Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Strong quality offering of feeder cattle. Strong demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.13/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −24.57 against this barn's trailing median of $426.70.

Average price

$402.13

23 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.93

vs KY average

+14.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	402.13	2,176	23

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 sale23 hd

402.13

—

KY average24 barns · 766 hd

392.20

+9.93

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+14.64

This barn, trailing median2 sales

426.70

−24.57

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

34 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	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,193	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,112	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,532	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,007	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	744	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,381	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,261	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,080	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	844	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,173	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,132	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	368.40/cwt	354.00–375.00	2,339	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,298	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,585	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,485	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,769	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	862	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,870	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	541	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,191	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	746	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,648	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	921	313.29/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,885	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	299.15/cwt	294.00–300.00	2,483	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,274	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	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

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

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Strong quality offering of feeder cattle. Strong demand for feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	494	400.00	400.00
6	500–550	541	394.00	394.00
25	600–650	635	354.00–375.00	368.40
19	700–750	736	344.00	344.00
81	750–800	760	340.00	340.00
38	800–850	839	330.00	330.00
9	900–950	921	310.00–320.00	313.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	780	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	710	306.00	306.00
4	800–850	844	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	541	405.00	405.00
37	600–650	629	395.00	395.00
89	650–700	693	373.00	373.00
72	700–750	746	355.00	355.00
63	850–900	862	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	550–600	567	372.50	372.50
15	600–650	631	347.50	347.50
133	650–700	676	340.00	340.00
45	700–750	744	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	540	346.00	346.00
17	550–600	567	354.00	354.00
13	600–650	638	326.00	326.00
11	700–750	739	306.00	306.00
2	750–800	758	300.00	300.00
7	800–850	830	294.00–300.00	299.15
2	850–900	893	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00

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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