Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Feeder classes sold sharply higher with good demand. Active market with strong buyer participation. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold firm. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $251.28/cwt on 149 head.

Average price

$251.28

149 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$478

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

$44.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.22

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	503	253.55	1,275	138
Medium and Large 2	444	230.93	1,026	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	382	208.79	797	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.76/cwt here — about $478 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 sale149 hd

251.28

—

KY average26 barns · 5,890 hd

237.07

+14.22

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	1,665	105.00	1,748	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,703	103.42	1,762	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	98.65	1,222	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	977	76.52	748	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,525	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$1,777	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,415	$1,612	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	645	$800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2Fancy	—	382	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,108	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	225	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,288	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,596	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	238.24/cwt	232.00–244.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	333	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	999	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	262.61/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,195	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	253.81/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	212.58/cwt	200.00–226.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	378	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,467	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,169	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	242.81/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,501	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	642	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,522	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	522	263.29/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,374	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	569	252.39/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,436	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	348	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,145	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	105.77/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,348	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	493	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,728	112.47/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,943	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	92.81/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,127	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	796	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	84.39/cwt	80.00–89.00	808	3
Bulls	—	—	1,665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,748	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	72.34/cwt	71.00–75.00	747	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,687	97.39/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,643	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,611.75/head	1,425.00–1,775.00	1,612	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,026	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	645	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	1,777.44/head	1,575.00–1,925.00	1,777	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,516	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	152.05/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	841	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	212.16/cwt	208.00–215.00	1,498	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	231.59/cwt	224.00–240.00	1,336	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,254	7

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 Feb 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 351Last week 308Year ago 334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 38Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 5Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	382	290.00	290.00
3	—	333	300.00	300.00
40	—	455	260.00–267.00	262.61
1	—	285	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	212.00	212.00
1	—	535	198.00	198.00
2	—	383	200.00–226.00	212.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	511	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	232.00–244.00	238.24
3	—	495	224.00	224.00
2	—	438	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	476	245.00–255.00	253.81
3	—	647	215.00	215.00
2	—	763	206.00	206.00
6	—	670	219.00	219.00
23	—	577	224.00–240.00	231.59
7	—	516	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	841	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	430	305.00	305.00
4	—	580	244.00	244.00
2	—	325	309.00	309.00
3	—	517	280.00	280.00
3	—	482	290.00	290.00
3	—	792	205.00	205.00
9	—	618	237.00–246.00	242.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	614	260.00	260.00
7	—	730	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	433	270.00	270.00
1	—	510	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	287.00	287.00
1	—	330	291.00	291.00
1	—	625	220.00	220.00
7	—	659	230.00	230.00
2	—	558	232.00	232.00
4	—	870	150.00–158.00	152.05
3	—	503	234.00	234.00
1	—	265	303.00	303.00
1	—	485	250.00	250.00
5	—	706	208.00–215.00	212.16
1	—	415	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	642	237.00	237.00
33	—	522	260.00–265.00	263.29
23	—	435	310.00	310.00
23	—	569	250.00–254.00	252.39
5	—	348	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	78.00	78.00
7	—	1,274	101.00–114.00	105.77
5	—	1,214	90.00–98.00	92.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	50.00	50.00
1	—	865	92.00	92.00
3	—	957	80.00–89.00	84.39
3	—	1,032	71.00–75.00	72.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	111.00–114.00	112.47
3	—	1,687	94.00–99.00	97.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,415	1,425.00–1,775.00	1,611.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,395	1,575.00–1,925.00	1,777.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,525	1,900.00	1,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	114.00	114.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	800.00	800.00

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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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

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