Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-01

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 $165.37/cwt on 339 head.

Average price

$165.37

339 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,214

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$9.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.34

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	733	166.12	1,218	312
Medium and Large 2	740	156.67	1,159	27

One grade step is worth $9.46/cwt here — about $60 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 sale339 hd

165.37

—

KY average22 barns · 7,233 hd

170.71

−5.34

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

23 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 2	—	841	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,278	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,339	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,003	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	813	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	929	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	996	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	841	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,233	116
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,100	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	761	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,180	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,156	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,336	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,145	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	906	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,184	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,256	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	2

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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CPH-45 Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	841	152.00	152.00
2	—	620	155.00	155.00
11	—	683	161.00	161.00
7	—	761	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	837	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,015	139.00	139.00
34	—	569	175.00	175.00
6	—	462	182.00	182.00
1	—	385	180.00	180.00
116	—	747	165.00	165.00
68	—	666	173.50	173.50
13	—	928	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	148.00	148.00
6	—	813	137.00	137.00
4	—	721	144.00	144.00
7	—	628	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	643	156.00	156.00
66	—	753	152.00	152.00
39	—	566	160.00	160.00
16	—	828	143.00	143.00
8	—	966	130.00	130.00
3	—	458	159.00	159.00
2	—	390	155.00	155.00

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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