Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder classes sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $343.26/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −76.57 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$343.26

31 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$74.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.52

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	357.64	1,870	25
Medium and Large 2-3	559	283.34	1,584	6thin

One grade step is worth $74.30/cwt here — about $286 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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.57, low $347.73, median $419.83 across 24 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 sale31 hd

343.26

—

KY average24 barns · 526 hd

349.78

−6.52

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

−76.57

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	—	Low	1,655	187.00	3,095	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	152.91	1,904	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	998	132.67	1,324	3thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	171.42/cwt	171.00–172.00	1,916	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,500	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,082	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,402	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,280	1
Bulls	—	—	1,920	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	350.10/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,821	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,795	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,630	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	392.89/cwt	370.00–397.00	1,697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,006	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,314	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	333.13/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,982	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	408.00/cwt	401.00–415.00	1,714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	275.01/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	382.01/cwt	352.00–384.00	1,692	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	794	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,382	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	132.45/cwt	124.00–148.00	1,574	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	160.38/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,127	6
Bulls	—	—	1,525	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	3,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,299	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	508	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,885	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	389	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,595	5

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 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 131Last week 176Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 51Year ago 37

Compared to last week feeder classes sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand for slaughter classes.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	171.00–172.00	171.42
4	—	1,188	124.00–148.00	132.45
6	—	1,326	155.00–165.00	160.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	150.00	150.00
1	—	925	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,070	131.00	131.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,920	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,525	211.00	211.00

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	275	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	385	362.00	362.00
16	400–450	443	352.00–384.00	382.01
5	500–550	520	340.00–357.00	350.10
8	550–600	595	330.00–335.00	333.13
1	650–700	650	309.00	309.00
1	700–750	700	280.00	280.00
3	750–800	770	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	885	237.00	237.00
8	1000–1050	1,006	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	485	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	422.00	422.00
7	350–400	363	449.00	449.00
13	400–450	432	370.00–397.00	392.89
1	500–550	525	342.00	342.00
5	550–600	579	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	652	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	720	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
4	550–600	571	270.00–280.00	275.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	490.00	490.00
19	500–550	508	371.00	371.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	441.00	441.00
2	400–450	420	401.00–415.00	408.00
1	500–550	540	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
5	750–800	792	326.00	326.00
1	950–1000	970	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	794	300.00	300.00

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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