Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Strong demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.47/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −137.96 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$263.47

35 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,405

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$28.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.45

vs KY average

−12.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	265.42	1,419	32
Large 1-2	500	254.00	1,270	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	237.00	1,256	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.42/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale35 hd

263.47

—

KY average26 barns · 1,713 hd

265.92

−2.45

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−12.99

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−137.96

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	—	Low	1,382	131.92	1,822	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,502	118.87	1,785	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,247	117.42	1,464	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	882	92.33	814	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$1,713	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,345	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,090	$1,560	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	870	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	700–750	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,373	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	270.29/cwt	259.00–273.00	1,397	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	254.70/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,459	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	310.68/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	217.47/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,642	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	228.82/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,547	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	256.84/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,474	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,560.00/head	1,560.00–1,560.00	1,560	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,262	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	136.01/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,262	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,712.71/head	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,024	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	91.61/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,044	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	106.21/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,334	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	123.00/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,509	6
Bulls	—	—	1,200	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,440	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	3,162	1
Bulls	—	—	1,143	126.33/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,444	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	134.55/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,962	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	124.35/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,881	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	137.81/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,805	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	827	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	732	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	245	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	853	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	500	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,270	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	109.31/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	401	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,239	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,166	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	661	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,593	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	503	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,439	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,209	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	252.89/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,240	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	258	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	233.20/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,441	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,251	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 May 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 220Last week 225Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 48Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 6Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	473	310.00–312.00	310.68
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	555	286.00	286.00
7	600–650	622	252.00–255.00	252.89
2	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	320.00	320.00
8	400–450	432	287.00	287.00
8	450–500	494	278.00	278.00
22	500–550	517	259.00–273.00	270.29
10	550–600	573	251.00–257.00	254.70
5	600–650	635	235.00	235.00
29	650–700	676	220.00–237.00	228.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	258.00	258.00
2	500–550	530	237.00	237.00
3	700–750	720	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	825	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	336.00	336.00
4	350–400	360	324.00	324.00
5	400–450	401	309.00	309.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	333.00	333.00
9	450–500	460	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	505	264.00	264.00
13	550–600	574	250.00–261.00	256.84
5	600–650	618	230.00–234.00	233.20
12	750–800	755	210.00–220.00	217.47
5	850–900	853	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	370	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	525	231.00	231.00
2	850–900	853	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	256.00	256.00
1	450–500	490	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	503	286.00	286.00
18	650–700	661	241.00	241.00
6	700–750	705	230.00	230.00

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)	1	—	1,090	1,560.00	1,560.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,205	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,712.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	165.00	165.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	928	131.00–141.00	136.01
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	1,600.00	1,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,140	89.00–94.00	91.61
7	—	1,256	102.00–112.00	106.21
6	—	1,227	120.00–128.00	123.00
6	—	1,310	130.00–150.00	137.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	131.00–138.00	134.55
3	—	1,513	123.00–125.00	124.35
5	—	1,512	105.00–116.00	109.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	95.00	95.00
1	—	725	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,050	81.00	81.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	120.00	120.00
1	—	2,040	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,143	125.00–128.00	126.33

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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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