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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 25

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

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Feeder Cattle receipts

341 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 341▼ 6 vs year ago 347 · −1.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 39▲ 9 vs year ago 28 · +32.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 13▼ 6 vs year ago 13 · −46.2%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold firm. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.80/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −142.36 against this barn's trailing median of $390.16.

Average price

$247.80

50 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,334

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$456

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$71.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.35

vs KY average

−19.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	251.37	1,356	44
Medium and Large 2	535	230.00	1,231	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	500	180.00	900	1thin

One grade step is worth $71.37/cwt here — about $456 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

247.80

—

KY average25 barns · 1,536 hd

258.15

−10.35

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−19.07

This barn, trailing median27 sales

390.16

−142.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $441.67, low $322.89, median $390.16 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,835	128.26	2,354	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	122.33	1,927	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	112.99	1,366	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	962	102.78	988	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,110	162.00	1,798	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,195	$1,503	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,350	$1,260	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	870	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	710	$1,350	1thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	952	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	323	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,179	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	412	327.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,347	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	476	310.78/cwt	306.00–318.00	1,479	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	511	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,548	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,370	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	271.66/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,532	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	262.74/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,647	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,509	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,742	1
Steers	900–950	Medium 1-2	925	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,591	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	930	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,600	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,813	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	227	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	704	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	277	327.45/cwt	326.00–329.00	907	14
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	297	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	823	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	854	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,104	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	416	257.08/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,069	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	431	281.81/cwt	281.00–282.00	1,215	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,118	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	458	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,076	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,303	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,393	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,189	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,295	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	243.37/cwt	232.00–252.00	1,387	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,252	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,449	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,501	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	276	357.64/cwt	342.00–361.00	987	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	942	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,047	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	408	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,036	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	444	311.30/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,382	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	263.76/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,364	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	254.01/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,453	22
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	647	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,359	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	654	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,602	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	201.82/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,437	13
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,288	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	892	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,070	3
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2-3	1,057	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,205	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	1150–1200	Large 3	1,190	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,321	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,110	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,798	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,735	141.46/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,454	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,920	1
Bulls	—	—	1,932	125.55/cwt	120.00–130.00	2,426	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,089	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	91.56/cwt	89.00–94.00	886	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	109.86/cwt	103.00–116.00	1,306	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	87.87/cwt	80.00–96.00	1,072	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	128.15/cwt	121.00–140.00	1,599	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	122.33/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,927	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,503.35/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,503	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	1,260.00/head	1,260.00–1,260.00	1,260	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1

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 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 341Last week 341Year ago 347

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 39Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 13Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	312.00	312.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
7	550–600	564	260.00–276.00	271.66
14	600–650	627	255.00–271.00	262.74
1	800–850	810	215.00	215.00
1	950–1000	980	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	511	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	548	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	645	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	930	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	925	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	365.00	365.00
10	400–450	412	320.00–330.00	327.03
12	450–500	476	306.00–318.00	310.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	516	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	280.00	280.00
3	400–450	447	250.00	250.00
9	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
18	500–550	507	257.00	257.00
22	550–600	570	232.00–252.00	243.37
1	600–650	630	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	663	215.00	215.00
2	850–900	883	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	230.00	230.00
2	550–600	563	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	277.00	277.00
7	400–450	416	250.00–260.00	257.08
2	450–500	458	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	500	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	605	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	310.00	310.00
14	250–300	277	326.00–329.00	327.45
2	350–400	355	311.00	311.00
32	400–450	431	281.00–282.00	281.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	301.00	301.00
15	500–550	517	250.00–270.00	263.76
22	550–600	572	244.00–257.00	254.01
13	700–750	712	195.00–205.00	201.82
1	800–850	805	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	265.00	265.00
3	400–450	408	254.00	254.00
1	450–500	475	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	647	210.00	210.00
3	850–900	892	120.00	120.00
5	1050–1100	1,057	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	276	342.00–361.00	357.64
17	400–450	444	310.00–312.00	311.30
13	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
8	650–700	654	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1150–1200	1,190	111.00	111.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,260.00	1,260.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,195	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,503.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	710	1,350.00	1,350.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,735	135.00–145.00	141.46
3	—	1,932	120.00–130.00	125.55
1	—	1,745	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	80.00–96.00	87.87
6	—	1,248	121.00–140.00	128.15
13	—	1,189	103.00–116.00	109.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	115.00–130.00	122.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	89.00–94.00	91.56
2	—	955	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	162.00	162.00

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.