Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder steers due to light test. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Good demand for feeders classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $410.78/cwt on 29 head, down $8.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 24 comparable sales and sits −9.05 against this barn's trailing median of $419.83.

Average price

$410.78

▼ 8.39 vs prior sale

29 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+35.81

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	528	410.78	2,168	29

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 sale29 hd

410.78

—

KY average24 barns · 324 hd

374.97

+35.81

This barn, trailing median24 sales

419.83

−9.05

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	—	Low	1,550	185.00	2,868	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,523	183.00	2,788	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	171.34	2,072	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	140.72	1,483	5thin

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,375	$2,460	2thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,700	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,890	1
Bulls	—	—	1,400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	171.68/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,060	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,109	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,046	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	426.37/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,945	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,712	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	458.86/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,305	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,996	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	371.48/cwt	367.00–375.00	2,132	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,031	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,055	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	576	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,218	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	490.72/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,460.41/head	2,175.00–2,750.00	2,460	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	345.47/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,156	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	269	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,218	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	508	428.50/cwt	428.50–428.50	2,177	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	174.50/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,644	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	140.72/cwt	130.00–151.00	1,483	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	250–300	260	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	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 Aug 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 149Last week 92Year ago 176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 18Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 13

No comparison on feeder steers due to light test. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Good demand for feeders classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,400	200.00	200.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	165.00–177.00	171.68
1	—	1,110	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,355	151.00	151.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	200.00	200.00
2	—	1,515	173.00–176.00	174.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,054	130.00–151.00	140.72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	405.00	405.00
4	350–400	379	405.00–450.00	426.37
2	650–700	693	285.00	285.00
2	750–800	778	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	505.00	505.00
6	350–400	367	530.00	530.00
12	400–450	434	460.00	460.00
2	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
5	500–550	500	411.00	411.00
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
9	600–650	624	340.00–350.00	345.47
1	700–750	740	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	625.00	625.00
15	500–550	508	428.50	428.50
8	550–600	576	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	505.00	505.00
5	300–350	310	455.00–500.00	490.72
10	350–400	355	445.00–465.00	458.86
8	400–450	428	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	492	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	533	381.00	381.00
9	550–600	574	367.00–375.00	371.48
1	600–650	640	330.00	330.00
3	650–700	668	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	495	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	430.00	430.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,375	2,175.00–2,750.00	2,460.41
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	199.00	199.00

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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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

Slaughter Cattle

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Replacement Cattle