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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 10

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

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Feeder Cattle receipts

236 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 324▼ 53 vs year ago 289 · −18.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 57▼ 23 vs year ago 56 · −41.1%

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 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower with heifers over 500lbs sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady, with high dressing cows selling sharply higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Strong 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 $252.37/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −137.79 against this barn's trailing median of $390.16.

Average price

$252.37

38 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$51.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.14

vs KY average

−13.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	259.11	1,431	33
Medium and Large 2-3	575	207.89	1,195	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.22/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale38 hd

252.37

—

KY average24 barns · 1,264 hd

266.51

−14.14

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−13.00

This barn, trailing median27 sales

390.16

−137.79

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	1,807	157.76	2,850	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,626	134.36	2,185	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	125.73	1,517	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	986	97.54	962	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	High	1,175	142.00	1,669	2thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	315	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,137	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	355	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,264	1
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	440	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,223	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	552	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,628	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,603	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,765	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	271	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	813	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	328	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	820	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	301.07/cwt	292.00–311.00	994	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,193	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	404	245.82/cwt	241.00–260.00	993	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	283.10/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,248	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	247.44/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,170	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	527	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,449	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	256.92/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,382	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	253.53/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,450	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	587	201.11/cwt	182.00–220.00	1,181	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,498	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	228.99/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,509	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,516	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,608	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	205	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	682	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	255	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	747	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	265	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	914	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	982	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	358	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,206	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,353	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	428	264.56/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,132	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	306.47/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,465	20
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	479	247.05/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,183	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,386	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	219.63/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,175	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	578	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,329	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,570	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,418	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	245.66/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,567	12
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,588	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	843	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,753	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	845	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,437	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,175	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,669	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,708	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,562	2
Bulls	—	—	1,846	160.87/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,970	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	743	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	104.38/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,036	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	122.57/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,407	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	135.69/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,649	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,249	111.45/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,392	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	146.83/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,246	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,690	126.05/cwt	124.00–130.00	2,130	3

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 Jun 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 236Last week 324Year ago 289

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 57Year ago 56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	271	300.00	300.00
4	300–350	330	292.00–311.00	301.07
9	350–400	374	319.00	319.00
15	400–450	441	275.00–287.00	283.10
10	500–550	538	250.00–266.00	256.92
16	550–600	572	247.00–260.00	253.53
7	600–650	624	240.00	240.00
6	650–700	659	227.00–230.00	228.99
3	700–750	722	210.00	210.00
4	750–800	773	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
4	400–450	404	241.00–260.00	245.82
3	450–500	473	240.00–251.00	247.44
1	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
4	550–600	587	182.00–220.00	201.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	527	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	583	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
5	750–800	751	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	361.00	361.00
1	350–400	355	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	552	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	332.50	332.50
4	300–350	305	322.00	322.00
3	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	424	319.00	319.00
20	450–500	478	301.00–312.00	306.47
4	500–550	504	275.00	275.00
7	550–600	586	268.00	268.00
12	600–650	638	244.00–251.00	245.66
5	750–800	756	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	345.00	345.00
6	350–400	358	337.00	337.00
2	800–850	843	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	293.00	293.00
2	400–450	428	250.00–280.00	264.56
3	450–500	479	241.00–250.00	247.05
2	500–550	535	200.00–240.00	219.63
2	550–600	578	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	845	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	591	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	77.00	77.00
3	—	993	102.00–106.00	104.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,215	130.00–142.00	135.69
4	—	1,249	106.00–117.00	111.45
4	—	1,148	121.00–125.00	122.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	144.00–150.00	146.83
3	—	1,690	124.00–130.00	126.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,846	155.00–165.00	160.87
2	—	1,708	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	142.00	142.00

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.