Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold mostly steady, with strong demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.58/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −155.86 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$245.58

64 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.40

vs KY average

−18.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	245.58	1,349	64

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $441.67, low $362.03, median $401.43 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale64 hd

245.58

—

KY average26 barns · 1,509 hd

254.98

−9.40

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−18.94

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−155.86

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	1,724	134.19	2,314	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	121.32	1,880	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	113.64	1,395	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	955	106.70	1,019	17
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,060	131.00	1,389	1thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,345	$1,450	1thin

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 1-2	450–500	452	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,248	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	226	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	802	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,420	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	649	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,532	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	216.10/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,394	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	240.35/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,370	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	252.74/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,317	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	239.58/cwt	225.00–254.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,102	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,130	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	253.31/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,459	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	188.95/cwt	186.00–192.00	1,653	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	89.30/cwt	83.00–93.00	910	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	118.47/cwt	111.00–126.00	1,451	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,060	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,389	1
Bulls	—	—	1,484	115.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,721	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	151.13/cwt	142.00–160.00	2,615	5
Bulls	—	—	1,958	131.26/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,570	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	132.85/cwt	126.00–150.00	1,197	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	105.95/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,097	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	69.66/cwt	68.00–71.00	637	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	121.32/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,880	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	105.08/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,264	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	136.04/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	879	157.94/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,388	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	496	241.79/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,199	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	783	158.51/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	958	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	436	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,317	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	359	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,185	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,485	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	290	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,059	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	220	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	939	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	203.03/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	310.86/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,010	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	278	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	512	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,454	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	226.62/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	239.43/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,590	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	5

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 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 353Last week 175Year ago 577

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 40Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 45Year ago 20

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold mostly steady, with strong demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	304.00	304.00
11	350–400	380	290.00	290.00
8	400–450	428	264.00	264.00
27	450–500	452	276.00	276.00
27	500–550	521	240.00–256.00	252.74
37	550–600	570	225.00–244.00	240.35
9	600–650	645	215.00–220.00	216.10
2	750–800	755	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	226	355.00	355.00
2	250–300	278	314.00	314.00
10	300–350	325	308.00–312.00	310.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	649	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	259.00	259.00
1	400–450	410	229.00	229.00
2	750–800	783	157.00–160.00	158.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	458	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	562	270.00	270.00
7	650–700	664	238.00–243.00	239.43
3	700–750	742	231.00	231.00
2	850–900	863	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	875	186.00–192.00	188.95
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	225.00–254.00	239.58
6	450–500	496	240.00–251.00	241.79
2	750–800	750	170.00	170.00
3	850–900	879	155.00–164.00	157.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	292.00	292.00
1	350–400	355	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
21	550–600	576	240.00–259.00	253.31
5	600–650	642	221.00–228.00	226.62
5	650–700	695	220.00	220.00
3	750–800	757	200.00–209.00	203.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	356.00	356.00
9	250–300	290	365.00	365.00
15	350–400	359	330.00	330.00
18	400–450	436	302.00	302.00
20	500–550	512	284.00	284.00
13	550–600	555	267.50	267.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,450.00	1,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,019	83.00–93.00	89.30
7	—	901	126.00–150.00	132.85
3	—	1,035	100.00–115.00	105.95
3	—	915	68.00–71.00	69.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,225	111.00–126.00	118.47
12	—	1,203	100.00–110.00	105.08
2	—	1,395	132.00–140.00	136.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	118.00–125.00	121.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	131.00	131.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,484	110.00–120.00	115.96
5	—	1,730	142.00–160.00	151.13
4	—	1,958	130.00–135.00	131.26

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 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