Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison this week due to light receipts from extreme heat. Feeder classes sold with moderate demand. Strong demand for slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.89/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −68.54 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$332.89

5 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.21

vs KY average

−14.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	516	332.89	1,717	5thin

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 sale5 hd

332.89

—

KY average25 barns · 691 hd

331.68

+1.21

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−14.61

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−68.54

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	1,425	179.00	2,551	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	163.93	2,063	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	153.03	2,295	3thin

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
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	400–450	418	346.03/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	336.11/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,717	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	185.35/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,549	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,533	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	153.03/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,295	3
Bulls	—	—	1,353	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,435	2
Bulls	—	—	1,570	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	332.11/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,807	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,629	2

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 Jul 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 56Last week 191Year ago 248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 34Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 3Year ago 0

No comparison this week due to light receipts from extreme heat. Feeder classes sold with moderate demand. Strong demand for slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	352.00	352.00
1	300–350	305	358.00	358.00
8	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	418	330.00–350.00	346.03
4	500–550	506	325.00–340.00	336.11
1	550–600	555	320.00	320.00
3	600–650	603	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
5	600–650	621	320.00–340.00	332.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	755	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	453	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	543	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	583	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	905	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	247.00	247.00
1	500–550	540	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	154.00	154.00
2	—	1,375	180.00–190.00	185.35
1	—	1,170	131.00	131.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	150.00–156.00	153.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,570	177.00	177.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,825.00	2,825.00

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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Owensboro Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle