Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.55/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −114.87 against this barn's trailing median of $378.42.

Average price

$263.55

66 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.22

vs KY average

−19.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	263.55	1,458	66

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 sale66 hd

263.55

—

KY average23 barns · 1,887 hd

257.32

+6.22

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−19.77

This barn, trailing median2 sales

378.42

−114.87

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 1-2	750–800	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	798	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,875	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	1,659	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	263.30/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	536	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,608	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,965	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,018	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,868	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	1,782	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,679	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,427	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,473	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	240.49/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,474	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	276.59/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,297	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,903	5

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	585	260.00–270.00	263.30
1	700–750	740	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	765	230.00	230.00
29	800–850	836	235.00	235.00
4	900–950	916	220.00	220.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	536	300.00	300.00
24	550–600	577	291.00	291.00
4	600–650	618	280.00	280.00
29	650–700	658	270.75	270.75
53	700–750	727	257.00	257.00
64	750–800	776	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	519	275.00	275.00
62	650–700	655	253.25	253.25
39	700–750	728	230.00	230.00
66	750–800	798	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	260.00–280.00	276.59
42	550–600	573	257.00	257.00
8	600–650	613	240.00–242.00	240.49
8	700–750	745	220.00	220.00
6	800–850	847	205.00	205.00
5	900–950	924	206.00	206.00

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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