Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady, with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $261.60/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −158.23 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$261.60

30 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$64.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.01

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	274.90	1,483	20
Medium and Large 2	532	237.78	1,264	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	570	210.00	1,197	1thin

One grade step is worth $64.90/cwt here — about $286 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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.57, low $347.73, median $419.83 across 24 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 sale30 hd

261.60

—

KY average26 barns · 476 hd

253.59

+8.01

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

−158.23

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	1,712	137.99	2,362	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,572	132.04	2,075	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	115.94	1,404	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	97.09	1,014	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,158	163.66	1,895	2thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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	350–400	380	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	750–800	795	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,447	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	275.00/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,004	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	229	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	292.77/cwt	291.00–294.00	1,552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	285.25/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,232	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	518	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,471	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,158	163.66/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,895	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	124.01/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,742	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	145.57/cwt	137.00–155.00	2,285	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	127.93/cwt	125.00–132.00	2,040	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,116	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	108.52/cwt	101.00–113.00	1,233	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	137.87/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,668	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	94.36/cwt	90.00–103.00	975	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,266	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,635	1
Bulls	—	—	1,880	147.08/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,765	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,927	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	123.25/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,941	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	258.48/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,173	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	279	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,494	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	305.17/cwt	288.00–310.00	1,050	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,182	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	249.44/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,305	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	1

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 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 158Year ago 226

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 31Year ago 43

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady, with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	303.00	303.00
4	450–500	451	303.00	303.00
5	500–550	530	291.00–294.00	292.77
1	550–600	570	260.00	260.00
5	650–700	674	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	743	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	232.00	232.00
1	350–400	395	244.00	244.00
2	450–500	483	226.00	226.00
1	500–550	530	170.00	170.00
1	550–600	590	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	229	220.00	220.00
7	300–350	311	280.00	280.00
15	350–400	365	260.00–280.00	275.00
7	400–450	446	265.00	265.00
11	500–550	523	245.00–253.00	249.44
6	550–600	598	242.00	242.00
5	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	695	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	219.00	219.00
1	550–600	570	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	279	300.00	300.00
13	300–350	344	288.00–310.00	305.17
23	400–450	432	285.00–291.00	285.25
7	550–600	579	258.00	258.00
3	650–700	650	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	256.00–266.00	258.48
7	500–550	515	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	590	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	518	284.00	284.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	162.00–165.00	163.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	123.00–125.00	124.01
1	—	1,200	93.00	93.00
5	—	1,136	101.00–113.00	108.52
2	—	1,210	130.00–145.00	137.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,570	137.00–155.00	145.57
5	—	1,595	125.00–132.00	127.93
1	—	1,460	112.00	112.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,033	90.00–103.00	94.36
1	—	1,115	113.50	113.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,880	140.00–155.00	147.08
1	—	1,785	164.00	164.00
3	—	1,575	120.00–130.00	123.25

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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