Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2022-08-29

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 202▲ 7 vs year ago 300 · +2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 22▲ 3 vs year ago 25 · +12.0%
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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 steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $163.07/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$163.07
166 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.17
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510163.39833140
Medium and Large 2-3441161.3371126
One grade step is worth $2.06/cwt here — about $122 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 sale166 hd
163.07
—
KY average24 barns · 5,148 hd
165.24
−2.17
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—Average1,49888.431,3255thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32187.301,1548thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21884.721,0327thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04759.646255thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385180.00/cwt180.00–180.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3470165.44/cwt160.00–171.007782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475175.00/cwt175.00–175.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565160.00/cwt160.00–160.009041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567170.00/cwt170.00–170.009643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628157.25/cwt155.00–162.009883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,19621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2697167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272169.00/cwt169.00–169.004603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325173.00/cwt173.00–173.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330163.00/cwt163.00–163.005381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376176.00/cwt176.00–176.0066221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3377169.45/cwt163.00–170.0063912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447167.00/cwt167.00–167.0074618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484160.72/cwt160.00–164.0077826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3495154.92/cwt154.00–155.0076711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573169.00/cwt169.00–169.0096815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578156.00/cwt152.00–160.0090235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3578147.00/cwt147.00–147.008502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618160.00/cwt160.00–160.0098915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662149.18/cwt148.00–150.009885
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310204.03/cwt195.00–209.006323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373195.50/cwt195.50–195.5072915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3388159.01/cwt157.00–160.006173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424180.00/cwt180.00–180.0076311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515155.00/cwt155.00–155.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518183.00/cwt183.00–183.0094834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585165.50/cwt165.50–165.5096812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0258
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22084.69/cwt83.00–86.001,0333
Bulls——1,91594.05/cwt93.00–95.001,8012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03072.50/cwt72.50–72.507471
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03067.36/cwt65.00–71.006943
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07348.06/cwt45.00–50.505162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23080.85/cwt76.00–85.009944
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28084.14/cwt81.00–86.001,0774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28898.56/cwt95.00–102.001,2692
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35095.29/cwt91.00–102.001,2863
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0641

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.