Kentuckiana Livestock Market Report

Owensboro, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 3, 2024

390 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $322.57/cwt ≈ $1,387/hd at 430 lb · 21 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $241.57/cwt ≈ $1,831/hd at 758 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $270.00/cwt -0.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,364/hd at 505 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	390	270	340
Feeder cattle	324	220	284
Slaughter cattle	57	41	56
Replacement cattle	9	9	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison due to no sale last Monday Memorial day.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	333.00	$333.00	$1,365	—
470–485	475	3	300.00–313.00	$308.58	$1,466	-2.10
517 value added	517	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,603	—
518	518	7	307.00	$307.00	$1,590	+7.00
597	597	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,612	—
612–621	615	11	260.00–265.00	$261.84	$1,610	+8.95
657–664	663	14	250.00–262.00	$259.45	$1,720	—
736	736	4	237.00	$237.00	$1,744	-3.00
756–761	758	21	241.00–242.00	$241.57	$1,831	—
891	891	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,960	—
1210	1210	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,936	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,204	—
475	475	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,330	—
635	635	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,460	—
660	660	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,518	—
725	725	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,450	—
772	772	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,637	—
860	860	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,668	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	316.00	$316.00	$869	—
315–338	328	4	322.00–330.00	$325.47	$1,068	+5.47
362	362	5	331.00	$331.00	$1,198	—
440	440	14	287.00	$287.00	$1,263	±0.00
469	469	5	280.00	$280.00	$1,313	+2.00
505	505	18	270.00	$270.00	$1,364	-0.29
557–590	567	18	227.00–260.00	$252.84	$1,434	-1.86
622	622	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,424	-6.00
643 value added	643	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,550	—
645	645	10	244.00	$244.00	$1,574	+9.00
677	677	8	220.00	$220.00	$1,489	-8.82
747 value added	747	6	224.00	$224.00	$1,673	—
776	776	11	212.00	$212.00	$1,645	—
902	902	5	207.00	$207.00	$1,867	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	271.00	$271.00	$894	—
398	398	4	281.00	$281.00	$1,118	—
415	415	1	253.00	$253.00	$1,050	—
485	485	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,159	-19.00
595	595	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,208	—
708–720	712	3	151.00–185.00	$173.54	$1,236	-11.46
750	750	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,350	—
860	860	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,299	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	6	195.00	$195.00	$1,390	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1315	1068	3	157.00–162.00	$159.37	$1,702	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267 fancy	267	5	361.00	$361.00	$964	—
350	350	1	306.00	$306.00	$1,071	-27.00
350–358 fancy	357	7	339.00–359.00	$356.20	$1,272	—
420	420	6	309.00	$309.00	$1,298	—
434 fancy	434	15	328.00	$328.00	$1,424	—
500	500	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,300	-4.00
505 fancy	505	13	297.00	$297.00	$1,500	+11.00
585–587	587	8	245.00–253.00	$251.01	$1,473	-5.83
643	643	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,511	+1.80

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	231.00	$231.00	$543	-9.00
490–498	496	4	240.00–254.00	$250.54	$1,243	—
595	595	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,190	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,276	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1350	1163	80-85%	3	106.00–116.00	$111.24	$1,294	—
1220	1220	80-85%	1	81.00	$81.00	$988	-42.00
1040–1345	1225	80-85%	8	120.00–126.00	$123.56	$1,514	+0.56
1030–1380	1249	80-85%	13	130.00–140.00	$134.03	$1,674	+11.03

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	85-90%	1	82.00	$82.00	$590	-19.00
790–985	895	85-90%	4	96.00–105.00	$101.14	$905	+6.14
905–995	962	85-90%	3	120.00–132.00	$127.21	$1,224	—
905–1075	990	85-90%	4	110.00–115.00	$113.05	$1,119	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470–1475	1473	75-80%	2	113.00–115.00	$114.00	$1,679	-20.55
1415–1620	1520	75-80%	5	123.00–128.00	$125.14	$1,902	+0.79
1450–1740	1533	75-80%	4	130.00–141.00	$135.26	$2,074	+10.91

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–2110	1600	2	170.00	$170.00	$2,720	—
1600	1600	1	125.00	$125.00	$2,000	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1100	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	144.00–155.00	$150.49	$1,574

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	120.00	$120.00	$444	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	147.00	$147.00	$720	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.