Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.87/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −144.82 against this barn's trailing median of $426.70.

Average price

$281.87

39 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$29.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.34

vs KY average

+6.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	289.48	1,629	29
Medium and Large 2	546	259.80	1,419	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale39 hd

281.87

—

KY average24 barns · 526 hd

275.53

+6.34

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+6.79

This barn, trailing median2 sales

426.70

−144.82

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

32 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	500–550	516	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,254	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	259.80/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,419	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,408	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	860	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,579	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,510	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,499	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	253.04/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,673	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	877	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,070	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	242.27/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,834	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,469	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	228.51/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,693	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	746	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,652	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	261.33/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,683	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	213.75/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,558	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,421	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	222.66/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,861	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,684	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,920	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	201.70/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,642	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,391	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,126	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	510	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,193	1

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 Aug 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,077Last week 274Year ago 1,208

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	425	265.00	265.00
10	450–500	468	276.00	276.00
9	500–550	516	243.00	243.00
12	550–600	552	255.00	255.00
7	600–650	621	224.00	224.00
16	650–700	653	225.00	225.00
16	700–750	729	211.00–215.00	213.75
16	800–850	814	200.00–203.00	201.70
4	900–950	903	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	550–600	570	263.00	263.00
153	650–700	669	236.00	236.00
125	700–750	746	221.50	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	283.00	283.00
10	500–550	546	255.00–261.00	259.80
2	600–650	618	248.00	248.00
1	700–750	745	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	780	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
8	450–500	454	313.00	313.00
9	500–550	549	275.00	275.00
9	600–650	644	258.00–263.00	261.33
129	650–700	661	243.00–255.00	253.04
28	700–750	741	224.00–230.00	228.51
77	800–850	836	218.00–225.00	222.66
12	900–950	932	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	569	296.00	296.00
259	750–800	757	242.00–243.00	242.27
62	850–900	877	236.00	236.00

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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