Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-16

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 $173.44/cwt on 275 head.

Average price

$173.44

275 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$5.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.05

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	778	174.04	1,354	245
Medium and Large 2	726	168.50	1,223	30

One grade step is worth $5.55/cwt here — about $131 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 sale275 hd

173.44

—

KY average24 barns · 6,062 hd

187.49

−14.05

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

24 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	—	752	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,181	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,234	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,210	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	953	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,082	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,404	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,268	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,408	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,325	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,141	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	172.47/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,066	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	849	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,358	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,158	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,424	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,106	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,002	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	871	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,237	14

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 16, 2023

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
95	—	752	157.00	157.00
4	—	479	174.00	174.00
4	—	935	132.00	132.00
17	—	864	140.00	140.00
25	—	554	172.00	172.00
57	—	654	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	737	150.00	150.00
1	—	435	170.00	170.00
3	—	597	163.00	163.00
4	—	655	153.00	153.00
4	—	871	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	933	150.50	150.50
33	—	650	195.00	195.00
71	—	848	166.00	166.00
103	—	757	175.00	175.00
3	—	400	225.00	225.00
3	—	460	216.00	216.00
6	—	554	209.00	209.00
10	—	1,010	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	191.00	191.00
3	—	652	175.00	175.00
4	—	618	170.00–175.00	172.47
7	—	849	160.00	160.00
14	—	741	167.00	167.00

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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