Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2019-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to 4th of July holiday.

Last year receipts : 257 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.73/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$125.73

50 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$8.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	126.92	705	43
Medium and Large 2-3	584	118.43	691	7thin

One grade step is worth $8.49/cwt here — about $13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

125.73

—

KY average10 barns · 723 hd

122.83

+2.91

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,372	70.18	963	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,370	53.85	738	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,080	41.83	452	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	887	33.60	298	3thin

Every lot, as filed

42 lots · USDA AMS · Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	151.38/cwt	150.00–154.00	548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	685	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	126.66/cwt	120.50–129.50	728	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	137.32/cwt	132.00–140.00	596	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	112.02/cwt	111.00–113.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	133.70/cwt	130.00–135.50	477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	128.39/cwt	128.00–130.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	128.08/cwt	118.00–131.00	599	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	112.66/cwt	110.50–115.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	128.71/cwt	124.00–134.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	145.34/cwt	140.00–148.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	853	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	396	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	11,360	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,344	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	10,214	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,400	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	850	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,163	1
Bulls	—	—	1,372	70.18/cwt	65.00–76.00	963	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	41.83/cwt	38.50–46.00	452	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,346	52.89/cwt	51.00–55.00	712	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	57.20/cwt	53.00–59.50	831	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	33.60/cwt	30.50–37.50	298	3

How this sale compares

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 →

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon Jul 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 83Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 10Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 14Year ago 0

No trends due to 4th of July holiday.

Last year receipts : 257 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	150.00	150.00
2	—	473	139.00	139.00
2	—	710	100.50	100.50
3	—	362	150.00–154.00	151.38
4	—	645	120.00	120.00
4	—	998	76.50	76.50
7	—	511	134.00	134.00
9	—	575	120.50–129.50	126.66
11	—	434	132.00–140.00	137.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	140.00	140.00
1	—	780	98.00	98.00
2	—	523	127.50	127.50
3	—	625	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	104.00	104.00
2	—	633	111.00–113.00	112.02
3	—	357	130.00–135.50	133.70
4	—	410	135.50	135.50
5	—	534	128.00–130.00	128.39
5	—	590	118.00	118.00
14	—	468	118.00–131.00	128.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	107.00	107.00
2	—	573	110.50–115.00	112.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	152.00	152.00
2	—	358	160.00	160.00
2	—	448	150.00	150.00
2	—	665	132.50	132.50
2	—	720	126.50	126.50
2	—	865	121.50	121.50
3	—	626	124.00–134.00	128.71
4	—	465	145.00	145.00
6	—	521	140.00–148.00	145.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	108.00	108.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	75.00	75.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,420	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,344	760.00	760.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,372	65.00–76.00	70.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,080	38.50–46.00	41.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,346	51.00–55.00	52.89
2	—	1,453	53.00–59.50	57.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	887	30.50–37.50	33.60

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.

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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