Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-19

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 $153.13/cwt on 559 head.

Average price

$153.13

559 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$19.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.55

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	707	155.58	1,099	448
Medium and Large 2	696	144.85	1,009	71
Large 1	746	141.90	1,059	30
Medium and Large 3	683	135.80	927	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.78/cwt here — about $172 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 sale559 hd

153.13

—

KY average24 barns · 5,389 hd

150.58

+2.55

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

26 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	—	299	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	902	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	738	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,018	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,171	4
Steers	Large 1	—	928	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,160	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	845	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	972	3
Steers	Large 1	—	848	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,170	7
Steers	Large 1	—	552	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	867	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,036	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	974	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	876	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,101	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	920	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	161.41/cwt	160.00–162.75	1,060	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,116	128
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	857	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	646	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	898	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,161	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,227	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,095	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	151.09/cwt	149.00–154.00	950	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	730	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	577	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	837	15
Heifers	Large 1	—	742	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	994	9

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

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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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	299	144.00	144.00
17	—	640	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	115.00	115.00
7	—	536	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	576	152.00	152.00
14	—	1,001	110.00	110.00
69	—	745	147.00	147.00
183	—	629	149.00–154.00	151.09
13	—	465	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	577	145.00	145.00
9	—	742	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	738	131.00	131.00
6	—	646	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	115.00	115.00
31	—	740	140.00	140.00
28	—	645	151.00	151.00
8	—	546	157.00	157.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	928	125.00	125.00
7	—	848	138.00	138.00
13	—	552	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	561	164.00	164.00
8	—	455	168.00	168.00
151	—	657	160.00–162.75	161.41
128	—	734	152.00	152.00
66	—	774	150.00	150.00
56	—	835	147.00	147.00

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