Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.25/cwt on 43 head, up $77.21 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 16 of 17 comparable sales and sits +31.02 against this barn's trailing median of $455.23.

Average price

$486.25

▲ 77.21 vs prior sale

43 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+35.89

vs KY average

+3.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	486.25	2,592	43

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $489.43, low $380.33, median $455.23 across 17 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 sale43 hd

486.25

—

KY average6 barns · 76 hd

450.36

+35.89

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+3.22

This barn, trailing median17 sales

455.23

+31.02

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	152.14	1,897	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	115.00	1,162	2thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	445	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,128	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	328	571.00/cwt	571.00–571.00	1,873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	412	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,204	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	486.25/cwt	486.25–486.25	2,592	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,524	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	310.15/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,177	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	215	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	215.97/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,933	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	147.68/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,870	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,015	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,989	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,307	1

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 Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 123Last week 156Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 37Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 40

No comparison due to no sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	451.00	451.00
2	400–450	445	409.00	409.00
10	500–550	516	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	640	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	505.00	505.00
3	350–400	360	475.00	475.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	571.00	571.00
18	400–450	412	535.00	535.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	533	486.25	486.25
19	600–650	601	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	527.00	527.00
2	500–550	503	400.00	400.00
8	550–600	573	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	685	300.00–320.00	310.15

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	2	—	895	214.00–218.00	215.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,266	140.00–160.00	147.68
1	—	1,170	170.00	170.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,005	130.00	130.00

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

Steers · 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle