Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2019-09-16

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 16

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

355 head

▼ 273 vs last sale 628▲ 355 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 84▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 45▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Moderate supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.34/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$118.34

128 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$9.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	120.59	690	93
Medium and Large 2-3	380	112.54	428	28
Large 1	577	111.57	644	7thin

One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale128 hd

118.34

—

KY average28 barns · 4,213 hd

118.95

−0.61

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	—	Average	1,661	69.53	1,155	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	51.27	778	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	47.95	583	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	44.66	497	3thin

Every lot

52 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	506	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	427	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	564	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	667	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	559	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	660	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	768	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	631	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	713	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	131.19/cwt	130.00–133.00	838	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	858	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	699	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	944	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	210	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	294	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	235	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	287	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	360	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	354	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	428	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	481	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	410	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	484	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	527	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	452	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	425	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	585	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	513	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	580	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	631	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	680	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	644	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	702	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	849	27
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	192	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	326	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	362	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	146.81/cwt	144.00–153.00	505	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	514	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	568	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	130.02/cwt	127.00–133.00	620	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	122.97/cwt	120.00–125.00	590	7
Bulls	—	Large 1	576	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	674	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	581	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	668	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	124.08/cwt	118.00–124.50	726	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	717	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	695	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	646	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	804	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,440	60.46/cwt	60.00–61.00	871	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	71.37/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,203	2
Bulls	—	—	2,055	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,726	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	44.66/cwt	44.50–45.00	497	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	48.97/cwt	46.00–51.50	594	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	43.87/cwt	42.50–45.00	541	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	56.61/cwt	54.00–59.50	798	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	50.70/cwt	48.50–52.50	766	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,815	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	862	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,440	1

This sale against other markets

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 Sep 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 628Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 84Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 45Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	576	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	192	170.00	170.00
7	—	744	108.00	108.00
9	—	646	111.00	111.00
13	—	344	144.00–153.00	146.81
13	—	430	132.00	132.00
15	—	585	118.00–124.50	124.08
21	—	477	127.00–133.00	130.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	115.00	115.00
7	—	480	120.00–125.00	122.97
2	—	425	121.00	121.00
1	—	695	93.00	93.00
1	—	615	102.00	102.00
1	—	320	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	559	118.00	118.00
6	—	427	132.00	132.00
4	—	631	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	699	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	639	130.00–133.00	131.19
7	—	765	125.00	125.00
7	—	494	135.00	135.00
6	—	586	131.00	131.00
1	—	670	128.00	128.00
1	—	415	144.00	144.00
1	—	335	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	354	121.00	121.00
6	—	452	94.00	94.00
4	—	340	106.00	106.00
2	—	513	113.00	113.00
1	—	235	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	685	124.00	124.00
10	—	625	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	500	117.00	117.00
11	—	613	111.00	111.00
9	—	439	120.00	120.00
6	—	379	127.00	127.00
5	—	665	120.00	120.00
5	—	558	113.00	113.00
2	—	330	130.00	130.00
1	—	210	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	644	109.00	109.00
2	—	410	118.00	118.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	44.50–45.00	44.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,510	48.50–52.50	50.70
2	—	1,410	54.00–59.50	56.61
1	—	1,815	47.50	47.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,212	46.00–51.50	48.97
2	—	1,233	42.50–45.00	43.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,685	70.00–73.00	71.37
2	—	1,440	60.00–61.00	60.46
1	—	2,055	84.00	84.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	800.00	800.00

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.