Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2020-06-29

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 29
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
604 head
▲ 288 vs last sale 316▲ 604 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 35▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 10▲ 14 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 of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.19/cwt on 291 head.
Average price
$130.19
291 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$180
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.25
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1393152.005973thin
Medium and Large 1-2666130.16867261
Medium and Large 2-3607128.0577827
One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about −$180 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 sale291 hd
130.19
—
KY average28 barns · 5,625 hd
134.44
−4.25
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—High1,89090.221,7055thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47868.181,0087thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21064.157763thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02046.074704thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1393152.00/cwt152.00–152.005973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407150.00/cwt150.00–150.006115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473147.38/cwt142.00–151.0069738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507146.67/cwt140.00–150.0074412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587135.92/cwt135.50–136.0079851
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3589129.67/cwt126.00–131.0076420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635135.25/cwt135.25–135.2585927
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007812
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3667124.00/cwt124.00–124.008275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683128.28/cwt127.00–130.0087630
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741124.95/cwt119.00–126.0092631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760122.00/cwt122.00–122.0092719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2827114.00/cwt114.00–114.009439
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855114.00/cwt114.00–114.0097512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2912105.00/cwt105.00–105.0095819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2967106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0258
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240151.00/cwt151.00–151.003621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393140.00/cwt140.00–140.005505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413140.00/cwt140.00–140.0057816
Heifers—Large 1449131.00/cwt131.00–131.005888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460135.00/cwt135.00–135.0062118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532129.94/cwt128.00–132.0069161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574125.69/cwt125.00–126.0072133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2602123.56/cwt115.00–124.0074421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2687120.53/cwt115.00–122.0082824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724111.89/cwt106.00–115.0081065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2851101.00/cwt101.00–101.008607
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235166.00/cwt166.00–166.003901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2283165.00/cwt165.00–165.004672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502141.00/cwt141.00–141.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007114
Bulls—Large 1571118.00/cwt118.00–118.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3587125.00/cwt125.00–125.007345
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635116.00/cwt116.00–116.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2689116.84/cwt115.00–117.0080512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,840100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8401
Bulls——1,90387.77/cwt84.00–90.001,6704
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98043.65/cwt41.50–45.504282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06048.49/cwt47.50–49.505142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21070.00/cwt70.00–70.008471
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21061.23/cwt60.50–62.007412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46365.83/cwt63.00–70.009635
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51574.07/cwt72.00–76.001,1222
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,243847.84/cwt820.00–875.0010,5393

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.