Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −121.70 against this barn's trailing median of $426.70.

Average price

$305.00

9 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.19

vs KY average

−43.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	315.00	1,792	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	270.00	1,566	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $226 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale9 hd

305.00

—

KY average24 barns · 818 hd

318.19

−13.19

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−43.24

This barn, trailing median2 sales

426.70

−121.70

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	276.98/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,968	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,792	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	773	240.53/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,859	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	697	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,812	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	863	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,855	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,374	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	288.31/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,819	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,189	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	743	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,969	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	836	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,115	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	960	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,150	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	251.46/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	703	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,406	2
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	720	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,764	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 Feb 27, 2025

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
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
9	600–650	631	285.00–291.00	288.31
10	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
3	800–850	835	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	315.00	315.00
9	650–700	656	300.00	300.00
39	700–750	743	265.00	265.00
22	800–850	836	253.00	253.00
65	850–900	855	256.00	256.00
20	950–1000	960	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	561	266.00–280.00	276.98
9	600–650	645	261.00	261.00
7	650–700	662	245.00–254.00	251.46
5	700–750	739	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	870	205.00	205.00
1	900–950	915	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	321.00	321.00
26	650–700	697	260.00	260.00
40	750–800	773	240.00–241.00	240.53
14	850–900	863	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	703	200.00	200.00

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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