Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-06-07

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
495 head
▲ 253 vs last sale 242▲ 292 vs year ago 203 · +143.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 20▲ 33 vs year ago 14 · +235.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 11▲ 7 vs year ago 5 · +140.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend due to the holiday last Monday. Moderate supply of all classes of 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 $128.60/cwt on 233 head.
Average price
$128.60
233 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$16.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.82
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558129.42722203
Medium and Large 2-3498124.6662126
Large 1674112.507584thin
One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale233 hd
128.60
—
KY average25 barns · 4,852 hd
131.42
−2.82
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—Low1,72690.351,5609thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30161.437997thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20260.2872514
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06552.445598thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313158.00/cwt158.00–158.004952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413153.00/cwt153.00–153.006323
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3422144.00/cwt144.00–144.006083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514158.00/cwt158.00–158.0081217
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021
Steers—Large 2-3524140.50/cwt140.50–140.507365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598134.00/cwt134.00–134.008018
Steers—Large 1611126.00/cwt126.00–126.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647136.00/cwt136.00–136.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672130.00/cwt130.00–130.008743
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3693119.00/cwt119.00–119.008252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786117.25/cwt117.00–118.009224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2963104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2347140.00/cwt140.00–140.004867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367140.00/cwt140.00–140.0051415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3422123.15/cwt115.00–130.005208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438138.00/cwt138.00–138.0060410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3468120.00/cwt120.00–120.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.0069312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512134.33/cwt130.00–136.0068861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3524126.00/cwt126.00–126.006606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2554131.67/cwt128.00–132.0072913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3587127.50/cwt127.50–127.507488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612125.75/cwt125.75–125.7577035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669122.69/cwt121.00–124.0082136
Heifers—Large 1674112.50/cwt111.00–114.007584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795101.00/cwt101.00–101.008037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800100.00/cwt100.00–100.008005
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3355128.00/cwt128.00–128.004546
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2372157.23/cwt156.50–160.0058510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3428130.02/cwt124.00–136.005568
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477161.02/cwt150.00–165.0076818
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511152.00/cwt152.00–152.0077713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576143.72/cwt142.00–146.0082830
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2639121.06/cwt118.00–123.0077418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655117.00/cwt117.00–117.007661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2746111.17/cwt110.00–112.0082924
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53576.67/cwt73.00–80.001,1772
Bulls——1,78090.48/cwt86.00–93.001,6114
Bulls——1,78299.31/cwt97.00–102.001,7703
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92044.00/cwt44.00–44.004051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08653.64/cwt50.50–56.505837
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17458.64/cwt55.50–64.0068810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22571.00/cwt71.00–71.008701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26068.67/cwt65.50–70.508653
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30054.55/cwt53.50–55.507092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31051.50/cwt51.50–51.506751
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32062.47/cwt60.00–65.508254
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0731,041.78/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0011,1782

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.