Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.55/cwt on 599 head.

Average price

$144.55

599 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$42.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.29

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	676	145.94	987	520
Medium and Large 2-3	653	135.83	886	78
Small 1	745	103.50	771	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.44/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale599 hd

144.55

—

KY average28 barns · 6,135 hd

140.27

+4.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	632	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	758	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	132.82/cwt	132.00–134.00	772	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	711	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	909	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,039	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	844	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	771	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	834	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	175
Steers	Small 1	—	745	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	134.53/cwt	120.00–135.00	881	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,030	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	972	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	746	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	990	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	146.13/cwt	136.00–147.00	777	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,084	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	399	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	943	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	872	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	637	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	113.13/cwt	113.00–114.00	923	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	140.09/cwt	139.00–141.00	588	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	952	2

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.

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Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Owensboro, KY

Thu Aug 13, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	490	129.00	129.00
4	—	750	117.00	117.00
31	—	581	132.00–134.00	132.82
1	—	711	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	758	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	647	140.50	140.50
73	—	547	141.00	141.00
71	—	596	140.00	140.00
41	—	754	125.00	125.00
30	—	651	134.00	134.00
19	—	465	137.00	137.00
16	—	816	113.00–114.00	113.13
14	—	420	139.00–141.00	140.09
2	—	924	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	737	141.00	141.00
39	—	555	152.00	152.00
4	—	864	121.00	121.00
2	—	417	162.00	162.00
175	—	655	150.00	150.00
86	—	752	137.00	137.00
80	—	635	153.00	153.00
33	—	825	130.00	130.00
22	—	462	161.50	161.50
10	—	903	120.00	120.00
5	—	399	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	557	140.00	140.00
3	—	627	130.00	130.00
1	—	990	101.00	101.00
34	—	655	120.00–135.00	134.53
20	—	747	132.50	132.50
13	—	532	136.00–147.00	146.13
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	103.50	103.50

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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