Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower with a planer quality offering on feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $228.46/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −172.98 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$228.46

43 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$36.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.15

vs KY average

−31.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	230.16	1,237	41
Medium and Large 2-3	558	193.50	1,079	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.66/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale43 hd

228.46

—

KY average25 barns · 1,914 hd

242.60

−14.15

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−31.17

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−172.98

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	1,942	145.00	2,816	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,516	128.95	1,955	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,270	113.31	1,439	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	983	98.97	973	5thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	400–450	405	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,082	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	213.96/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	201.34/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,486	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	257.68/cwt	242.00–264.00	1,147	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	222.64/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,258	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,175	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	235.49/cwt	220.00–249.00	1,220	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,291	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	85.01/cwt	81.00–88.00	979	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	107.68/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,383	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,284	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	137.66/cwt	130.00–143.00	2,278	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	128.43/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,668	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	118.50/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,503	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	350	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,166	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	224.24/cwt	209.00–228.00	1,449	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,033	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	230	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	338	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,129	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	519	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,401	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	570	245.70/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,400	21
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	244.25/cwt	210.00–256.00	1,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	992	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,050	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	62.93/cwt	50.00–76.00	617	2
Bulls	—	—	1,863	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,608	3
Bulls	—	—	2,060	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	3,141	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	111.47/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,737	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,165	120.26/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,401	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 Oct 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 191Year ago 346

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 15Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	308.00	308.00
1	400–450	405	286.00	286.00
2	500–550	528	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	555	264.00	264.00
2	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	718	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	333.00	333.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	840	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	281.00	281.00
5	400–450	442	292.00	292.00
3	500–550	522	225.00	225.00
2	550–600	588	210.00	210.00
10	600–650	646	209.00–228.00	224.24
1	650–700	650	210.00	210.00
8	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
2	850–900	890	160.00	160.00
2	950–1000	950	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	240.00	240.00
4	400–450	421	210.00–256.00	244.25
3	450–500	488	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	334.00	334.00
11	500–550	519	270.00	270.00
21	550–600	570	240.00–252.00	245.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	270.00	270.00
9	350–400	373	277.00	277.00
14	400–450	445	242.00–264.00	257.68
4	450–500	451	240.00	240.00
24	500–550	518	220.00–249.00	235.49
17	550–600	565	215.00–230.00	222.64
4	600–650	634	212.00–220.00	213.96
2	650–700	675	210.00	210.00
11	700–750	738	197.00–211.00	201.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	253.00	253.00
1	500–550	535	216.00	216.00
1	550–600	580	171.00	171.00
1	800–850	810	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	81.00–88.00	85.01
12	—	1,284	101.00–111.00	107.68
7	—	1,299	125.00–133.00	128.43
9	—	1,268	112.00–122.00	118.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,040	101.00	101.00
2	—	980	50.00–76.00	62.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,655	130.00–143.00	137.66
2	—	1,558	111.00–112.00	111.47
3	—	1,165	117.00–128.00	120.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,863	140.00	140.00
2	—	2,060	150.00–155.00	152.49

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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