Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 600lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.58/cwt on 30 head, down $7.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 26 comparable sales and sits −0.85 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$400.58

▼ 7.06 vs prior sale

30 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.00

vs KY average

−21.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	400.58	2,193	30

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

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

400.58

—

KY average26 barns · 1,213 hd

421.58

−21.00

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−21.59

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−0.85

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	1,854	198.23	3,675	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	177.00	2,615	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	999	166.51	1,663	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,275	160.86	2,052	13

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,025	$2,625	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,275	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	401	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,255	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,264	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	750–800	770	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	390.42/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,237	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	526.54/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,917	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	416.54/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	397	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	500.11/cwt	480.00–512.00	2,611	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	489.67/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,331	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	592.86/cwt	590.00–600.00	1,820	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,182	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	299	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,003	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	492	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,480	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	673	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,645	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,343	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,749	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	177.96/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,166	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	159.03/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,082	4
Bulls	—	—	2,128	220.65/cwt	212.00–235.00	4,695	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	144.74/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,893	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	166.51/cwt	151.00–180.00	1,663	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,901	1
Bulls	—	—	1,633	191.88/cwt	190.00–195.00	3,133	3
Bulls	—	—	1,695	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,543	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	227.38/cwt	210.00–250.00	2,565	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,011	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,288	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,554	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	421.36/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,183	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	415.82/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,117	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	461.77/cwt	460.00–472.00	2,004	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,226	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	354.19/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,394	12

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 Apr 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 229Last week 231Year ago 146

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 75Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 33Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	375	455.00	455.00
4	400–450	401	462.00	462.00
11	500–550	518	400.00–430.00	421.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	565.00	565.00
3	350–400	373	585.00	585.00
15	400–450	420	530.00	530.00
5	550–600	560	456.00	456.00
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00
12	650–700	676	350.00–355.00	354.19
1	850–900	880	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	299	670.00	670.00
20	450–500	492	504.00	504.00
5	650–700	673	393.00	393.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	645.00	645.00
5	400–450	413	546.00	546.00
8	450–500	476	480.00–520.00	489.67
13	500–550	522	480.00–512.00	500.11
3	600–650	627	410.00–430.00	416.54
1	650–700	675	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	538	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	603	458.00	458.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	307	590.00–600.00	592.86
5	350–400	364	495.00–535.00	526.54
26	400–450	434	460.00–472.00	461.77
12	500–550	509	410.00–420.00	415.82
18	550–600	573	385.00–400.00	390.42
2	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
3	650–700	660	343.00	343.00
9	750–800	778	310.00	310.00
3	1000–1050	1,010	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	770	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	415.00	415.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,535	189.00	189.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	131.00	131.00
5	—	1,217	174.00–184.00	177.96
4	—	1,309	150.00–164.00	159.03
3	—	1,308	143.00–149.00	144.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	999	151.00–180.00	166.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,128	212.00–235.00	220.65
3	—	1,633	190.00–195.00	191.88
1	—	1,695	150.00	150.00

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	—	1,128	210.00–250.00	227.38
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	221.00	221.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	250.00	250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	2,625.00	2,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,275.00	2,275.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle