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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 14

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222

← Feb 27Aug 14Feb 19 →

Receipts

802 head

▲ 479 vs last sale 323▲ 802 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Nov 2, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Strong quality offering of feeder cattle. Strong demand for feeder classes.

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 $402.13/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −3.84 against this barn's trailing median of $405.97.

Average price

$402.13

23 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.93

vs KY average

+14.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	402.13	2,176	23

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

402.13

—

KY average24 barns · 766 hd

392.20

+9.93

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+14.64

This barn, trailing median1 sales

405.97

−3.84

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	541	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,191	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,132	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,485	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	368.40/cwt	354.00–375.00	2,339	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	693	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,585	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,173	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,532	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	746	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,648	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	81
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	780	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,122	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,769	38
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	844	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,659	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	862	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,870	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	921	313.29/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,885	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,642	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,868	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	567	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,112	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,007	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	631	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,193	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,080	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	676	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,298	133
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,261	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	744	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,381	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,274	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	299.15/cwt	294.00–300.00	2,483	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,500	2

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 802Last week 323Year ago 0

Strong quality offering of feeder cattle. Strong demand for feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	494	400.00	400.00
6	500–550	541	394.00	394.00
25	600–650	635	354.00–375.00	368.40
19	700–750	736	344.00	344.00
81	750–800	760	340.00	340.00
38	800–850	839	330.00	330.00
9	900–950	921	310.00–320.00	313.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	780	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	710	306.00	306.00
4	800–850	844	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	541	405.00	405.00
37	600–650	629	395.00	395.00
89	650–700	693	373.00	373.00
72	700–750	746	355.00	355.00
63	850–900	862	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	550–600	567	372.50	372.50
15	600–650	631	347.50	347.50
133	650–700	676	340.00	340.00
45	700–750	744	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	540	346.00	346.00
17	550–600	567	354.00	354.00
13	600–650	638	326.00	326.00
11	700–750	739	306.00	306.00
2	750–800	758	300.00	300.00
7	800–850	830	294.00–300.00	299.15
2	850–900	893	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00

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.