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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 12

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201

← Jan 5Jan 12Jan 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

254 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 274▲ 110 vs year ago 144 · +76.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 75▲ 28 vs year ago 18 · +155.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 11▲ 3 vs year ago 1 · +300.0%

Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder classes sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher with strong demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Good demand for slaughter classes.

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 $383.03/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 13 of 27 comparable sales and sits −7.13 against this barn's trailing median of $390.16.

Average price

$383.03

28 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$419

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

$86.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.07

vs KY average

−30.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	386.11	2,024	27
Medium and Large 2-3	535	300.00	1,605	1thin

One grade step is worth $86.11/cwt here — about $419 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 sale28 hd

383.03

—

KY average25 barns · 2,129 hd

376.97

+6.07

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−30.45

This barn, trailing median27 sales

390.16

−7.13

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	1,938	175.62	3,403	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,663	148.00	2,461	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	147.33	1,796	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,011	114.31	1,156	9thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,555	$3,500	1thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,907	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	417.96/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,132	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	400.44/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,266	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,526	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	360.41/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,606	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	322.98/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,678	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	870	303.28/cwt	294.00–313.00	2,639	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	190	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	950	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	263	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,207	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,281	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,559	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	440.31/cwt	417.00–450.00	1,634	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,646	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	404.68/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,752	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	387.52/cwt	387.00–390.00	1,984	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,249	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,232	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	344.96/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,204	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,976	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,271	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	308.76/cwt	302.00–313.00	2,229	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,328	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	783	328.21/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,570	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	825	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,757	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	880	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,804	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	263	556.00/cwt	556.00–556.00	1,462	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,509	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	357	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	1,924	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,061	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	513	308.78/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,584	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	515	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,075	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,179	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,879	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,316	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,187	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,810	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,715	1
Bulls	—	—	1,970	182.02/cwt	170.00–190.00	3,586	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	149.59/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,459	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,017	88.23/cwt	81.00–93.00	897	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	111.64/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,142	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,339	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	134.15/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,520	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,196	150.49/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,800	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	111.74/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,341	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	166.89/cwt	161.00–180.00	2,130	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,399	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,835	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,477	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,857	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,555	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 Jan 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 274Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 75Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 11Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	825	213.00	213.00
1	850–900	880	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	500.00	500.00
2	250–300	263	459.00	459.00
2	300–350	345	452.00	452.00
10	350–400	371	417.00–450.00	440.31
16	400–450	433	400.00–405.00	404.68
23	500–550	512	387.00–390.00	387.52
4	550–600	595	378.00	378.00
20	600–650	639	335.00–350.00	344.96
1	650–700	670	339.00	339.00
4	700–750	722	302.00–313.00	308.76
10	750–800	751	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	427.00	427.00
3	400–450	422	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	495	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	650	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	600	372.00	372.00
5	750–800	783	325.00–329.00	328.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	380.00	380.00
1	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
2	850–900	870	294.00–313.00	303.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	465.00	465.00
10	500–550	510	400.00–420.00	417.96
7	550–600	566	400.00–401.00	400.44
5	650–700	696	363.00	363.00
5	700–750	723	360.00–362.00	360.41
22	800–850	829	320.00–326.00	322.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	431.00	431.00
8	550–600	566	385.00	385.00
9	650–700	657	352.50	352.50
4	700–750	729	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	556.00	556.00
10	350–400	357	539.00	539.00
12	400–450	425	485.00	485.00
19	500–550	515	403.00	403.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	513	300.00–318.00	308.78
1	650–700	650	289.00	289.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	140.00–160.00	149.59
3	—	1,017	81.00–93.00	88.23
1	—	1,030	130.00	130.00
3	—	1,023	111.00–113.00	111.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,196	142.00–156.00	150.49
3	—	1,200	111.00–113.00	111.74
2	—	1,133	132.00–136.00	134.15
6	—	1,276	161.00–180.00	166.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,835	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,970	170.00–190.00	182.02

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	211.00	211.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,555	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.