Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.72/cwt on 563 head.

Average price

$133.72

563 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$8.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.75

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	708	134.39	952	508
Medium and Large 2-3	596	130.72	779	19thin
Large 1	698	125.83	878	36

One grade step is worth $8.55/cwt here — about $74 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 sale563 hd

133.72

—

KY average28 barns · 8,295 hd

135.47

−1.75

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

29 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	Large 1	—	649	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	779	11
Steers	Large 1	—	666	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	846	15
Steers	Large 1	—	721	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	901	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	516	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	617	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	751	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	812	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	827	137
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	678	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	816	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	157.43/cwt	155.00–159.00	656	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,117	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	353	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	878	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.50	675	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	733	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	912	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	133.02/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,015	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	923	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	725	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,029	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	130.40/cwt	130.00–133.00	765	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	456	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	638	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 - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Owensboro, KY

Thu Dec 3, 2020

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

Receipts 937Last week 1,064Year ago 813

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	649	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	882	112.00	112.00
12	—	374	138.00	138.00
21	—	449	137.50	137.50
65	—	558	134.50	134.50
137	—	651	127.00	127.00
20	—	833	109.50	109.50
59	—	737	125.25	125.25
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	816	108.00	108.00
2	—	353	130.00	130.00
15	—	536	125.00–127.50	125.99
6	—	733	120.75	120.75
4	—	618	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	666	127.00	127.00
21	—	721	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	572	142.00	142.00
2	—	337	170.00	170.00
18	—	417	155.00–159.00	157.43
20	—	939	119.00	119.00
79	—	655	134.00	134.00
193	—	763	132.00–135.00	133.02
19	—	469	154.50	154.50
3	—	1,036	113.00	113.00
91	—	823	125.00	125.00
7	—	500	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	865	119.00	119.00
14	—	587	130.00–133.00	130.40
3	—	456	140.00	140.00

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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