Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-08-09

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 9
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
346 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 425▼ 56 vs year ago 402 · −13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 16▼ 9 vs year ago 34 · −26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady on a light test. 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 $144.18/cwt on 180 head.
Average price
$144.18
180 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2580145.47844165
Medium and Large 2-3575130.0174715thin
One grade step is worth $15.45/cwt here — about $97 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 sale180 hd
144.18
—
KY average25 barns · 5,511 hd
140.90
+3.27
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—Average1,71288.971,5235thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47766.479826thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11862.697014thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01457.105795thin

Every lot

42 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 1-2385167.00/cwt167.00–167.006431
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3408140.00/cwt140.00–140.005712
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3458150.00/cwt150.00–150.006872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007658
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578151.00/cwt151.00–151.008734
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3618125.00/cwt125.00–125.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628146.00/cwt146.00–146.0091712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655143.36/cwt142.00–145.0093911
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367151.30/cwt151.00–153.005557
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430138.00/cwt138.00–138.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438153.00/cwt153.00–153.0067021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491146.00/cwt146.00–146.007177
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3493136.60/cwt135.00–137.006735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521149.38/cwt149.00–150.0077822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535141.00/cwt141.00–141.007541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575148.86/cwt148.00–149.0085629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3584127.84/cwt120.00–133.007475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616148.00/cwt148.00–148.009129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666140.04/cwt137.00–143.0093359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725135.50/cwt135.50–135.5098210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3757116.34/cwt115.00–119.008813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3292151.00/cwt151.00–151.004413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2356160.00/cwt160.00–160.0057010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3360147.97/cwt146.00–150.005332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413152.89/cwt152.00–155.006317
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3492130.00/cwt130.00–130.006403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3512134.00/cwt134.00–134.006866
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514146.81/cwt145.00–147.0075511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2634128.31/cwt127.00–131.008136
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678128.50/cwt128.50–128.508716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2743113.00/cwt113.00–113.008403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,71288.97/cwt87.00–90.001,5235
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92361.97/cwt61.50–62.505722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06567.50/cwt67.50–67.507191
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07553.85/cwt50.50–55.505793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13561.09/cwt59.00–62.506933
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0192
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48864.70/cwt60.50–67.009634

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.