Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Strong demand for slaughter classes with a strong quality offer.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $437.21/cwt on 27 head, up $18.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 24 comparable sales and sits +17.39 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$437.21

▲ 18.75 vs prior sale

27 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$358

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

$40.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.85

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	547	440.19	2,410	25
Medium and Large 2	513	400.00	2,052	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.19/cwt here — about $358 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale27 hd

437.21

—

KY average26 barns · 666 hd

446.06

−8.85

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

+17.39

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	1,682	199.76	3,360	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,628	175.53	2,858	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	172.69	1,995	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	988	169.03	1,670	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	985	196.00	1,931	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,365	$2,925	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,305	$2,675	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$2,875	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	930	$2,625	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	790	$2,088	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2-3	500–550	535	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	395.35/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,052	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	426.18/cwt	420.00–432.00	1,406	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	420.58/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,082	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	380.50/cwt	380.00–381.00	2,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	314	587.00/cwt	587.00–587.00	1,843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,095	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	469.17/cwt	461.00–487.00	2,003	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	425.40/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,416	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	590.79/cwt	512.00–632.00	1,950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,335	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,915	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,050	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	975	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	379.48/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,129	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	581	427.74/cwt	420.00–433.00	2,485	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	300	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,905	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	225	737.00/cwt	737.00–737.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	985	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,931	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	169.03/cwt	158.00–180.00	1,670	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	181.80/cwt	176.00–187.00	2,672	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,945	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	3,170	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	163.16/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,899	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,727	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	181.51/cwt	170.00–195.00	2,075	9
Bulls	—	—	1,325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,253	2
Bulls	—	—	1,902	226.18/cwt	212.00–249.00	4,302	3
Bulls	—	—	1,735	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,123	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	2,087.50/head	2,000.00–2,175.00	2,088	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	232.06/cwt	204.00–271.00	2,207	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,057	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	491.45/cwt	450.00–517.00	2,162	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	350	617.00/cwt	617.00–617.00	2,160	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,075	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,354	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,449	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	223	637.25/cwt	630.00–645.00	1,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	478.59/cwt	467.00–490.00	1,522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	276	632.00/cwt	632.00–632.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	2

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 Mar 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 400Year ago 282

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 50Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 11Year ago 6

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Strong demand for slaughter classes with a strong quality offer.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	420.00–432.00	426.18
2	450–500	475	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	535	327.00	327.00
3	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	580.00	580.00
10	350–400	374	512.00	512.00
15	400–450	427	461.00–487.00	469.17
11	450–500	495	420.00–427.00	420.58
4	550–600	560	380.00–381.00	380.50
2	600–650	645	332.00	332.00
3	650–700	665	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	630.00–645.00	637.25
6	250–300	276	632.00	632.00
7	300–350	314	587.00	587.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	975	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	467.00–490.00	478.59
2	400–450	433	375.00–415.00	395.35
1	950–1000	975	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	400.00	400.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	685.00	685.00
1	250–300	290	620.00	620.00
1	300–350	320	585.00	585.00
1	350–400	380	535.00	535.00
8	400–450	440	450.00–517.00	491.45
10	500–550	507	483.00	483.00
5	550–600	561	370.00–382.00	379.48
1	600–650	645	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	715	300.00	300.00
4	850–900	876	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	737.00	737.00
5	300–350	300	635.00	635.00
12	350–400	350	617.00	617.00
10	550–600	581	420.00–433.00	427.74
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	512.00–632.00	590.79
1	350–400	385	560.00	560.00
6	400–450	417	560.00	560.00
2	450–500	463	530.00	530.00
1	500–550	500	460.00	460.00
3	550–600	568	420.00–428.00	425.40
1	750–800	795	338.00	338.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	413.00	413.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	196.00	196.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	158.00–180.00	169.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	176.00–187.00	181.80
1	—	1,945	163.00	163.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,164	156.00–168.00	163.16
1	—	1,225	141.00	141.00
9	—	1,143	170.00–195.00	181.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,902	212.00–249.00	226.18
1	—	1,735	180.00	180.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	790	2,000.00–2,175.00	2,087.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,875.00	2,875.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	2,625.00	2,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	2,675.00	2,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	2,925.00	2,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	2,750.00	2,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	951	204.00–271.00	232.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	226.00	226.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	3,000.00	3,000.00

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

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

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Slaughter Cattle

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