.00
7	—	744	200.00	200.00
1	—	405	230.00	230.00
1	—	985	144.00	144.00
2	—	605	212.00	212.00
3	—	663	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	747	215.00	215.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	170.00	170.00
9	—	449	223.00	223.00
3	—	463	200.00	200.00
8	—	563	207.00	207.00
3	—	642	190.00	190.00
5	—	1,132	120.00	120.00
6	—	378	234.00	234.00
10	—	515	203.00–217.00	215.52
1	—	825	137.00	137.00
1	—	720	170.00	170.00
1	—	860	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
1	—	625	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	803	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	582	206.00	206.00
8	—	437	216.00–225.00	220.58
1	—	695	170.00	170.00
7	—	515	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	155.00	155.00
1	—	540	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,725	130.00	130.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	76.00	76.00
4	—	1,571	85.00–94.00	90.00
6	—	1,582	97.00–110.00	103.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,075	58.00	58.00
3	—	997	74.00–78.00	75.98
1	—	985	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,231	71.00–78.00	75.57
9	—	1,238	82.00–88.00	84.97
14	—	1,258	90.00–103.00	95.03
3	—	1,250	58.00–66.00	61.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	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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