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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 2

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

← Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

388 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 301▼ 354 vs year ago 742 · −47.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 47▼ 84 vs year ago 140 · −60.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 10▼ 21 vs year ago 40 · −52.5%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Light supply of calves with Moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5.00 higher Moderate supply of slaughter cattle with good 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 $117.47/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$117.47

146 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$5.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

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	611	117.82	719	127
Medium and Large 2-3	470	116.21	546	14thin
Large 1	492	112.00	551	5thin

One grade step is worth $5.82/cwt here — about $168 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 sale146 hd

117.47

—

KY average26 barns · 4,440 hd

118.54

−1.07

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	—	High	1,955	77.80	1,521	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,404	55.87	784	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,159	49.11	569	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	40.90	421	11

Every lot

55 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	529	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	404	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	590	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	578	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	604	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	746	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	126.82/cwt	121.00–129.00	862	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	119.81/cwt	118.50–120.50	864	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	772	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	996	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	978	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	928	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,035	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	954	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,054	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	271	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	339	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	485	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	533	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	438	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	504	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	483	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	551	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	492	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	551	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	120.86/cwt	120.00–123.00	635	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	115.98/cwt	110.00–123.00	676	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	674	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	623	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	648	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	112.84/cwt	110.50–113.50	803	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	757	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	916	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	831	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	997	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	914	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	378	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	516	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	356	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	481	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	633	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	609	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	129.27/cwt	120.00–131.00	653	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	113.40/cwt	108.00–119.00	607	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	669	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	596	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	703	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	113.07/cwt	106.00–114.50	739	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	771	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,890	81.24/cwt	79.00–83.50	1,535	4
Bulls	—	—	2,008	65.81/cwt	61.00–73.00	1,321	2
Bulls	—	—	2,110	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,857	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	483	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	44.73/cwt	43.00–47.00	458	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	36.91/cwt	34.00–40.50	384	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	50.89/cwt	49.50–52.00	585	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	44.53/cwt	43.00–45.50	517	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	679	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,317	49.15/cwt	46.00–51.50	647	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,411	57.18/cwt	53.50–59.50	807	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	60.73/cwt	60.00–63.00	899	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,035	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 Nov 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 388Last week 301Year ago 742

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 47Year ago 140

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 10Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	583	110.00–123.00	115.98
18	—	712	110.50–113.50	112.84
9	—	613	110.00	110.00
7	—	426	125.00	125.00
6	—	320	130.00	130.00
6	—	271	125.00	125.00
25	—	525	120.00–123.00	120.86
7	—	858	106.50	106.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	831	120.00	120.00
3	—	757	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	492	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	104.00	104.00
5	—	385	126.00	126.00
3	—	438	115.00	115.00
2	—	483	114.00	114.00
2	—	565	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	356	135.00	135.00
2	—	415	125.00	125.00
2	—	535	108.00–119.00	113.40
4	—	495	123.00	123.00
3	—	587	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	505	120.00–131.00	129.27
6	—	731	105.50	105.50
5	—	428	148.00	148.00
5	—	344	150.00	150.00
1	—	250	151.00	151.00
18	—	654	106.00–114.50	113.07
26	—	596	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	110.50	110.50
20	—	680	121.00–129.00	126.82
15	—	928	111.50	111.50
11	—	832	117.50	117.50
1	—	350	151.00	151.00
4	—	404	146.00	146.00
6	—	721	118.50–120.50	119.81
6	—	555	130.00	130.00
2	—	465	135.00	135.00
4	—	513	140.00	140.00
8	—	604	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
1	—	490	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	772	129.00	129.00

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	—	1,115	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,041	34.00–40.50	36.91
1	—	975	49.50	49.50
4	—	1,025	43.00–47.00	44.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,317	46.00–51.50	49.15
10	—	1,411	53.50–59.50	57.18
7	—	1,480	60.00–63.00	60.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	57.50	57.50
3	—	1,160	43.00–45.50	44.53
3	—	1,150	49.50–52.00	50.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,110	88.00	88.00
4	—	1,890	79.00–83.50	81.24
2	—	2,008	61.00–73.00	65.81

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.