Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 1
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
379 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 212▲ 197 vs year ago 182 · +108.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 16 vs year ago 36 · −44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 8▲ 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer mostly steady with a limited comparison from last week. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were to few to test. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Light supply of slaughter cattle 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 $129.44/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$129.44
193 head · 642 lb average
Value per head Derived
$831
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.25
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646129.65837186
Medium and Large 2-3546124.006777thin
One grade step is worth $5.65/cwt here — about $160 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 sale193 hd
129.44
—
KY average30 barns · 7,229 hd
128.19
+1.25
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—Average1,98480.211,5914thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44756.598193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05552.505541thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03838.193966thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2353170.00/cwt170.00–170.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005511
Steers—Large 1405126.00/cwt126.00–126.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3425152.00/cwt152.00–152.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434166.19/cwt165.00–167.0072110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481160.00/cwt160.00–160.0077030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519147.67/cwt144.00–150.007668
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627140.24/cwt140.00–140.5087921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688130.42/cwt129.00–130.5089717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2792115.00/cwt115.00–115.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2801120.50/cwt120.50–120.5096514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310146.00/cwt146.00–146.004531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330155.00/cwt155.00–155.005125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425141.74/cwt138.00–144.006028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478137.26/cwt135.00–140.0065622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506135.00/cwt135.00–135.0068317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3573123.00/cwt123.00–123.007054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603128.00/cwt128.00–128.007729
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616132.00/cwt132.00–132.0081326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659132.32/cwt129.50–134.0087238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681113.00/cwt113.00–113.007705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702127.00/cwt127.00–127.0089210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2738109.00/cwt109.00–109.008046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added809122.25/cwt122.25–122.2598920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added919117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,07820
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3300153.00/cwt153.00–153.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374159.00/cwt159.00–159.005954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450160.00/cwt160.00–160.007207
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3494138.28/cwt135.00–147.0068311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580139.00/cwt139.00–139.0080619
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665117.00/cwt117.00–117.0077811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720109.00/cwt109.00–109.007853
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,86069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,2831
Bulls——2,02583.95/cwt83.00–85.001,7003
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96935.44/cwt33.00–37.503434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05552.50/cwt52.50–52.505541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17543.69/cwt41.50–46.005132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42553.39/cwt50.50–56.507612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49063.00/cwt63.00–63.009391
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,112.43/cwt1,100.00–1,125.0010,6242

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.