Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Strong demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher with good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $297.25/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −104.18 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$297.25

39 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$409

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

$56.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.91

vs KY average

−24.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	299.72	1,624	36
Medium and Large 2	510	280.00	1,428	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	500	243.00	1,215	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.72/cwt here — about $409 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 sale39 hd

297.25

—

KY average26 barns · 1,463 hd

309.16

−11.91

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−24.13

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−104.18

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	2,028	159.98	3,245	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	130.00	1,973	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	129.36	1,597	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	978	114.52	1,120	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)	1,460	$2,475	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,230	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,575	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,200	$2,429	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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	600–650	622	295.11/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	358.73/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,609	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	316.47/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,743	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,586	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	233.71/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,906	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	420	337.67/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,418	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,043	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,242	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	291.71/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	379	297.74/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,128	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,973	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	125.27/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,581	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,103	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	116.00/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,419	3
Bulls	—	—	2,058	172.35/cwt	170.00–175.00	3,547	2
Bulls	—	—	2,050	162.61/cwt	160.00–165.00	3,334	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	141.42/cwt	136.00–150.00	1,713	11
Bulls	—	—	1,925	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,503	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	140.46/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,360	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	823	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	102.71/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,017	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	115.27/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	291.65/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,633	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	266.06/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,759	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	291.44/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	924	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,377	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	387	387.62/cwt	385.00–391.00	1,500	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	516	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,718	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	457	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,654	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	459	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,538	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	273	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	561	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,762	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	384	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,640	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	437	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	324.62/cwt	324.00–325.00	1,438	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,428.54/head	2,375.00–2,475.00	2,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	466	394.83/cwt	385.00–407.00	1,840	21

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 Mar 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 282Last week 520Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 41Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 13Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	622	280.00–303.00	295.11
7	1000–1050	1,043	215.00	215.00
2	1250–1300	1,265	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	382.00	382.00
10	600–650	605	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	427.00	427.00
3	400–450	437	417.00	417.00
21	450–500	466	385.00–407.00	394.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	335	357.00–360.00	358.73
5	350–400	388	355.00	355.00
19	400–450	420	335.00–345.00	337.67
14	450–500	459	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	519	310.00	310.00
12	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
10	600–650	603	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	354.00	354.00
13	400–450	443	324.00–325.00	324.62
3	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
12	550–600	560	290.00–295.00	291.65
5	650–700	661	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	297.00–300.00	297.74
2	450–500	473	290.00–293.00	291.44
1	500–550	500	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	296	350.00	350.00
6	300–350	343	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	482	316.00–318.00	316.47
14	550–600	563	290.00–292.00	291.71
1	600–650	600	276.00	276.00
15	650–700	661	260.00–275.00	266.06
4	750–800	759	215.00–240.00	233.71
2	800–850	843	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	595	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	415.00	415.00
11	350–400	387	385.00–391.00	387.62
7	450–500	457	362.00	362.00
8	500–550	516	333.00	333.00
11	550–600	561	314.00	314.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,262	120.00–133.00	125.27
1	—	1,125	98.00	98.00
3	—	1,223	113.00–119.00	116.00
11	—	1,211	136.00–150.00	141.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	139.00–142.00	140.46
1	—	980	84.00	84.00
2	—	990	101.00–105.00	102.71
3	—	975	113.00–119.00	115.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,058	170.00–175.00	172.35
2	—	2,050	160.00–165.00	162.61
1	—	1,925	130.00	130.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,460	2,475.00	2,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	2,475.00	2,475.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	2,375.00–2,475.00	2,428.54

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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