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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 17

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

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Feeder Cattle receipts

182 head

▼ 218 vs last sale 400▼ 159 vs year ago 341 · −46.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

52 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 46▲ 13 vs year ago 39 · +33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 16▼ 12 vs year ago 13 · −92.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Good quality offering of new crop calves selling sharply higher. Strong demand on all feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady with good demand.

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 $300.79/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −89.37 against this barn's trailing median of $390.16.

Average price

$300.79

22 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.20

vs KY average

−13.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	300.79	1,673	22

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

300.79

—

KY average26 barns · 2,008 hd

301.99

−1.20

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−13.79

This barn, trailing median27 sales

390.16

−89.37

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	1,517	163.93	2,486	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,563	142.32	2,224	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	128.60	1,669	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	918	115.28	1,058	10

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,800	1thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	321	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,339	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	397	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,584	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	408	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,599	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	501	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,809	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,943	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	2
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	319	381.15/cwt	376.00–382.00	1,216	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	870	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	374	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,395	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	340.37/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,287	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,390	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	452	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,266	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	460	330.52/cwt	329.00–331.00	1,520	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,482	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	298.17/cwt	294.00–301.00	1,545	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,729	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	280.85/cwt	269.00–287.00	1,629	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	656	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,797	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,737	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,651	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	799	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,982	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	250	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	968	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	340	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	908	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	362	386.73/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,400	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	339.99/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,459	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,599	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	555	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,726	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1-2	555	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,188	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,692	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	785	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,178	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,466	173.15/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,538	4
Bulls	—	—	1,618	145.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,354	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	139.24/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,274	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	916	116.25/cwt	113.50–120.00	1,065	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	76.93/cwt	70.00–85.00	712	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	115.21/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,393	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	126.15/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,627	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	142.84/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,964	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,563	142.32/cwt	141.00–144.00	2,224	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 400Year ago 341

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 46Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 16Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	331.00–350.00	340.37
5	450–500	472	314.00	314.00
5	500–550	518	294.00–301.00	298.17
3	550–600	580	269.00–287.00	280.85
2	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
6	650–700	658	264.00	264.00
1	750–800	775	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	565	306.00	306.00
7	650–700	656	274.00	274.00
6	750–800	799	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	319	376.00–382.00	381.15
15	350–400	374	373.00	373.00
1	400–450	410	339.00	339.00
25	450–500	460	329.00–331.00	330.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	272.00	272.00
2	450–500	452	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	417.00	417.00
5	350–400	397	399.00	399.00
2	400–450	408	392.00	392.00
1	450–500	460	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	635	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	501	361.00	361.00
3	550–600	580	340.00	340.00
5	600–650	633	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	387.00	387.00
11	400–450	429	324.00–350.00	339.99
9	450–500	495	323.00	323.00
2	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
4	650–700	661	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	267.00	267.00
1	750–800	785	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	362	380.00–390.00	386.73
1	550–600	555	311.00	311.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,800.00	2,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	70.00–85.00	76.93
3	—	915	131.00–145.00	139.24
5	—	916	113.50–120.00	116.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,563	141.00–144.00	142.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,290	120.00–134.00	126.15
4	—	1,209	110.00–119.00	115.21
6	—	1,375	140.00–146.00	142.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,466	170.00–180.00	173.15
2	—	1,618	140.00–150.00	145.50

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.