Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trend this week due to limited comparison from last week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $370.06/cwt on 48 head, up $22.33 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −49.76 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$370.06

▲ 22.33 vs prior sale

48 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$78.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.24

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	521	378.21	1,971	43
Medium and Large 2	546	300.00	1,639	5thin

One grade step is worth $78.21/cwt here — about $332 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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.57, low $338.29, 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 sale48 hd

370.06

—

KY average25 barns · 379 hd

361.82

+8.24

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

−49.76

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	1,898	210.50	3,994	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	154.01	2,284	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,210	138.92	1,680	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	126.91	1,320	3thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,295	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,418	$2,800	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,270	$3,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 2	750–800	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Bulls	—	—	2,130	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,686	1
Bulls	—	—	1,665	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	504	403.50/cwt	403.50–403.50	2,034	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	333.21/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,482	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	269	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,547	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	328.47/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,947	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,418	2,800.18/head	2,650.00–2,975.00	2,800	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	433.19/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,365	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,109	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,702	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,052	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	334.10/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,577	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	356.44/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,533	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	500.54/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,291	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	411.06/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,513	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,832	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	353.67/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,454	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	295.39/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,953	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,629	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,672	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	102.36/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,111	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	154.01/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,284	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	115.28/cwt	109.00–121.00	1,318	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	135.44/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,591	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	159.31/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,071	3

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 Aug 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 265Last week 46Year ago 381

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 15

No market trend this week due to limited comparison from last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	760	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	495.00	495.00
5	450–500	452	435.00	435.00
9	500–550	512	412.00	412.00
2	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	350.00–355.00	353.67
6	450–500	462	325.00–335.00	333.21
4	500–550	543	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	269	575.00	575.00
14	300–350	339	502.00	502.00
2	350–400	393	435.00	435.00
20	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
15	500–550	509	360.00	360.00
10	550–600	570	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	628	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	718	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	504	403.50	403.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	258	470.00–505.00	500.54
7	300–350	315	420.00–460.00	433.19
27	350–400	368	380.00–415.00	411.06
22	400–450	430	340.00–360.00	356.44
14	450–500	472	330.00–340.00	334.10
9	500–550	532	320.00–335.00	328.47
3	550–600	552	320.00	320.00
9	650–700	661	280.00–300.00	295.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,130	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,665	201.00	201.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	176.00	176.00
2	—	1,085	100.00–105.00	102.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,483	152.00–157.00	154.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	109.00–121.00	115.28
4	—	1,175	129.00–142.00	135.44
3	—	1,300	154.00–163.00	159.31

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,418	2,650.00–2,975.00	2,800.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	3,175.00	3,175.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	252.00	252.00

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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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