Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.97/cwt on 17 head, down $41.46 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −20.73 against this barn's trailing median of $426.70.

Average price

$405.97

▼ 41.46 vs prior sale

17 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$39.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.99

vs KY average

+4.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	420.00	2,243	11thin
Medium and Large 2	514	380.24	1,954	6thin

One grade step is worth $39.76/cwt here — about $288 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 sale17 hd

405.97

—

KY average24 barns · 585 hd

431.96

−25.99

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+4.09

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

20 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	1000–1050	1,010	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	284.98/cwt	284.00–289.00	2,374	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	341.96/cwt	324.00–345.00	2,260	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,057	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,727	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	368.81/cwt	351.00–380.00	2,497	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,243	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	380.24/cwt	377.00–387.00	1,954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	310.43/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,241	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	381.46/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,060	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	384.05/cwt	360.00–386.00	2,377	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	791	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,452	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	343.87/cwt	334.00–354.00	2,620	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	348.67/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,130	101

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 629Last week 366Year ago 802

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	400.00	400.00
34	500–550	540	365.00–385.00	381.46
16	550–600	598	344.00	344.00
101	600–650	611	343.00–350.00	348.67
7	650–700	661	324.00–345.00	341.96
28	700–750	722	310.00–314.00	310.43
5	800–850	833	284.00–289.00	284.98
2	850–900	855	288.00	288.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	501	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	534	420.00	420.00
48	600–650	619	360.00–386.00	384.05
153	650–700	677	351.00–380.00	368.81
136	750–800	762	334.00–354.00	343.87
50	850–900	855	319.00	319.00
5	900–950	932	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	514	377.00–387.00	380.24
7	750–800	791	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	389.00	389.00

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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