Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-08-02

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 2
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
425 head
▲ 229 vs last sale 196▲ 190 vs year ago 235 · +80.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 18▼ 20 vs year ago 36 · −55.6%
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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 good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady on a light test. Light supply of slaughter cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.57/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$147.57
195 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.64
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543147.78802187
Medium and Large 2-3420142.755998thin
One grade step is worth $5.03/cwt here — about $203 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 sale195 hd
147.57
—
KY average26 barns · 4,319 hd
140.93
+6.64
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—High1,97890.761,7954thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38065.509041thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31064.768485thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20957.096904thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430149.00/cwt149.00–149.006411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2499154.00/cwt154.00–154.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508153.00/cwt153.00–153.007772
Steers—Large 1520150.00/cwt150.00–150.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578145.48/cwt145.00–148.008416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581161.80/cwt160.00–163.0094030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644145.00/cwt145.00–145.009346
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009042
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,01111
Steers—Large 1702129.00/cwt129.00–129.009063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2155160.00/cwt160.00–160.002481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275170.00/cwt170.00–170.0046810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2347147.98/cwt147.00–154.005137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3347145.00/cwt145.00–145.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358152.00/cwt152.00–152.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421156.00/cwt156.00–156.0065712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3444142.00/cwt142.00–142.006306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2453150.00/cwt150.00–150.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516148.78/cwt148.00–149.0076823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580148.31/cwt141.00–151.0086098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628131.00/cwt131.00–131.008232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643145.00/cwt145.00–145.009329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650131.00/cwt131.00–131.008523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2707126.18/cwt123.00–131.0089215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2270181.00/cwt181.00–181.004899
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2358158.00/cwt158.00–158.0056613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3363140.92/cwt136.00–150.005129
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425144.28/cwt143.00–145.006138
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2436154.00/cwt154.00–154.0067110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3479139.01/cwt138.00–140.0066610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510148.00/cwt148.00–148.007559
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565143.00/cwt143.00–143.0080813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578133.25/cwt129.00–136.007705
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675126.00/cwt126.00–126.0085112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3686115.00/cwt115.00–115.007895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008485
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3051
Bulls——1,645100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6451
Bulls——2,36589.01/cwt87.00–91.002,1052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,10058.50/cwt58.50–58.506441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20957.09/cwt54.00–59.506904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21572.00/cwt72.00–72.008751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38065.50/cwt65.50–65.509041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41264.43/cwt63.00–66.009103

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.