Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2022-01-24

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 24
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 345▲ 87 vs year ago 264 · +33.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 27▲ 16 vs year ago 20 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 38▼ 60 vs year ago 64 · −93.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.51/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$140.51
142 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$27.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.91
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506141.99718124
Medium and Large 2-3481133.5364215thin
Large 1755114.008613thin
One grade step is worth $27.99/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale142 hd
140.51
—
KY average24 barns · 4,906 hd
142.42
−1.91
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—Average1,69578.121,3245thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50164.1596311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22561.2075011
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11050.475604thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409179.00/cwt179.00–179.007324
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495161.00/cwt161.00–161.007976
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512155.00/cwt155.00–155.007942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582163.00/cwt163.00–163.0094914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689140.97/cwt138.00–150.009719
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3788123.00/cwt123.00–123.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2931131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,22016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2291176.00/cwt176.00–176.005127
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3295148.00/cwt148.00–148.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371152.21/cwt149.00–156.0056523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430139.00/cwt139.00–139.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444144.00/cwt144.00–144.0063917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482135.00/cwt135.00–135.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509139.66/cwt138.00–142.0071129
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3511134.59/cwt133.00–135.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574134.41/cwt131.00–135.0077220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624137.00/cwt137.00–137.008557
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3638110.00/cwt110.00–110.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668130.63/cwt125.00–135.0087314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719123.36/cwt120.00–125.008876
Heifers—Large 1755114.00/cwt114.00–114.008613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2274198.92/cwt196.00–201.005457
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2389180.94/cwt172.00–183.0070416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445174.00/cwt174.00–174.0077417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3453141.00/cwt141.00–141.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519157.76/cwt151.00–159.0081921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3523140.00/cwt140.00–140.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582143.64/cwt135.00–146.0083618
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3582138.00/cwt138.00–138.008035
Bulls—Large 1673130.00/cwt130.00–130.008752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684132.95/cwt129.00–135.0090923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2781118.00/cwt118.00–118.0092210
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69578.12/cwt75.00–83.001,3245
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91543.96/cwt43.00–45.004022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22561.20/cwt58.50–64.5075011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30556.98/cwt56.50–57.357442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43469.22/cwt68.50–69.509934
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51057.50/cwt57.50–57.508681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54461.88/cwt60.00–65.509556
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0019,2631
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,690925.00/cwt925.00–925.0015,6331

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.