Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2019-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last week : Feeder Steers : 2.00-4.00 Higher Feeder Heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady Slaughter bulls no test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.66/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$127.66

115 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$27.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

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	526	128.21	674	107
Medium and Large 2-3	460	123.07	566	7thin
Small 1-2	640	101.00	646	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.21/cwt here — about $28 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 sale115 hd

127.66

—

KY average26 barns · 5,018 hd

127.44

+0.21

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	925	90.00	833	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,245	56.04	698	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,000	48.00	480	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	36.52	362	4thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	940	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	143.30/cwt	135.00–150.00	599	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	130.09/cwt	128.00–130.50	769	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	136.42/cwt	135.00–138.25	722	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	107.45/cwt	105.00–110.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	128.55/cwt	124.00–131.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	110.51/cwt	110.00–112.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	131.34/cwt	127.50–133.50	565	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	132.57/cwt	122.50–135.25	635	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	127.19/cwt	121.00–131.50	679	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	129.85/cwt	129.85–129.85	769	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	125.43/cwt	121.00–130.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	123.91/cwt	122.00–130.00	525	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	640	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	144.20/cwt	137.00–150.50	769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	136.84/cwt	136.00–141.50	837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	139.42/cwt	137.50–140.00	795	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	150.56/cwt	144.00–153.00	726	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	131.26/cwt	130.00–131.50	689	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,594	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	675	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	3,780	1
Bulls	—	—	925	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	833	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	480	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	56.04/cwt	54.50–57.50	698	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	36.52/cwt	35.00–38.00	362	4

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 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 214Last week 135Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year ago 0

Compared to Last week : Feeder Steers : 2.00-4.00 Higher Feeder Heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady Slaughter bulls no test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	90.00	90.00
5	—	418	135.00–150.00	143.30
5	—	641	125.50	125.50
6	—	486	143.00	143.00
6	—	591	128.00–130.50	130.09
11	—	529	135.00–138.25	136.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	117.50	117.50
1	—	625	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	127.00	127.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
2	—	663	105.00–110.00	107.45
3	—	375	124.00–131.00	128.55
4	—	607	110.00–112.00	110.51
5	—	566	126.00	126.00
8	—	430	127.50–133.50	131.34
27	—	479	122.50–135.25	132.57
35	—	534	121.00–131.50	127.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	592	129.85	129.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	115.00	115.00
2	—	483	121.00–130.00	125.43
4	—	424	122.00–130.00	123.91
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	157.00	157.00
3	—	442	152.00	152.00
7	—	533	137.00–150.50	144.20
8	—	612	136.00–141.50	136.84
9	—	570	137.50–140.00	139.42
13	—	482	144.00–153.00	150.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	137.00	137.00
6	—	525	130.00–131.50	131.26

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	560.00	560.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	48.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	54.50–57.50	56.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	991	35.00–38.00	36.52

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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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle