Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2024-11-11

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
255 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 273▼ 206 vs year ago 461 · −44.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 77▼ 53 vs year ago 96 · −55.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower. Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes with active market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $241.28/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −164.39 against this barn's trailing median of $405.67.
Average price
$241.28
53 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,290
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.46
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537243.761,30850
Medium and Large 2-3500200.001,0003thin
One grade step is worth $43.76/cwt here — about $308 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 sale53 hd
241.28
—
KY average23 barns · 623 hd
245.74
−4.46
This barn, trailing median25 sales
405.67
−164.39
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

25 sales
480428376324median 405.6703/0204/2006/2208/3110/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.57, low $338.29, median $405.67 across 25 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,519120.001,8223thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,574111.821,7604thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,234107.271,32422
CowsLean 85-90%Average93289.648367thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage972129.011,2543thin

Every lot

44 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365270.00/cwt270.00–270.009861
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3055
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3834
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628250.70/cwt248.00–255.001,5745
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2277280.00/cwt280.00–280.007765
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325230.00/cwt230.00–230.007481
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,0166
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3418240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,17313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0341
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509237.55/cwt220.00–243.001,20921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578221.44/cwt210.00–223.001,28017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4773
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4745
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy275330.00/cwt330.00–330.009083
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,17315
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,28915
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3500200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0003
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516246.06/cwt230.00–250.001,27031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,36819
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,46010
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3301
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2757200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,51410
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice972129.01/cwt119.00–140.001,2543
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,348110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4832
Bulls——1,860140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,6041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88790.14/cwt81.00–98.008003
Cows—Lean 85-90%93560.53/cwt60.00–61.005662
Cows—Lean 85-90%985127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167128.79/cwt126.00–134.001,5033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20098.73/cwt90.00–107.001,18510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287112.90/cwt110.00–121.001,4538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518124.13/cwt121.00–127.001,8842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5801

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.