Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available due to Memorial Day holiday last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.48/cwt on 49 head, down $10.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 26 comparable sales and sits +2.05 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$403.48

▼ 10.80 vs prior sale

49 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$554

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

$102.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.21

vs KY average

−1.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	412.74	2,217	44
Medium and Large 2	550	370.00	2,035	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	536	310.00	1,662	4thin

One grade step is worth $102.74/cwt here — about $554 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $441.67, low $362.03, median $401.43 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale49 hd

403.48

—

KY average26 barns · 1,414 hd

410.69

−7.21

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−1.28

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

+2.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,846	201.75	3,724	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,514	162.97	2,467	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,203	160.34	1,929	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	132.93	1,283	11

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,148	$2,569	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,440	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 lots · USDA AMS · Kentuckiana Livestock Market - 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	550–600	558	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	336.07/cwt	325.00–343.00	2,262	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,159	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,991	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	321.74/cwt	311.00–327.00	2,677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,159	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,952	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,350	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	361.49/cwt	326.00–380.00	1,927	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	332.30/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,283	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	446.13/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,838	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	1
Bulls	—	—	1,760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	4,048	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,169	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	153.96/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,490	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,458	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	147.89/cwt	142.00–155.00	1,792	6
Bulls	—	—	2,045	205.12/cwt	200.00–210.00	4,195	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	1,885	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	510.36/cwt	509.00–512.00	2,179	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	477.23/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,505	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,289	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,074	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	398.03/cwt	388.00–405.00	2,277	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	348.92/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,205	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	403.58/cwt	402.00–405.00	2,454	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,786	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	2,569.41/head	2,400.00–2,725.00	2,569	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	351	573.00/cwt	573.00–573.00	2,011	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,250	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	165.75/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	325.67/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	364.09/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,773	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	184.29/cwt	180.00–193.00	2,285	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,702	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	156.45/cwt	153.00–160.00	2,351	2
Bulls	—	—	1,135	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,816	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	135.48/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,336	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	108.20/cwt	105.00–111.00	990	2

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.

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Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Mon Jun 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 251Year ago 337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 49Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 20

No comparison available due to Memorial Day holiday last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	560.00	560.00
11	400–450	427	509.00–512.00	510.36
14	500–550	525	460.00–480.00	477.23
2	550–600	558	450.00	450.00
15	600–650	608	402.00–405.00	403.58
4	650–700	667	386.00	386.00
7	700–750	743	375.00	375.00
6	800–850	832	311.00–327.00	321.74
3	850–900	880	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	463.00	463.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	550.00	550.00
1	300–350	325	490.00	490.00
11	350–400	371	508.00	508.00
14	400–450	446	465.00	465.00
24	500–550	508	425.00	425.00
20	550–600	572	388.00–405.00	398.03
9	600–650	632	340.00–350.00	348.92
9	650–700	673	325.00–343.00	336.07
1	850–900	885	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	400	443.00	443.00
1	550–600	550	370.00	370.00
1	850–900	850	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
3	450–500	487	360.00–366.00	364.09
3	500–550	520	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	310	475.00	475.00
22	400–450	437	494.00	494.00
16	500–550	521	451.00	451.00
8	550–600	592	380.00	380.00
9	600–650	643	356.00	356.00
3	650–700	687	331.00–335.00	332.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	476.00	476.00
8	400–450	412	435.00–450.00	446.13
1	450–500	460	405.00	405.00
5	500–550	507	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	425	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	533	326.00–380.00	361.49
3	550–600	585	310.00–333.00	325.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	351	573.00	573.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	230.00	230.00
4	—	2,045	200.00–210.00	205.12
1	—	1,135	160.00	160.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	125.00	125.00
2	—	968	151.00–157.00	153.96
6	—	986	130.00–145.00	135.48
2	—	915	105.00–111.00	108.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	123.00	123.00
6	—	1,212	142.00–155.00	147.89
3	—	1,143	161.00–170.00	165.75
4	—	1,240	180.00–193.00	184.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	176.00	176.00
2	—	1,503	153.00–160.00	156.45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	208.00	208.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,148	2,400.00–2,725.00	2,569.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,440	2,150.00	2,150.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle