Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

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 $150.91/cwt on 427 head.

Average price

$150.91

427 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$13.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.72

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	751	151.86	1,141	396
Medium and Large 2-3	759	138.71	1,053	31

One grade step is worth $13.15/cwt here — about $88 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 sale427 hd

150.91

—

KY average24 barns · 8,378 hd

152.62

−1.72

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

16 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,004	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	927	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	743	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,040	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,127	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	133.12/cwt	130.00–134.50	1,241	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	892	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	844	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,123	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	152.48/cwt	148.00–156.50	1,249	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	917	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	994	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	845	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,130	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,010	6

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 2, 2021

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

Receipts 652Last week 961Year ago 937

CPH-45 Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	648	155.00	155.00
20	—	552	168.00	168.00
19	—	932	130.00–134.50	133.12
175	—	746	150.50	150.50
119	—	819	148.00–156.50	152.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	743	140.00	140.00
8	—	835	135.00	135.00
2	—	623	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	656	136.00	136.00
4	—	844	123.00	123.00
1	—	539	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	646	142.00	142.00
48	—	736	135.00	135.00
16	—	575	147.00	147.00
12	—	843	134.00	134.00
6	—	765	132.00	132.00

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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