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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 7

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222

← Aug 10Dec 7Feb 15 →

Receipts

547 head

▼ 661 vs last sale 1,208▼ 64 vs year ago 611 · −10.5%

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Nov 2, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.48/cwt on 316 head.

Average price

$205.48

316 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$35.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.14

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	747	205.82	1,537	313
Medium 1-2	773	170.00	1,315	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.82/cwt here — about $222 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 sale316 hd

205.48

—

KY average28 barns · 9,589 hd

216.62

−11.14

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

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	983	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	449	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,123	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,165	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	234.38/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,348	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,338	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	223.72/cwt	210.50–225.00	1,461	57
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	204.23/cwt	191.00–204.50	1,546	100
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	840	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,260	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	854	190.40/cwt	178.00–192.00	1,626	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	916	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,612	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,553	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	836	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	207.52/cwt	204.00–210.00	969	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	186.94/cwt	185.00–191.00	972	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,084	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,010	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	176.88/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,120	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,210	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	180.46/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,330	61
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	781	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,093	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,346	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,437	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	927	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,446	13

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 547Last week 1,208Year ago 611

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	781	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	220.00	220.00
3	—	520	185.00–191.00	186.94
7	—	792	170.00	170.00
13	—	927	156.00	156.00
19	—	556	195.00	195.00
28	—	845	170.00	170.00
10	—	467	204.00–210.00	207.52
13	—	633	176.00–180.00	176.88
61	—	737	170.00–181.00	180.46
69	—	654	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	631	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	250.00	250.00
4	—	637	210.00	210.00
5	—	449	250.00	250.00
34	—	575	230.00–235.00	234.38
5	—	542	215.00	215.00
2	—	1,035	150.00	150.00
34	—	916	176.00	176.00
57	—	653	210.50–225.00	223.72
70	—	854	178.00–192.00	190.40
100	—	757	191.00–204.50	204.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	150.00	150.00
2	—	740	180.00	180.00

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.