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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 8

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222

← Apr 25Aug 8Dec 5 →

Receipts

1,077 head

▲ 803 vs last sale 274▼ 131 vs year ago 1,208 · −10.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Nov 2, 2026

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.87/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −124.10 against this barn's trailing median of $405.97.

Average price

$281.87

39 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$29.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.34

vs KY average

+6.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	289.48	1,629	29
Medium and Large 2	546	259.80	1,419	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale39 hd

281.87

—

KY average24 barns · 526 hd

275.53

+6.34

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+6.79

This barn, trailing median1 sales

405.97

−124.10

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,421	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,288	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	259.80/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,419	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,510	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	569	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,684	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,533	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	261.33/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,683	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	253.04/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,673	129
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	228.51/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,693	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	757	242.27/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,834	259
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,685	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	222.66/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,861	77
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	860	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,600	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	877	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,070	62
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,920	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,126	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,292	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	510	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,193	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,254	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,408	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,499	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,391	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,469	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,579	153
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	213.75/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,558	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	746	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,652	125
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	201.70/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,642	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,671	4

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 Aug 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,077Last week 274Year ago 1,208

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	425	265.00	265.00
10	450–500	468	276.00	276.00
9	500–550	516	243.00	243.00
12	550–600	552	255.00	255.00
7	600–650	621	224.00	224.00
16	650–700	653	225.00	225.00
16	700–750	729	211.00–215.00	213.75
16	800–850	814	200.00–203.00	201.70
4	900–950	903	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	550–600	570	263.00	263.00
153	650–700	669	236.00	236.00
125	700–750	746	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	283.00	283.00
10	500–550	546	255.00–261.00	259.80
2	600–650	618	248.00	248.00
1	700–750	745	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	780	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
8	450–500	454	313.00	313.00
9	500–550	549	275.00	275.00
9	600–650	644	258.00–263.00	261.33
129	650–700	661	243.00–255.00	253.04
28	700–750	741	224.00–230.00	228.51
77	800–850	836	218.00–225.00	222.66
12	900–950	932	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	569	296.00	296.00
259	750–800	757	242.00–243.00	242.27
62	850–900	877	236.00	236.00

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.