Kentuckiana Livestock Market Report, Owensboro, KY

Owensboro, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 9, 2026

426 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $378.90/cwt +38.90 vs last sale · ≈ $2,364/hd at 624 lb · 50 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $386.66/cwt ≈ $2,587/hd at 669 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $375.22/cwt ≈ $2,199/hd at 586 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	426	132	176
Feeder cattle	395	—	116
Slaughter cattle	26	—	45
Replacement cattle	5	—	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison this week do to limited supply last week. There was strong demand for feeder classes with a good quality offering this week. Slaughter classes sold steady with good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	529.00	$529.00	$1,756	—
418–440	422	5	420.00–470.00	$430.42	$1,816	—
487 fancy	487	15	470.00	$470.00	$2,289	—
530	530	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,226	—
577–591	589	20	415.00–420.00	$419.27	$2,470	—
659 value added	659	8	406.00	$406.00	$2,676	—
661–681	673	20	375.00–385.00	$378.93	$2,550	—
735	735	6	345.00	$345.00	$2,536	—
925–934	931	8	300.00	$300.00	$2,793	—
1093	1093	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,951	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,204	—
633	633	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,310	—
683	683	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,459	—
753	753	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,447	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	397.00	$397.00	$1,528	—
795	795	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,385	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
168	168	2	590.00	$590.00	$991	—
275 fancy	275	2	517.00	$517.00	$1,422	—
313 fancy	313	2	502.00	$502.00	$1,571	—
365	365	1	453.00	$453.00	$1,653	—
392 fancy	392	8	495.00	$495.00	$1,940	+20.00
400	400	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,720	—
455–472 fancy	464	17	459.50–462.00	$460.65	$2,137	—
495	495	3	402.00	$402.00	$1,990	—
508	508	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,829	-20.00
513 value added	513	20	407.00	$407.00	$2,088	—
584–589	586	26	370.00–378.00	$375.22	$2,199	—
602–609 value added	603	25	388.00–393.00	$388.81	$2,345	—
645	645	25	369.00	$369.00	$2,380	+29.00
654	654	7	365.00	$365.00	$2,387	—
760	760	6	330.00	$330.00	$2,508	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	387.00	$387.00	$1,683	—
458	458	2	392.00	$392.00	$1,795	—
513	513	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,642	—
565–585	575	2	302.00–320.00	$310.84	$1,787	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	322.00	$322.00	$2,238	—
878	878	3	253.00	$253.00	$2,221	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	1	242.00	$242.00	$2,069	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,430	—
299 fancy	299	4	567.00	$567.00	$1,695	—
340	340	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,632	—
357 fancy	357	6	547.00	$547.00	$1,953	—
370	370	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,572	—
415–423	419	4	410.00–417.00	$413.53	$1,733	—
447 fancy	447	14	476.00	$476.00	$2,128	—
495 fancy	495	13	442.00	$442.00	$2,188	—
513 fancy	513	19	436.00	$436.00	$2,237	—
520	520	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,080	±0.00
583	583	6	410.00	$410.00	$2,390	+30.00
660	660	20	352.00	$352.00	$2,323	+41.85
726	726	8	300.00	$300.00	$2,178	—
830	830	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,075	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,747	—
477	477	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,813	—
558	558	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,953	—
652–680	661	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,983	—
840	840	1	261.00	$261.00	$2,192	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1125	1085	80-85%	2	182.00–183.00	$182.52	$1,980	—
1130–1260	1195	80-85%	2	100.00–113.00	$106.15	$1,268	-63.85
1140–1345	1199	80-85%	5	121.00–139.00	$131.82	$1,581	-38.18
1375–1405	1390	80-85%	2	146.00–150.00	$148.02	$2,057	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1490	1323	75-80%	2	176.00–190.00	$183.89	$2,433	—
1555–1755	1634	75-80%	4	160.00–164.00	$162.02	$2,647	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–925	920	85-90%	2	121.00–134.00	$127.54	$1,173	—
995	995	85-90%	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,542	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1910	1910	1	210.00	$210.00	$4,011	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1435	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	207.00	$207.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,525.00	$2,525.00
1430	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,525.00	$2,525.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,875.00	$2,875.00
1575	1575	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,275.00	$3,275.00

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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.