Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.90/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −60.54 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$340.90

30 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

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

$63.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.10

vs KY average

−28.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	348.88	1,953	25
Medium and Large 2	555	325.00	1,804	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	577	285.00	1,644	3thin

One grade step is worth $63.88/cwt here — about $309 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale30 hd

340.90

—

KY average25 barns · 1,868 hd

363.00

−22.10

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−28.01

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−60.54

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	1,681	185.81	3,123	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	158.38	1,831	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,569	148.43	2,329	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	876	120.24	1,053	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,500	$3,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	432	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,663	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,438	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	379.84/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,013	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	543	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	324.00/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,203	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	342.62/cwt	340.00–343.00	1,970	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,166	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,832	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	661	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,366	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,236	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,922	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,952	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,093	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,839	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	415.89/cwt	402.00–420.00	1,580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	195	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	917	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	155.94/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,338	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	133.42/cwt	131.00–136.00	2,281	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,593	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	169.73/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,859	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	995	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	806	109.93/cwt	100.00–120.00	886	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	153.82/cwt	148.00–162.00	1,926	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,185	1
Bulls	—	—	1,722	181.87/cwt	175.00–190.00	3,132	3
Bulls	—	—	1,773	160.81/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,851	3
Bulls	—	—	1,581	207.51/cwt	200.00–217.00	3,281	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	502	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,923	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	432	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,771	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	186.30/cwt	170.00–195.00	1,479	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	1
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	910	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,548	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	129.08/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,217	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	452	335.45/cwt	320.00–366.00	1,516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,119	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,215	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,601	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	310.49/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,273	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,438	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,246	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	357.23/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,550	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	499	336.01/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,677	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	4

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 Sep 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 323Last week 276Year ago 176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 54Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	381.00	381.00
4	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
18	400–450	432	385.00	385.00
13	450–500	495	370.00	370.00
9	500–550	533	360.00	360.00
16	550–600	575	340.00–343.00	342.62
4	600–650	648	345.00	345.00
3	650–700	680	320.00–326.00	324.00
1	750–800	755	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	434	355.00–360.00	357.23
2	550–600	555	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	661	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	329.00	329.00
3	350–400	365	348.00	348.00
3	400–450	410	300.00–330.00	310.49
2	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	577	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	405.00	405.00
17	500–550	530	377.00–385.00	379.84
3	550–600	592	365.00	365.00
24	650–700	668	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	725	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	285.00	285.00
3	450–500	452	320.00–366.00	335.45
2	500–550	543	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	330.00	330.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	910	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	470.00	470.00
4	250–300	295	412.00	412.00
4	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
9	350–400	380	402.00–420.00	415.89
15	400–450	434	369.00	369.00
6	500–550	507	379.00	379.00
11	550–600	574	340.00	340.00
10	600–650	638	328.00	328.00
3	700–750	747	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	432	410.00	410.00
12	500–550	502	383.00	383.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	348.00	348.00
5	400–450	423	340.00	340.00
10	450–500	499	320.00–340.00	336.01
3	500–550	542	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	655	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,499	152.00–162.00	155.94
2	—	1,710	131.00–136.00	133.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	123.00	123.00
10	—	1,095	165.00–175.00	169.73
5	—	1,252	148.00–162.00	153.82
1	—	1,150	103.00	103.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	100.00	100.00
4	—	806	100.00–120.00	109.93
1	—	900	164.00	164.00
2	—	943	128.00–130.00	129.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,722	175.00–190.00	181.87
3	—	1,773	150.00–170.00	160.81
4	—	1,581	200.00–217.00	207.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	794	170.00–195.00	186.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	3,175.00	3,175.00

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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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Replacement Cattle