Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.43/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +20.73 against this barn's trailing median of $426.70.

Average price

$447.43

16 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.54

vs KY average

−39.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	447.43	2,528	16thin

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 sale16 hd

447.43

—

KY average24 barns · 1,256 hd

467.97

−20.54

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−39.93

This barn, trailing median2 sales

426.70

+20.73

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

27 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	400–450	423	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,171	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,694	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,958	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,416	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	739	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,476	55
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	419.85/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,431	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	704	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,647	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	765	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,754	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	435	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,416	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,617	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,294	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	858	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,677	21
Steers	Medium 1-2	900–950	910	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	354.47/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,545	28

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 366Last week 802Year ago 323

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	483	440.00	440.00
5	550–600	597	365.00	365.00
4	700–750	748	315.00	315.00
2	800–850	848	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	500.00	500.00
19	550–600	572	401.00	401.00
36	650–700	653	370.00	370.00
55	700–750	739	335.00	335.00
21	850–900	858	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	723	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	517.00	517.00
8	550–600	579	410.00–430.00	419.85
28	700–750	718	353.00–360.00	354.47
5	800–850	817	331.00	331.00
44	850–900	883	335.00	335.00
4	1000–1050	1,000	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	531.00	531.00
8	550–600	551	475.00	475.00
19	600–650	625	431.00	431.00
40	700–750	704	376.00	376.00
39	750–800	765	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	910	290.00	290.00

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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