Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2019-12-02

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 2
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
471 head
▼ 128 vs last sale 599▲ 471 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 68▲ 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 23▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend due to the Holiday. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Heavy supply of slaughter cows with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.89/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$122.89
143 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.61
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523124.41651119
Large 1478117.3556120
Medium and Large 2-3397105.254184thin
One grade step is worth $19.16/cwt here — about $233 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 sale143 hd
122.89
—
KY average14 barns · 1,579 hd
117.28
+5.61
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,88962.711,1847thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48944.4366226
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13640.5146025
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02636.7637718

Every lot

47 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330115.00/cwt115.00–115.003802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391150.00/cwt150.00–150.005871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437144.78/cwt144.00–146.0063310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468144.00/cwt144.00–144.006746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516138.00/cwt138.00–138.0071212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560126.00/cwt126.00–126.007068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742131.00/cwt131.00–131.0097215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2271126.00/cwt126.00–126.003415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330125.00/cwt125.00–125.004136
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3343106.00/cwt106.00–106.003643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376127.00/cwt127.00–127.0047818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431123.00/cwt123.00–123.0053013
Heifers—Large 1447120.00/cwt120.00–120.0053611
Heifers—Large 1498115.00/cwt115.00–115.005737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510120.00/cwt120.00–120.0061218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534130.00/cwt130.00–130.006949
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560103.00/cwt103.00–103.005771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571118.00/cwt118.00–118.0067413
Heifers—Large 1578111.00/cwt111.00–111.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634129.29/cwt126.00–132.0082023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700129.00/cwt129.00–129.0090310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895103.00/cwt103.00–103.009224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2283154.00/cwt154.00–154.0043611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3294127.00/cwt127.00–127.003737
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2352148.00/cwt148.00–148.005219
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3353127.00/cwt127.00–127.004483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2441140.00/cwt140.00–140.006179
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3443120.00/cwt120.00–120.005325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508130.05/cwt125.00–132.0066122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3566107.59/cwt105.00–111.006097
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570118.00/cwt118.00–118.0067313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662110.00/cwt110.00–110.0072812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-366395.00/cwt95.00–95.006307
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276598.00/cwt98.00–98.007502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44555.00/cwt55.00–55.007951
Bulls——1,93162.79/cwt60.00–66.001,2125
Bulls——2,12070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,4841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01035.17/cwt31.00–37.5035512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05839.93/cwt38.00–41.504226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11637.92/cwt34.50–40.0042312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15442.90/cwt40.50–46.0049513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38439.87/cwt36.00–42.505528
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41349.44/cwt49.00–50.506993
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56045.86/cwt43.00–48.0071515
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,209756.22/cwt700.00–775.009,1434

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.