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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 27

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

347 head

▼ 164 vs last sale 511▲ 142 vs year ago 205 · +69.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 40▲ 4 vs year ago 24 · +16.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 0▲ 7 vs year ago 6 · +116.7%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026

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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 mostly steady. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.38/cwt on 162 head.

Average price

$205.38

162 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$49.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.66

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	456	209.00	953	28
Medium and Large 1-2	520	206.01	1,071	130
Medium and Large 2-3	560	159.50	893	4thin

One grade step is worth $49.50/cwt here — about $60 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 sale162 hd

205.38

—

KY average24 barns · 7,433 hd

188.72

+16.66

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,970	104.24	2,053	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	91.59	1,369	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,241	81.87	1,016	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	71.70	768	8thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,303	$1,199	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,289	$1,193	4thin

Every lot

48 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	894	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	989	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,086	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,129	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,142	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	196.15/cwt	191.00–200.00	1,216	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,315	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	774	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	877	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	782	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	392	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	851	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	217.65/cwt	211.00–220.00	953	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	442	231.26/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,022	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	206.73/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,025	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,089	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	187.79/cwt	184.00–189.00	995	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	186.42/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,083	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	618	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	896	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	177.98/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,123	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,118	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,264	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	289	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	694	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	325	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	676	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	877	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	340	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	775	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	904	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	832	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	232.05/cwt	230.00–234.00	954	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	989	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	842	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,050	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	941	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,079	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	173.45/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,152	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	713	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,070	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,705	96.11/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,639	2
Bulls	—	—	2,235	112.36/cwt	105.00–118.00	2,511	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	666	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	69.77/cwt	66.00–75.00	742	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,051	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	86.97/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,068	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,142	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	74.93/cwt	73.00–76.00	938	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,295	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,120	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,595	94.14/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,502	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,289	1,193.06/head	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,193	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,303	1,199.11/head	1,125.00–1,260.00	1,199	2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Mon Mar 27, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 347Last week 511Year ago 205

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 40Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	512	205.00	205.00
9	—	664	169.00–174.00	173.45
5	—	583	185.00	185.00
6	—	289	240.00	240.00
10	—	340	258.00	258.00
1	—	360	251.00	251.00
16	—	411	230.00–234.00	232.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	150.00	150.00
1	—	340	228.00	228.00
2	—	378	220.00	220.00
2	—	485	204.00	204.00
2	—	523	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	208.00	208.00
1	—	420	200.00	200.00
1	—	495	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	651	202.00	202.00
15	—	464	234.00	234.00
16	—	620	191.00–200.00	196.15
11	—	571	200.00	200.00
12	—	513	220.00	220.00
1	—	345	259.00	259.00
3	—	407	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	207.00	207.00
5	—	320	242.00	242.00
9	—	364	241.00	241.00
11	—	690	162.00	162.00
20	—	631	174.00–179.00	177.98
22	—	496	205.00–207.00	206.73
38	—	442	230.00–234.00	231.26
3	—	790	160.00	160.00
15	—	581	185.00–188.00	186.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	203.00	203.00
3	—	618	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	217.00	217.00
8	—	530	184.00–189.00	187.79
15	—	438	211.00–220.00	217.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,303	1,125.00–1,260.00	1,199.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,289	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,193.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,235	105.00–118.00	112.36
2	—	1,705	93.00–99.00	96.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	73.00–76.00	74.93
2	—	1,228	86.00–88.00	86.97
1	—	1,235	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	86.50	86.50
2	—	1,595	92.00–96.00	94.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	66.00–75.00	69.77
1	—	1,155	91.00	91.00
1	—	1,040	64.00	64.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.