Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2020-03-23

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 23

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

← Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 163▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 47▲ 25 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 to few to test. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher on a light test. Very light supply of calves 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 $132.68/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$132.68

31 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$11.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.97

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	444	133.41	592	29
Medium and Large 2-3	317	122.00	386	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.41/cwt here — about $206 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 sale31 hd

132.68

—

KY average25 barns · 2,104 hd

119.71

+12.97

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	2,025	94.50	1,914	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	63.72	927	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,037	56.46	585	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,145	47.25	541	2thin

Every lot

20 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	223	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	272	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	145.10/cwt	145.00–146.00	486	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	564	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	649	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	167.54/cwt	162.00–173.00	511	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	620	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	541	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	622	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,840	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,601	1
Bulls	—	—	2,210	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	2,254	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	394	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,011	54.45/cwt	52.50–56.50	550	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	735	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,305	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	711	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,335	54.86/cwt	52.00–56.50	732	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	65.57/cwt	61.50–69.00	934	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,695	73.32/cwt	72.00–74.50	1,243	2

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 Mar 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 163Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 47Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were to few to test. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher on a light test. Very light supply of calves with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	335	145.00–146.00	145.10
15	—	532	122.00	122.00
4	—	384	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	122.00	122.00
1	—	223	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	429	145.00	145.00
7	—	369	168.00	168.00
6	—	305	162.00–173.00	167.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	132.00	132.00
1	—	320	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,011	52.50–56.50	54.45
1	—	1,140	64.50	64.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	61.50–69.00	65.57
3	—	1,335	52.00–56.50	54.86
2	—	1,695	72.00–74.50	73.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	54.50	54.50
1	—	985	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	87.00	87.00
1	—	2,210	102.00	102.00

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.