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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 2

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

← May 19Jun 2Jun 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

337 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 279▲ 13 vs year ago 324 · +4.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

76 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 58▲ 19 vs year ago 57 · +33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 2▲ 11 vs year ago 9 · +122.2%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to Memorial day holiday. Good demand for feeder classes this week. Strong demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $320.67/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −84.99 against this barn's trailing median of $405.67.

Average price

$320.67

60 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$50.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.87

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	532	328.27	1,748	51
Medium and Large 2-3	558	277.60	1,548	9thin

One grade step is worth $50.67/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale60 hd

320.67

—

KY average23 barns · 736 hd

346.54

−25.87

This barn, trailing median25 sales

405.67

−84.99

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,643	183.03	3,007	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	160.69	1,930	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,497	160.49	2,402	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	136.03	1,329	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,262	$2,368	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	848	$2,281	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,217	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,500	1thin

Every lot

71 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	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	175	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	919	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,254	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	340.04/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,989	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,074	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	691	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,273	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,036	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,296	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,161	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,247	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	225	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,013	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	280	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	1,299	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	287	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,125	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,340	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	346	317.02/cwt	313.00–323.00	1,097	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	365	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,201	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	423	296.51/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,254	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,558	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	507	339.67/cwt	339.00–342.00	1,722	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	508	281.99/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,433	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,565	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	316.03/cwt	296.00–323.00	1,814	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	614	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,959	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,825	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,877	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,873	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,031	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,853	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	220	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	986	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	238	517.48/cwt	512.00–520.00	1,232	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	279	511.40/cwt	496.00–529.00	1,427	10
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,121	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,129	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,270	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	351	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,516	18
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,283	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,797	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,268	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,604	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,524	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	511	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,875	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	272.80/cwt	255.00–284.00	1,405	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	309.39/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,776	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	579	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,621	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,934	13
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,958	7
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,872	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,205	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,808	1
Bulls	—	—	1,478	176.10/cwt	162.00–188.00	2,603	3
Bulls	—	—	1,876	196.49/cwt	190.00–205.00	3,686	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	969	130.02/cwt	121.00–139.00	1,260	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	160.05/cwt	151.00–170.00	1,613	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	166.15/cwt	157.00–181.00	1,994	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	149.77/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,803	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,186	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,516	164.29/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,491	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	848	2,280.96/head	1,950.00–2,850.00	2,281	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	2,216.77/head	1,500.00–2,650.00	2,217	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,262	2,368.30/head	2,225.00–2,575.00	2,368	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 337Last week 279Year ago 324

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 58Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 2Year ago 9

No comparison due to Memorial day holiday. Good demand for feeder classes this week. Strong demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	450.00	450.00
5	250–300	287	392.00	392.00
1	300–350	308	435.00	435.00
14	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
18	400–450	444	351.00	351.00
1	450–500	485	325.00	325.00
12	550–600	574	296.00–323.00	316.03
2	600–650	625	292.00	292.00
5	650–700	695	270.00	270.00
3	700–750	715	262.00	262.00
6	900–950	923	220.00	220.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	464.00	464.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	313.00–323.00	317.02
1	350–400	365	329.00	329.00
5	400–450	423	294.00–300.00	296.51
4	500–550	508	280.00–284.00	281.99
1	550–600	565	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	507	339.00–342.00	339.67
4	600–650	614	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	315	398.00	398.00
1	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	585	325.00–345.00	340.04
1	650–700	650	319.00	319.00
3	700–750	702	290.00	290.00
4	800–850	823	279.00	279.00
2	1000–1050	1,005	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	691	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	448.00	448.00
4	250–300	283	396.00	396.00
4	300–350	335	379.00	379.00
18	350–400	351	432.00	432.00
16	400–450	430	418.00	418.00
5	450–500	486	330.00	330.00
14	500–550	508	300.00	300.00
18	550–600	574	290.00–315.00	309.39
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00
13	650–700	667	290.00	290.00
7	700–750	712	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	980	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	512.00–520.00	517.48
10	250–300	279	496.00–529.00	511.40
19	500–550	511	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	342.00	342.00
3	400–450	445	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	515	255.00–284.00	272.80
6	550–600	579	280.00	280.00
5	600–650	615	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	342.00	342.00
3	400–450	410	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,200	157.00–181.00	166.15
13	—	1,204	141.00–155.00	149.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	969	121.00–139.00	130.02
2	—	1,008	151.00–170.00	160.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,516	160.00–173.00	164.29
2	—	1,448	150.00–152.00	150.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,876	190.00–205.00	196.49
1	—	1,205	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,478	162.00–188.00	176.10

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,175	1,500.00–2,650.00	2,216.77
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,262	2,225.00–2,575.00	2,368.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	848	1,950.00–2,850.00	2,280.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	3,500.00	3,500.00

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.