Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold steady to firm. Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.98/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −154.45 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$246.98

9 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,368

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

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

$75.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.62

vs KY average

−57.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	255.35	1,411	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	565	180.00	1,017	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.35/cwt here — about $394 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale9 hd

246.98

—

KY average25 barns · 2,137 hd

281.60

−34.62

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−57.44

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−154.45

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	—	High	1,775	141.95	2,520	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,198	115.63	1,385	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	887	113.57	1,007	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,070	105.00	1,124	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	High	854	167.94	1,435	8thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,182	$2,266	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	978	$1,798	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$1,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$1,288	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	750–800	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	293.96/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,246	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	257.89/cwt	240.00–261.50	1,857	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,984	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	248.96/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	365	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	367	239.64/cwt	220.00–250.00	879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	444	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	309.63/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	250	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	222.31/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,581	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	269.06/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,539	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	952	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	368	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,292	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,070	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,124	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	894	174.43/cwt	165.00–184.00	1,559	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	735	148.45/cwt	137.00–155.00	1,091	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	104.46/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,210	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	81.69/cwt	80.00–84.00	809	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	116.35/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,422	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,063	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	109.59/cwt	101.00–117.00	893	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	138.31/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,593	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	139.47/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,180	4
Bulls	—	—	2,015	157.93/cwt	155.00–161.00	3,182	2
Bulls	—	—	1,295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	2,265.55/head	1,875.00–2,500.00	2,266	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	169.19/cwt	147.00–181.00	1,303	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,955.52/head	1,775.00–2,175.00	1,956	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	760	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	325	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	452	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,424	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	236.61/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	398	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,134	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	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 Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 144Year ago 247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 18Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 1Year ago 3

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold steady to firm. Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	387	309.00–311.00	309.63
5	400–450	424	282.00–297.00	293.96
6	450–500	496	294.00	294.00
3	500–550	502	266.00	266.00
5	550–600	583	237.00–252.00	248.96
1	600–650	620	235.00	235.00
4	650–700	681	241.00	241.00
22	700–750	711	220.00–223.00	222.31
2	750–800	780	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	280.00	280.00
2	250–300	250	280.00	280.00
3	350–400	367	220.00–250.00	239.64
4	400–450	444	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	495	253.00	253.00
1	550–600	565	180.00	180.00
3	600–650	638	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	339.00	339.00
4	350–400	365	333.00	333.00
6	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	495	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
25	700–750	720	240.00–261.50	257.89
10	750–800	778	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	433	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	505	260.00	260.00
11	550–600	572	250.00–271.00	269.06
6	650–700	679	220.00–240.00	236.61
1	700–750	700	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	780	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	340.00	340.00
6	350–400	368	351.00	351.00
9	450–500	452	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	515	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	665	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	894	165.00–184.00	174.43
2	—	735	137.00–155.00	148.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,158	101.00–107.00	104.46
10	—	1,222	110.00–122.00	116.35
1	—	1,250	85.00	85.00
3	—	1,152	132.00–149.00	138.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	990	80.00–84.00	81.69
2	—	815	101.00–117.00	109.59
4	—	846	138.00–142.00	139.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,015	155.00–161.00	157.93
1	—	1,295	110.00	110.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,182	1,875.00–2,500.00	2,265.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,775.00–2,175.00	1,955.52
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,350.00	1,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	770	147.00–181.00	169.19

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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