Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $228.61/cwt on 263 head.

Average price

$228.61

263 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$424

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

$58.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.14

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	783	228.83	1,792	262
Medium 1-2	805	170.00	1,369	1thin

One grade step is worth $58.83/cwt here — about $424 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 sale263 hd

228.61

—

KY average25 barns · 5,903 hd

248.75

−20.14

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 1-2	—	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	805	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	217.74/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,404	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	867	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,561	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	774	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,610	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,475	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,651	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,418	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	941	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,910	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,821	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	219.67/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,606	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,605	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	878	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,932	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,765	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,304	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,197	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

Thu Feb 15, 2024

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

Receipts 440Last week 547Year ago 511

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	270.00	270.00
16	—	847	215.00	215.00
12	—	660	235.00	235.00
12	—	731	205.00–221.00	219.67
3	—	1,028	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	674	245.00	245.00
17	—	941	203.00	203.00
11	—	724	231.00	231.00
11	—	567	283.00	283.00
71	—	878	220.00	220.00
68	—	764	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	645	217.00–220.00	217.74
12	—	867	180.00	180.00
60	—	774	208.00	208.00
37	—	683	216.00	216.00
30	—	567	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	727	200.00	200.00
4	—	541	241.00	241.00
2	—	453	240.00	240.00
1	—	595	230.00	230.00
1	—	385	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	263.00	263.00

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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