Sale reports / Kentucky / Owensboro Livestock Auction / 2026-07-27

Owensboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Owensboro, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 27
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2201
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 109▲ 36 vs year ago 56 · +64.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 15▲ 8 vs year ago 10 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on feeder steers due to limited supply. Feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $337.50/cwt on 2 head, down $81.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −68.17 against this barn's trailing median of $405.67.
Average price
$337.50
▼ 81.67 vs prior sale
2 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−47.21
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553337.501,8652thin
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 sale2 hd
337.50
—
KY average23 barns · 322 hd
384.71
−47.21
This barn, trailing median25 sales
405.67
−68.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
480428376324median 405.6703/0204/2006/2208/3110/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.57, low $338.29, median $405.67 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,800192.503,4652thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,815167.513,0415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,188161.971,9248thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average950138.001,3113thin

Every lot

34 lots · USDA AMS · Kentuckiana Livestock Market - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,1351
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582422.45/cwt415.00–430.002,4594
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4951
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432338.38/cwt335.00–340.001,4623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583354.21/cwt350.00–355.002,0656
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0703
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,2043
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2250500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2763
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6828
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425454.00/cwt454.00–454.001,93014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4241
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472392.97/cwt380.00–400.001,8556
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2493427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,10514
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8281
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy600375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2502
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0481
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,800215.00/cwt215.00–215.003,8701
Bulls——1,800170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,0601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%825120.00/cwt120.00–120.009901
Cows—Lean 85-90%940164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5421
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,109153.52/cwt147.00–157.001,7034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225166.89/cwt163.00–171.002,0443
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,390181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,5161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,3401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,879171.89/cwt170.00–174.003,2304

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.