Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

CPH 45 Sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.61/cwt on 338 head.

Average price

$131.61

338 head · 748 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$6.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.51

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	749	132.32	991	303
Medium and Large 2-3	735	125.49	922	35

One grade step is worth $6.83/cwt here — about $69 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 sale338 hd

131.61

—

KY average25 barns · 5,723 hd

136.12

−4.51

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

21 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 1-2	—	929	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,022	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	915	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	791	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	862	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	910	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	867	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	646	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	775	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	843	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	821	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	722	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,051	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	932	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	128.75/cwt	126.00–131.00	991	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,010	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	397	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	528	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 - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Owensboro, KY

Thu Feb 25, 2021

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

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CPH 45 Sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	929	110.00	110.00
25	—	832	110.00	110.00
28	—	549	144.00	144.00
64	—	648	133.00	133.00
82	—	741	122.75	122.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	646	120.00	120.00
1	—	485	133.00	133.00
3	—	513	137.00	137.00
4	—	821	105.00	105.00
7	—	722	115.50	115.50
1	—	397	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	556	156.00	156.00
50	—	851	123.50	123.50
59	—	643	145.00	145.00
145	—	770	126.00–131.00	128.75
19	—	910	111.00	111.00
2	—	1,027	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	673	134.00	134.00
14	—	765	121.00	121.00
8	—	843	116.50	116.50
3	—	513	142.00	142.00

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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