Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower, with 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 $427.58/cwt on 19 head, up $5.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 26 comparable sales and sits +26.15 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$427.58

▲ 5.03 vs prior sale

19 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$94.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.89

vs KY average

+11.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	442.50	2,293	16thin
Medium and Large 2	570	348.00	1,984	3thin

One grade step is worth $94.50/cwt here — about $310 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 sale19 hd

427.58

—

KY average25 barns · 1,070 hd

415.69

+11.89

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

+11.75

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

+26.15

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	—	Average	1,644	214.19	3,521	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	178.73	2,833	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,308	152.26	1,991	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	924	135.90	1,255	7thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,150	$2,170	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	109.34/cwt	103.00–113.00	975	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	151.10/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,413	3
Bulls	—	—	1,688	201.29/cwt	200.00–202.00	3,398	2
Bulls	—	—	1,555	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,732	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,709	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	175.42/cwt	174.00–177.00	2,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,058	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,040	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	467.52/cwt	467.00–470.00	2,034	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,927	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,349	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	351.93/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,189	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,066	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,539	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	348.00/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,170.00/head	2,170.00–2,170.00	2,170	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,794	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	161.51/cwt	161.00–162.00	2,129	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,002	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	182.04/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,891	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,134	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,216	5

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 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 146Last week 407Year ago 115

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 30Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 11Year ago 20

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower, with good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	892	103.00–113.00	109.34
3	—	935	149.00–153.00	151.10
1	—	985	170.00	170.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	132.00	132.00
2	—	1,318	161.00–162.00	161.51
1	—	1,300	154.00	154.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,582	174.00–177.00	175.42
3	—	1,588	180.00–185.00	182.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	200.00–202.00	201.29
1	—	1,555	240.00	240.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	505.00	505.00
6	300–350	328	522.00	522.00
4	350–400	388	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	437	441.00	441.00
5	450–500	492	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	502	410.00	410.00
3	600–650	622	350.00–356.00	351.93
4	700–750	738	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	800	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	522	450.00	450.00
18	600–650	627	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	352.00	352.00
3	550–600	570	347.00–350.00	348.00
1	800–850	820	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	885	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	480.00	480.00
10	500–550	547	470.00	470.00
1	600–650	610	401.00	401.00
7	650–700	657	414.00	414.00
1	700–750	705	359.00	359.00
14	750–800	787	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	565.00	565.00
11	400–450	435	467.00–470.00	467.52
3	500–550	508	420.00	420.00
5	550–600	591	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	413.00	413.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	320.00	320.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	2,170.00	2,170.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle