Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.83/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −65.60 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$335.83

18 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

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

$65.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs KY average

−14.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	346.80	1,929	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	532	280.99	1,495	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.81/cwt here — about $434 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale18 hd

335.83

—

KY average25 barns · 996 hd

346.48

−10.65

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−14.74

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−65.60

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	1,767	197.53	3,490	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	170.91	2,176	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	166.44	2,554	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	972	151.46	1,473	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,383	200.00	2,766	2thin

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)	1,053	$2,586	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,108	$2,254	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	983	$1,863	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	915	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,380	$3,125	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,515	$3,028	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,797	206.94/cwt	200.00–211.00	3,719	3
Bulls	—	—	1,880	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,196	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	160.15/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,077	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	983	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	163.62/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,492	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	173.36/cwt	166.00–185.00	2,198	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,962	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	180	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	456	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,856	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,744	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	280.99/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	270.00/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,848	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,240	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	357	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,417	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	341.13/cwt	340.00–343.00	1,566	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,253	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	2,585.60/head	2,125.00–2,825.00	2,586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,643	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,376	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	2,253.78/head	1,850.00–2,525.00	2,254	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	915	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,383	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,766	2
Bulls	—	—	1,665	197.18/cwt	196.00–199.00	3,283	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	156.57/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,610	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	170.21/cwt	168.50–173.00	2,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	346.66/cwt	346.00–348.00	1,602	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	3,027.89/head	2,900.00–3,150.00	3,028	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	469	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,012	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,005	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	340.66/cwt	340.00–343.00	1,979	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,468	3

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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 56Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 10Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	475.00	475.00
1	250–300	255	415.00	415.00
4	350–400	374	410.00	410.00
18	400–450	445	392.00	392.00
5	500–550	503	379.00	379.00
5	550–600	588	381.00	381.00
1	600–650	645	310.00	310.00
7	750–800	751	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	353.00	353.00
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	500	271.00	271.00
1	650–700	670	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	462	346.00–348.00	346.66
5	550–600	559	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	456	407.00	407.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	532	280.00–283.00	280.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	310	387.00	387.00
1	350–400	375	367.00	367.00
16	400–450	437	376.00	376.00
6	500–550	519	356.00	356.00
9	550–600	581	340.00–343.00	340.66
1	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	720	261.00–279.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	402.00	402.00
5	350–400	357	397.00	397.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	459	340.00–343.00	341.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	539	418.00	418.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	469	429.00	429.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	465	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	740	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	865	252.00	252.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	200.00–211.00	206.94
1	—	1,880	170.00	170.00
2	—	1,665	196.00–199.00	197.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,297	150.00–165.00	160.15
22	—	1,268	166.00–185.00	173.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	131.00	131.00
4	—	1,028	155.00–160.00	156.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,523	160.00–165.00	163.62
3	—	1,550	168.50–173.00	170.21
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	200.00	200.00

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	—	1,053	2,125.00–2,825.00	2,585.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,108	1,850.00–2,525.00	2,253.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,350.00	2,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	915	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,515	2,900.00–3,150.00	3,027.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	3,125.00	3,125.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Owensboro Livestock Auction

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