Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady on a lighter offering of feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady with good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.74/cwt on 25 head, up $15.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 26 comparable sales and sits +17.31 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$418.74

▲ 15.26 vs prior sale

25 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$51.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.87

vs KY average

+18.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	422.16	2,218	23
Medium and Large 2	503	388.00	1,952	1thin
Medium 1-2	525	371.00	1,948	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.16/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale25 hd

418.74

—

KY average24 barns · 980 hd

406.88

+11.87

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

+18.22

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

+17.31

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	1,615	217.50	3,513	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	171.00	2,565	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	157.77	1,917	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,066	124.86	1,331	6thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$3,175	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,420	$2,721	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,515	$2,625	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	487.30/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,803	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,365	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	2,721.13/head	2,675.00–2,775.00	2,721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	458.37/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,448	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	188	540.80/cwt	500.00–585.00	1,017	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,917	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	430.85/cwt	430.00–442.00	2,167	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	393.30/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	108.39/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,192	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,707	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	147.68/cwt	141.00–156.00	1,904	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,565	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,493	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	427.37/cwt	400.00–431.00	2,162	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,028	234.82/cwt	220.00–250.00	2,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	296	617.00/cwt	617.00–617.00	1,826	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	2,053	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	458.10/cwt	439.00–460.00	2,089	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	428.18/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,128	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	410.24/cwt	398.00–420.00	2,338	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	137.13/cwt	131.00–150.00	1,481	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,156	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	165.84/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	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 Jun 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 286Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 34Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 6Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	550.00	550.00
9	500–550	534	450.00–475.00	458.37
5	800–850	814	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	427.00	427.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	875	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	188	500.00–585.00	540.80
7	300–350	325	507.00	507.00
9	350–400	370	465.00–490.00	487.30
4	400–450	431	462.00	462.00
13	450–500	497	405.00–430.00	428.18
16	500–550	506	400.00–431.00	427.37
7	550–600	570	398.00–420.00	410.24
3	650–700	668	342.00	342.00
2	750–800	763	345.00	345.00
2	1000–1050	1,028	220.00–250.00	234.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	422.00	422.00
1	500–550	503	388.00	388.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	390.00	390.00
1	650–700	665	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	371.00	371.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	540.00	540.00
8	350–400	359	572.00	572.00
12	450–500	456	439.00–460.00	458.10
14	500–550	503	430.00–442.00	430.85
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
2	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	655	361.00	361.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	435	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	450	426.00	426.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	490	390.00–400.00	393.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	296	617.00	617.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,420	2,675.00–2,775.00	2,721.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,515	2,625.00	2,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	3,175.00	3,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	106.00–111.00	108.39
3	—	1,080	131.00–150.00	137.13
1	—	955	121.00	121.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,289	141.00–156.00	147.68
1	—	1,370	182.00	182.00
2	—	990	162.00–171.00	165.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	171.00	171.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,545	215.00	215.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle