Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Corrections: Stock cows changed to per CWT. Added group of steers: 23 hd 677 lbs 310.00

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. With spots of steers and heifers selling sharply higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady to 4.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.49/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −155.75 against this barn's trailing median of $455.23.

Average price

$299.49

17 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.68

vs KY average

−59.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	299.49	1,714	17thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $489.43, low $380.33, median $455.23 across 17 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 sale17 hd

299.49

—

KY average22 barns · 915 hd

331.17

−31.68

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−59.18

This barn, trailing median17 sales

455.23

−155.75

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	1,816	150.92	2,741	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,608	142.93	2,298	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	132.60	1,657	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,083	103.97	1,125	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,196	175.00	2,093	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,545	180.00	2,781	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,470	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,243	$2,011	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$1,988	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,300	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	438	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,146	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	241	381.66/cwt	379.00–387.00	920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	327.13/cwt	325.00–329.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	264.08/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,563	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	263.03/cwt	248.00–270.00	1,236	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	437	274.16/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,198	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	277	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	307.44/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	667	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,081	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	235	405.16/cwt	402.00–410.00	952	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	305.56/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,047	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	384	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	234.92/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,971	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	330.60/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,577	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	297.95/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,722	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,965	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	376	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,433	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	429	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,476	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	585	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,781	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	281	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,096	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,196	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,093	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	150.08/cwt	143.00–165.00	2,394	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	81.27/cwt	80.00–84.00	936	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	135.78/cwt	131.00–138.00	2,200	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	128.39/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,620	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	116.27/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,515	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,781	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	143.96/cwt	138.00–162.00	1,759	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	126.67/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,283	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,288	1
Bulls	—	—	2,160	178.60/cwt	175.00–182.00	3,858	2
Bulls	—	—	1,873	147.56/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,764	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	126.59/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,791	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	163.84/cwt	142.00–183.00	1,666	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	1,988.41/head	1,800.00–2,150.00	1,988	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	2,011.17/head	2,000.00–2,025.00	2,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	513	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,649	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	243.49/cwt	229.00–271.00	1,247	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	323	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	375	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,290	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,569	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,671	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	259.16/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	335.84/cwt	332.00–337.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,446	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.

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Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 400Last week 452Year ago 271

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 37Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 6Year ago 8

Corrections: Stock cows changed to per CWT. Added group of steers: 23 hd 677 lbs 310.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,305	1,800.00–2,150.00	1,988.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,470	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,243	2,000.00–2,025.00	2,011.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,050.00	2,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,017	142.00–183.00	163.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	350.00	350.00
1	250–300	275	322.00	322.00
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
4	350–400	378	332.00–337.00	335.84
5	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	512	298.00	298.00
1	550–600	560	288.00	288.00
2	600–650	638	273.00	273.00
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	940	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	291.00	291.00
2	400–450	428	250.00–268.00	259.16
2	450–500	483	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	512	229.00–271.00	243.49
1	550–600	590	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	281	390.00	390.00
10	350–400	376	381.00	381.00
9	400–450	429	344.00	344.00
26	500–550	513	321.50	321.50
22	550–600	585	304.50	304.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	241	379.00–387.00	381.66
2	300–350	323	348.00	348.00
11	350–400	375	344.00	344.00
5	400–450	438	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	325.00–329.00	327.13
12	300–350	338	339.00	339.00
4	350–400	362	300.00–310.00	307.44
12	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
16	500–550	543	289.00	289.00
11	550–600	592	256.00–274.00	264.08
3	600–650	637	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	705	210.00	210.00
5	750–800	762	211.00	211.00
1	900–950	940	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	335	269.00	269.00
5	400–450	437	260.00–284.00	274.16
9	450–500	470	248.00–270.00	263.03
8	550–600	590	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	765	189.00	189.00
1	850–900	890	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	601	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	235	402.00–410.00	405.16
3	250–300	277	375.00	375.00
5	350–400	384	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	423	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	610	225.00–245.00	234.92
1	650–700	670	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	650–700	667	312.00	312.00
16	700–750	735	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	448	310.00	310.00
9	450–500	477	320.00–336.00	330.60
2	500–550	530	311.00	311.00
15	550–600	578	290.00–300.00	297.95
7	600–650	631	299.00	299.00
33	650–700	670	295.00–310.00	305.56
3	750–800	773	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	805	251.00	251.00
6	850–900	885	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,196	175.00	175.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	143.00–165.00	150.08
3	—	1,620	131.00–138.00	135.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	80.00–84.00	81.27
3	—	1,013	124.00–131.00	126.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,262	123.00–133.00	128.39
2	—	1,303	113.00–119.00	116.27
9	—	1,222	138.00–162.00	143.96
1	—	1,275	101.00	101.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	180.00	180.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,160	175.00–182.00	178.60
2	—	1,873	145.00–150.00	147.56
2	—	1,415	120.00–132.00	126.59

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

Steers · 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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