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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 22

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

← Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

276 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 244▲ 89 vs year ago 187 · +47.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

54 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 40▲ 7 vs year ago 47 · +14.9%

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 and heifers sold unevenly steady. Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower.

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 $361.47/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 9 of 27 comparable sales and sits −28.69 against this barn's trailing median of $390.16.

Average price

$361.47

62 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$76.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.87

vs KY average

−4.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	365.09	1,915	58
Medium and Large 2	508	329.00	1,671	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	558	289.00	1,613	2thin

One grade step is worth $76.09/cwt here — about $303 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 sale62 hd

361.47

—

KY average25 barns · 1,393 hd

355.59

+5.87

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−4.38

This barn, trailing median27 sales

390.16

−28.69

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	—	Low	1,750	171.14	2,995	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,630	144.29	2,352	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,238	135.43	1,677	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	991	119.96	1,189	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	870	171.00	1,488	1thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,705	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	467	335.59/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,567	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	401.23/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,974	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,683	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	367.99/cwt	351.00–371.00	2,171	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	321.94/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,973	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,257	5
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	685	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,089	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,045	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	348	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	981	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,584	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,649	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	370.35/cwt	370.00–371.00	1,870	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,671	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	558	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,613	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,034	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,086	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	314.91/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,141	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	682	267.39/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,824	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,098	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	832	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,080	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,213	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,148	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	318	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	938	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	313.88/cwt	288.00–340.00	1,318	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,734	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	301.40/cwt	292.00–330.00	1,447	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,873	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	501	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,283	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	347.39/cwt	327.00–355.00	1,952	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	597	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,493	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,115	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	736	235.04/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,730	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	831	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,911	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	870	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,488	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,445	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	178.18/cwt	175.00–180.00	3,189	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	874	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	999	127.20/cwt	122.00–139.00	1,271	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	129.56/cwt	121.00–139.00	1,570	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,242	149.32/cwt	141.00–156.00	1,855	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	111.35/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,453	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,584	147.61/cwt	141.00–154.00	2,338	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,815	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,378	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 Sep 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 276Last week 244Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 40Year ago 47

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	295.00	295.00
10	400–450	420	288.00–340.00	313.88
4	450–500	480	292.00–330.00	301.40
9	500–550	501	256.00	256.00
3	550–600	597	250.00	250.00
4	700–750	736	220.00–240.00	235.04
4	800–850	831	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	425.00	425.00
2	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	426	407.00	407.00
7	450–500	493	380.00	380.00
11	550–600	562	327.00–355.00	347.39
6	600–650	643	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
9	350–400	375	375.00	375.00
6	400–450	428	370.00	370.00
4	450–500	458	360.00	360.00
43	500–550	505	370.00–371.00	370.35
15	550–600	581	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	610	342.00	342.00
6	650–700	680	310.00–320.00	314.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	282.00	282.00
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	558	289.00	289.00
11	650–700	682	260.00–269.00	267.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	329.00	329.00
2	750–800	760	276.00	276.00
6	800–850	832	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	885	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	391.00	391.00
13	450–500	492	400.00–402.00	401.23
5	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
20	550–600	590	351.00–371.00	367.99
5	600–650	615	367.00	367.00
1	700–750	705	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
2	600–650	613	319.00–325.00	321.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	685	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	327.00–340.00	335.59
1	500–550	510	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	107.00–115.00	111.35
6	—	1,212	121.00–139.00	129.56
6	—	1,242	141.00–156.00	149.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	91.00	91.00
4	—	999	122.00–139.00	127.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	131.00	131.00
4	—	1,584	141.00–154.00	147.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,790	175.00–180.00	178.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	171.00	171.00

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.