Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold firm. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.42/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −165.01 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$236.42

42 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.76

vs KY average

−24.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	236.42	1,280	42

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 sale42 hd

236.42

—

KY average26 barns · 1,668 hd

239.19

−2.76

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−24.04

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−165.01

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	1,729	129.88	2,246	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,585	117.52	1,863	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,261	112.53	1,419	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	101.00	1,018	9thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	950	162.00	1,539	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$1,775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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	500–550	511	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,051	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	844	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,861	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,413	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	240.56/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,371	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,485	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,144	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	231.04/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,308	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	256.98/cwt	248.00–261.00	1,318	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	274.01/cwt	264.00–279.00	945	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	281.34/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,280	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,254	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	150–200	190	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,291	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	107.44/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,026	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	805	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	107.24/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,810	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	89.88/cwt	73.00–96.00	1,135	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	120.23/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,502	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	950	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,539	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	141.29/cwt	130.00–155.00	2,706	2
Bulls	—	—	1,543	118.46/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,828	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	118.38/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,805	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	129.95/cwt	129.00–131.00	2,131	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	138.66/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,789	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	108.74/cwt	101.00–113.00	1,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	150–200	190	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	975	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	825	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	653	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,502	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	92.69/cwt	91.00–96.00	945	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	119.30/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	273	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,153	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	248.86/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,127	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	338	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,112	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	274	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	241.32/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,252	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,493	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	411	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,291	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,552	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	287.63/cwt	267.00–298.00	1,208	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,027	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,080	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	948	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 Oct 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 343Last week 221Year ago 197

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 53Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 2

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold firm. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes 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
1	250–300	290	327.00	327.00
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	388	294.00	294.00
5	450–500	455	276.00–285.00	281.34
4	500–550	511	278.00	278.00
12	550–600	595	251.00	251.00
2	600–650	633	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	775	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	805	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	269.00	269.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	653	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	314.00	314.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	299.00	299.00
1	300–350	315	295.00	295.00
5	350–400	360	292.00	292.00
18	400–450	420	267.00–298.00	287.63
4	450–500	475	264.00	264.00
13	500–550	513	248.00–261.00	256.98
20	550–600	570	230.00–245.00	240.56
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
13	650–700	670	221.00	221.00
4	700–750	734	200.00	200.00
4	850–900	885	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	190	262.00	262.00
1	350–400	375	220.00	220.00
5	400–450	445	259.00	259.00
1	450–500	495	236.00	236.00
4	550–600	571	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	346.00	346.00
4	300–350	338	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	632	235.00	235.00
5	650–700	662	234.00	234.00
38	800–850	844	220.50	220.50
6	1000–1050	1,027	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	345	264.00–279.00	274.01
22	400–450	435	263.00	263.00
7	450–500	453	248.00–249.00	248.86
22	500–550	519	231.00–242.00	241.32
20	550–600	566	220.00–233.00	231.04
9	650–700	673	210.00	210.00
6	700–750	732	212.00	212.00
1	750–800	790	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	247.00	247.00
2	300–350	330	249.00	249.00
2	450–500	485	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	840	180.00	180.00
1	950–1000	975	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	310	293.00	293.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,775.00	1,775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	104.00–111.00	107.44
1	—	1,150	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,020	91.00–96.00	92.69
2	—	1,000	115.00–124.00	119.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,688	105.00–111.00	107.24
7	—	1,525	115.00–121.00	118.38
2	—	1,640	129.00–131.00	129.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,263	73.00–96.00	89.88
8	—	1,249	116.00–127.00	120.23
4	—	1,290	132.00–147.00	138.66
8	—	1,256	101.00–113.00	108.74
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	162.00	162.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,915	130.00–155.00	141.29
2	—	1,543	110.00–125.00	118.46

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

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