Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2019-07-29

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
50 vs last sale 57 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
3 vs last sale 16 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
2 vs last sale 11 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week :Feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher and feeder heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.71/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$126.71
62 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.74
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2583127.8374656
Small 1-2440127.005591thin
Medium and Large 2-3577114.066595thin
One grade step is worth $13.77/cwt here — about $87 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 sale62 hd
126.71
KY average26 barns · 5,519 hd
132.45
−5.74
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,46878.881,1584thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32755.8574111
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16550.795923thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94036.003381thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755113.00/cwt113.00–113.008531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448141.00/cwt141.00–141.006322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462137.66/cwt136.00–141.006363
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620125.34/cwt124.00–128.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2362157.74/cwt153.00–161.005715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2586134.91/cwt133.00–141.007918
BullsMedium and Large 2-3583125.00/cwt125.00–125.007292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy818120.00/cwt120.00–120.009828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2632127.50/cwt127.50–127.508063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413138.11/cwt134.00–145.005706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477131.88/cwt128.00–133.506297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589125.00/cwt125.00–125.007367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2674123.89/cwt119.50–126.258359
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514129.65/cwt122.00–132.0066616
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3685109.50/cwt109.50–109.507501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528117.90/cwt111.00–125.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573112.50/cwt112.50–112.506452
HeifersSmall 1-2440127.00/cwt127.00–127.005591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285161.00/cwt161.00–161.004591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720135.00/cwt135.00–135.009721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614138.98/cwt137.00–140.008533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511147.57/cwt140.00–150.507547
SteersMedium and Large 2-3645125.00/cwt125.00–125.008061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,380800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,0401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,265797.08/cwt780.00–810.0010,0832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,185785.00/cwt785.00–785.009,3021
Bulls1,58783.50/cwt81.00–85.001,3253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16550.79/cwt47.50–58.005923
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34954.36/cwt50.00–60.007339
CowsLean 85-90%94036.00/cwt36.00–36.003381
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23062.55/cwt61.50–63.507692
Bulls1,11065.00/cwt65.00–65.007221

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.