Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder steers due to limited supply. Feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $337.50/cwt on 2 head, down $81.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −82.33 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$337.50

▼ 81.67 vs prior sale

2 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−47.21

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	553	337.50	1,865	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale2 hd

337.50

—

KY average23 barns · 322 hd

384.71

−47.21

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

−82.33

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	—	Low	1,800	192.50	3,465	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,815	167.51	3,041	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,188	161.97	1,924	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	138.00	1,311	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,411	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,516	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	153.52/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,703	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,340	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	392.97/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,682	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	1,930	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	354.21/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,065	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	422.45/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,276	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,105	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,190	4
Bulls	—	—	1,800	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,060	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	166.89/cwt	163.00–171.00	2,044	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,879	171.89/cwt	170.00–174.00	3,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	338.38/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,424	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 - Owensboro, KY

Mon Jul 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 109Year ago 56

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 15Year ago 10

No comparison on feeder steers due to limited supply. Feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	130.00	130.00
1	—	825	120.00	120.00
1	—	940	164.00	164.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	181.00	181.00
4	—	1,109	147.00–157.00	153.52
3	—	1,225	163.00–171.00	166.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,879	170.00–174.00	171.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,800	215.00	215.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	318	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	492	350.00	350.00
6	550–600	583	350.00–355.00	354.21
3	600–650	647	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	725	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	335.00–340.00	338.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	380.00–400.00	392.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
8	300–350	333	505.00	505.00
14	400–450	425	454.00	454.00
14	450–500	493	427.00	427.00
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	320.00	320.00
4	700–750	730	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	600	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	445	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	500	427.00	427.00
4	550–600	582	415.00–430.00	422.45

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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