Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm on a light comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $343.00/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −76.83 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$343.00

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.55

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	546	343.00	1,871	14thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale14 hd

343.00

—

KY average24 barns · 678 hd

345.55

−2.55

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

−76.83

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	1,556	180.76	2,812	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,552	162.80	2,526	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	155.94	1,953	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	973	142.00	1,381	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	230.00	2,507	1thin

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)	1,050	$3,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,533	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	331.61/cwt	331.00–332.00	1,897	5
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,528	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	157.67/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,944	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,090	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,507	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	172.21/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,030	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	160.40/cwt	158.00–162.00	2,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,085	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,237	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	372	321.59/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	334.41/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,073	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,983	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	297.19/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,780	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	546	291.96/cwt	289.00–304.00	1,594	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,761	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	314.77/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	469	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,508	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	393.05/cwt	378.00–396.00	2,040	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	134.89/cwt	124.00–142.00	1,969	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,248	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,200	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,740	1
Bulls	—	—	1,637	166.56/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,727	3
Bulls	—	—	1,370	188.54/cwt	180.00–196.00	2,583	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 Oct 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 323Year ago 162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 59Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year ago 2

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm on a light comparison. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,572	158.00–162.00	160.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	154.00	154.00
1	—	960	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	152.00–162.00	157.67
7	—	1,179	167.00–179.00	172.21
3	—	1,460	124.00–142.00	134.89
1	—	1,200	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	230.00	230.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	200.00	200.00
3	—	1,637	160.00–170.00	166.56
3	—	1,370	180.00–196.00	188.54

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	260	415.00	415.00
1	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
12	500–550	507	351.00	351.00
5	550–600	572	331.00–332.00	331.61
6	650–700	662	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	522	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	320.00–325.00	321.59
5	500–550	546	289.00–304.00	291.96
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	790	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	410.00	410.00
3	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
6	500–550	519	378.00–396.00	393.05
3	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	615	350.00	350.00
8	650–700	658	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	435	385.00	385.00
5	450–500	498	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	518	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	573	346.00	346.00
8	600–650	620	321.00–339.00	334.41
1	650–700	660	319.00	319.00
1	800–850	800	265.00	265.00
1	950–1000	950	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	484	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	310.00–320.00	314.77
3	450–500	474	270.00–310.00	297.19

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,135	221.00	221.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	3,650.00	3,650.00

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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

Slaughter Cattle

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Replacement Cattle