Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2021-04-29

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Apr 29

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222

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Receipts

378 head

▼ 222 vs last sale 600▼ 41 vs year ago 419 · −9.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Nov 2, 2026

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.26/cwt on 210 head.

Average price

$134.26

210 head · 710 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$23.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.11

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	707	134.87	953	204
Medium and Large 2-3	627	126.00	790	1thin
Large 1	857	111.00	951	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.87/cwt here — about $2 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale210 hd

134.26

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KY average26 barns · 4,473 hd

139.37

−5.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 lots · USDA AMS · Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	756	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	838	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	153.00/cwt	140.00–157.00	849	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	627	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	790	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	140.49/cwt	133.00–141.00	909	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	127.84/cwt	120.00–129.00	970	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	984	21
Steers	—	Large 1	857	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	951	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	938	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,069	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,014	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,126	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	461	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	516	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	651	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	636	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	134.50/cwt	131.00–135.00	769	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	129.06/cwt	121.00–130.00	821	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	116.11/cwt	110.00–117.00	864	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	110.32/cwt	109.50–110.50	928	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	939	10

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 - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Owensboro, KY

Thu Apr 29, 2021

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

Receipts 378Last week 600Year ago 419

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,014	111.00	111.00
8	—	464	163.00	163.00
4	—	544	154.00	154.00
2	—	938	114.00	114.00
63	—	759	120.00–129.00	127.84
62	—	647	133.00–141.00	140.49
30	—	555	140.00–157.00	153.00
21	—	841	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	627	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	744	110.00–117.00	116.11
39	—	636	121.00–130.00	129.06
31	—	572	131.00–135.00	134.50
22	—	841	109.50–110.50	110.32
10	—	930	101.00	101.00
2	—	509	125.00	125.00
2	—	482	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	461	112.00	112.00

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.