Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.05/cwt on 22 head, up $0.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 26 comparable sales and sits +12.61 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$414.05

▲ 0.24 vs prior sale

22 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$82.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.53

vs KY average

−3.06 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	417.81	2,285	21
Medium and Large 2-3	585	335.00	1,960	1thin

One grade step is worth $82.81/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd

414.05

—

KY average25 barns · 940 hd

411.52

+2.53

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−3.06

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

+12.61

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	2,088	242.41	5,062	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,578	182.85	2,885	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,297	173.22	2,247	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	146.37	1,610	11

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	2,088	242.41/cwt	240.00–245.00	5,062	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	137.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,387	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	178.24/cwt	166.00–189.00	2,344	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	156.50/cwt	152.00–160.00	1,936	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	182.85/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,885	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	123.33/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,379	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,436	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,252	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	465.51/cwt	450.00–472.00	2,076	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,169	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	354	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,346	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,700	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,462	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016	229.73/cwt	204.00–250.00	2,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	277	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	384	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,170	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	157.50/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,758	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,402	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	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 May 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 254Year ago 349

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 39Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 13Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers steady, Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,088	240.00–245.00	242.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	135.00–140.00	137.31
3	—	1,118	123.00–124.00	123.33
5	—	1,116	152.00–162.00	157.50
1	—	1,145	178.00	178.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,315	166.00–189.00	178.24
3	—	1,237	152.00–160.00	156.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	180.00–186.00	182.85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	433	520.00	520.00
3	500–550	510	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	580	420.00	420.00
3	600–650	628	392.00	392.00
1	900–950	915	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	277	655.00	655.00
9	350–400	384	565.00	565.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	565.00	565.00
2	450–500	483	500.00	500.00
3	500–550	535	487.00	487.00
1	600–650	640	413.00	413.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	395	455.00	455.00
20	400–450	446	450.00–472.00	465.51
1	550–600	575	384.00	384.00
3	700–750	735	332.00	332.00
6	800–850	836	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	508	427.00	427.00
10	550–600	583	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	525.00	525.00
2	400–450	410	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	585	335.00	335.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,016	204.00–250.00	229.73

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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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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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