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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 18

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

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Feeder Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 131▼ 228 vs year ago 342 · −66.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 21▼ 47 vs year ago 76 · −61.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▼ 42 vs year ago 44 · −95.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder class sold firm on a light comparison. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher on a good quality offering. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $318.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −71.91 against this barn's trailing median of $390.16.

Average price

$318.25

4 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$51.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.43

vs KY average

−41.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	331.00	1,870	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	280.00	1,540	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.00/cwt here — about $330 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 sale4 hd

318.25

—

KY average26 barns · 995 hd

352.68

−34.43

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−41.55

This barn, trailing median27 sales

390.16

−71.91

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	—	Average	1,600	190.00	3,040	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,556	168.82	2,627	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,318	164.65	2,170	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	982	160.43	1,575	3thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,405	210.00	2,951	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,400	222.39	3,113	2thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	280	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,403	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,700	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,864	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,356	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	300	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	975	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,364	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	376.33/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,456	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,252	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,546	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	486	303.70/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,476	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	357.95/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,765	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,870	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,116	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	718	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,229	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	220	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	704	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,240	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,621	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	393	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,415	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	3
Bulls	400–450	Large 1-2	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	367.69/cwt	366.00–380.00	1,813	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	329.30/cwt	313.00–340.00	1,893	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,879	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,400	222.39/cwt	211.00–233.00	3,113	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,951	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,040	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	167.65/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,614	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,489	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	165.60/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,111	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,600	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	176.61/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,450	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	177.73/cwt	173.00–187.00	2,675	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,215	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,755	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,808	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	988	175.04/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,729	2

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 Aug 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 131Year ago 342

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 21Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 44

Compared to last week feeder class sold firm on a light comparison. Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher on a good quality offering. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,505	173.00–187.00	177.73
1	—	1,560	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,755	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	146.00	146.00
2	—	963	165.00–170.00	167.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	125.00	125.00
3	—	1,387	175.00–180.00	176.61
4	—	1,275	161.00–168.00	165.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	211.00–233.00	222.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	210.00	210.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	400.00	400.00
7	350–400	376	431.00	431.00
3	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
16	450–500	493	366.00–380.00	367.69
10	550–600	575	313.00–340.00	329.30
1	650–700	650	289.00	289.00
1	700–750	700	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	393	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	535	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	406.00	406.00
7	350–400	387	365.00–385.00	376.33
20	450–500	493	356.00–370.00	357.95
3	550–600	565	331.00	331.00
2	650–700	653	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	718	310.50	310.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	395	317.00	317.00
4	450–500	486	300.00–315.00	303.70
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	425.00	425.00
2	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	725	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	342.00	342.00
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	501.00	501.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	988	170.00–180.00	175.04

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.