Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, Good demand for all feeder classes.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $419.17/cwt on 24 head, up $41.67 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 12 of 24 comparable sales and sits −0.66 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$419.17

▲ 41.67 vs prior sale

24 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$93.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	423.05	2,241	23
Medium and Large 2-3	580	330.00	1,914	1thin

One grade step is worth $93.05/cwt here — about $327 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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.57, low $347.73, median $419.83 across 24 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 sale24 hd

419.17

—

KY average26 barns · 499 hd

415.15

+4.02

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

−0.66

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

28 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	295	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	348	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,397	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	395	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	564.30/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	396.64/cwt	396.00–398.00	2,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	351.79/cwt	344.00–370.00	2,361	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	385.01/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,160	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,167	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,263	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	506.18/cwt	480.00–515.00	1,883	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,138	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,326	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,130	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	457.82/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,900	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	868	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	401.36/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,276	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,924	5

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 - Owensboro, KY

Mon Jul 13, 2026

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

Receipts 193Last week 104Year ago 222

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, Good demand for all feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	595.00	595.00
4	300–350	348	555.00	555.00
7	500–550	510	470.00	470.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	382	505.00	505.00
12	400–450	442	482.00	482.00
8	500–550	516	420.00	420.00
8	550–600	561	370.00–390.00	385.01
11	600–650	646	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	710	346.00	346.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	481	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	580	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	550.00–580.00	564.30
1	350–400	395	525.00	525.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	480.00–515.00	506.18
9	400–450	415	455.00–460.00	457.82
10	500–550	509	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	570	396.00–398.00	396.64
3	600–650	616	401.00	401.00
4	650–700	671	344.00–370.00	351.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	467.00	467.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	695	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	415	441.00	441.00
4	550–600	567	390.00–405.00	401.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	504	449.00	449.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	868	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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