Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-08-19

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 19
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222
Receipts
961 head
▲ 583 vs last sale 378▲ 961 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 21, 2026
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1707155.581,099448
Medium and Large 2696144.851,00971
Large 1746141.901,05930
Medium and Large 3683135.8092710thin
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—299144.00/cwt144.00–144.004312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640141.00/cwt141.00–141.0090217
SteersMedium and Large 3—738131.00/cwt131.00–131.009674
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,018115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1714
SteersLarge 1—928125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,16010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—845115.00/cwt115.00–115.009723
SteersLarge 1—848138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1707
SteersLarge 1—552157.00/cwt157.00–157.0086713
SteersMedium and Large 2—740140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,03631
SteersMedium and Large 2—645151.00/cwt151.00–151.0097428
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576152.00/cwt152.00–152.0087633
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,001110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,10114
SteersMedium and Large 1—561164.00/cwt164.00–164.0092039
SteersMedium and Large 1—455168.00/cwt168.00–168.007648
SteersMedium and Large 1—657161.41/cwt160.00–162.751,060151
SteersMedium and Large 1—734152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,116128
SteersMedium and Large 2—546157.00/cwt157.00–157.008578
SteersMedium and Large 3—646139.00/cwt139.00–139.008986
SteersMedium and Large 1—774150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,16166
SteersMedium and Large 1—835147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,22756
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,09569
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629151.09/cwt149.00–154.00950183
HeifersMedium and Large 3—536129.00/cwt129.00–129.006917
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465157.00/cwt157.00–157.0073013
HeifersLarge 1—577145.00/cwt145.00–145.0083715
HeifersLarge 1—742134.00/cwt134.00–134.009949

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.