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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 13

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

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Feeder Cattle receipts

200 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 287▲ 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 20▲ 17 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 on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter bulls to few to test. Light 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 $117.23/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$117.23

101 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$19.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.90

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	531	118.00	626	97
Medium and Large 2-3	534	98.50	526	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $100 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 sale101 hd

117.23

—

KY average26 barns · 3,708 hd

122.13

−4.90

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	1,755	65.50	1,150	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,240	54.67	678	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,036	47.68	494	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	42.17	415	5thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	673	3
Steers	—	Large 1	442	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	623	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	737	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	698	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	691	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	258	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	338	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	419	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	133.47/cwt	131.00–135.00	505	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	544	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	473	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	497	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	654	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	110.73/cwt	110.00–111.00	646	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	547	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	641	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	859	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	790	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	286	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	455	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	323	131.30/cwt	123.00–140.00	424	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	607	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	395	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	521	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	634	11
Bulls	—	Large 1	443	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	567	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	635	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	110.81/cwt	103.00–115.00	571	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	646	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	625	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	688	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,675	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	938	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,376	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	37.27/cwt	37.00–37.50	348	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,017	45.43/cwt	44.00–47.00	462	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,036	47.68/cwt	46.50–49.00	494	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,240	54.67/cwt	53.50–56.00	678	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 Apr 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 287Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	115.00	115.00
8	—	500	127.00	127.00
8	—	286	159.00	159.00
11	—	437	145.00	145.00
7	—	370	164.00	164.00
9	—	646	106.50	106.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	123.00–140.00	131.30
3	—	515	103.00–115.00	110.81
2	—	395	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	128.00	128.00
1	—	625	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	258	131.00	131.00
11	—	859	92.00	92.00
18	—	521	125.50	125.50
10	—	635	101.00	101.00
18	—	378	131.00–135.00	133.47
3	—	330	127.00	127.00
16	—	432	126.00	126.00
19	—	583	110.00–111.00	110.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	92.00	92.00
2	—	473	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	586	118.00	118.00
3	—	437	154.00	154.00
16	—	485	152.00	152.00
9	—	521	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	141.00	141.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,835	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,036	46.50–49.00	47.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	44.00–47.00	45.43
2	—	935	37.00–37.50	37.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	53.50–56.00	54.67

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.