Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $286.00/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −140.70 against this barn's trailing median of $426.70.

Average price

$286.00

25 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.87

vs KY average

−23.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	286.00	1,599	25

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

286.00

—

KY average28 barns · 1,146 hd

297.87

−11.87

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−23.55

This barn, trailing median2 sales

426.70

−140.70

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

22 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 1-2Fancy	400–450	426	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,385	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	985	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,045	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,282	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,605	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	235.00/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,779	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,599	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,655	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,469	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	257.96/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,630	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,873	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	219.66/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,834	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	261.90/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,715	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,552	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	815	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,671	27

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 Apr 25, 2024

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

Receipts 274Last week 440Year ago 348

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,045	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,020	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	559	286.00	286.00
10	600–650	632	250.00–260.00	257.96
41	650–700	655	260.00–262.00	261.90
18	750–800	757	230.00–236.00	235.00
28	800–850	835	215.00–220.00	219.66
12	900–950	905	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	985	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	466	275.00	275.00
21	500–550	546	269.00	269.00
4	600–650	636	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	653	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	725	205.00	205.00
6	750–800	780	200.00	200.00
18	850–900	871	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
26	650–700	669	232.00	232.00
13	700–750	745	215.50	215.50
27	800–850	815	205.00	205.00

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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