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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Thu, Aug 13

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2222

← Feb 19Aug 13latest

Receipts

629 head

▲ 263 vs last sale 366▼ 173 vs year ago 802 · −21.6%

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Oct 26, 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 $405.97/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $405.97.

Average price

$405.97

17 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$39.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.99

vs KY average

+4.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	420.00	2,243	11thin
Medium and Large 2	514	380.24	1,954	6thin

One grade step is worth $39.76/cwt here — about $288 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 sale17 hd

405.97

—

KY average24 barns · 585 hd

431.96

−25.99

National average153 barns · 6,255 hd

401.83

+4.14

This barn, trailing median1 sales

405.97

+0.00

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

Every lot

20 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,789	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	380.24/cwt	377.00–387.00	1,954	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,243	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	384.05/cwt	360.00–386.00	2,377	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	368.81/cwt	351.00–380.00	2,497	153
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	343.87/cwt	334.00–354.00	2,620	136
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	791	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,452	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,727	50
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,833	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,752	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	501	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,784	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	381.46/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,060	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,057	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	348.67/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,130	101
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	341.96/cwt	324.00–345.00	2,260	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	310.43/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,241	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	284.98/cwt	284.00–289.00	2,374	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,462	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,464	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 Aug 13, 2026

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

Receipts 629Last week 366Year ago 802

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	400.00	400.00
34	500–550	540	365.00–385.00	381.46
16	550–600	598	344.00	344.00
101	600–650	611	343.00–350.00	348.67
7	650–700	661	324.00–345.00	341.96
28	700–750	722	310.00–314.00	310.43
5	800–850	833	284.00–289.00	284.98
2	850–900	855	288.00	288.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	501	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	534	420.00	420.00
48	600–650	619	360.00–386.00	384.05
153	650–700	677	351.00–380.00	368.81
136	750–800	762	334.00–354.00	343.87
50	850–900	855	319.00	319.00
5	900–950	932	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	514	377.00–387.00	380.24
7	750–800	791	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	389.00	389.00

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.