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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Feb 19

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222

← Aug 14Feb 19Aug 13 →

Receipts

366 head

▼ 436 vs last sale 802▲ 43 vs year ago 323 · +13.3%

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 $447.43/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +41.46 against this barn's trailing median of $405.97.

Average price

$447.43

16 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.54

vs KY average

−39.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	447.43	2,528	16thin

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 sale16 hd

447.43

—

KY average24 barns · 1,256 hd

467.97

−20.54

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−39.93

This barn, trailing median1 sales

405.97

+41.46

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

Every lot

27 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,171	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	455	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,416	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,617	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	419.85/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,431	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	625	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,694	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	704	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,647	40
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	354.47/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,545	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	765	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,754	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,704	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,958	44
Steers	900–950	Medium 1-2	910	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,639	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,000	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,988	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	435	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,175	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,125	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	572	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,294	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,179	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,416	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	723	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,169	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	739	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,476	55
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,356	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,544	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	858	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,677	21

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 366Last week 802Year ago 323

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	483	440.00	440.00
5	550–600	597	365.00	365.00
4	700–750	748	315.00	315.00
2	800–850	848	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	650	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	500.00	500.00
19	550–600	572	401.00	401.00
36	650–700	653	370.00	370.00
55	700–750	739	335.00	335.00
21	850–900	858	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	723	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	517.00	517.00
8	550–600	579	410.00–430.00	419.85
28	700–750	718	353.00–360.00	354.47
5	800–850	817	331.00	331.00
44	850–900	883	335.00	335.00
4	1000–1050	1,000	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	531.00	531.00
8	550–600	551	475.00	475.00
19	600–650	625	431.00	431.00
40	700–750	704	376.00	376.00
39	750–800	765	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	910	290.00	290.00

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.