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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Feb 27

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222

← Dec 5Feb 27Aug 14 →

Receipts

323 head

▼ 199 vs last sale 522▲ 323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 $305.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −100.97 against this barn's trailing median of $405.97.

Average price

$305.00

9 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.19

vs KY average

−43.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	315.00	1,792	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	270.00	1,566	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $226 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 sale9 hd

305.00

—

KY average24 barns · 818 hd

318.19

−13.19

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−43.24

This barn, trailing median1 sales

405.97

−100.97

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	569	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,792	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,566	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	288.31/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,819	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	656	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,968	9
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	720	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,764	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	743	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,969	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,004	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	836	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,115	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	855	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,189	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	960	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,150	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	428	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,374	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	276.98/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,554	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,683	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	251.46/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,665	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	697	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,812	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1-2	703	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,406	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,700	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	773	240.53/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,859	40
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	863	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,855	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,784	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,784	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 - Special Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Owensboro, KY

Thu Feb 27, 2025

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

Receipts 323Last week 522Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
9	600–650	631	285.00–291.00	288.31
10	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
3	800–850	835	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	315.00	315.00
9	650–700	656	300.00	300.00
39	700–750	743	265.00	265.00
22	800–850	836	253.00	253.00
65	850–900	855	256.00	256.00
20	950–1000	960	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	561	266.00–280.00	276.98
9	600–650	645	261.00	261.00
7	650–700	662	245.00–254.00	251.46
5	700–750	739	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	870	205.00	205.00
1	900–950	915	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	321.00	321.00
26	650–700	697	260.00	260.00
40	750–800	773	240.00–241.00	240.53
14	850–900	863	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	703	200.00	200.00

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.