Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2019-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher and Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady and Slaughter bull firm. Todays receipts 93 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.37/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$125.37

29 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$8.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

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	518	125.67	651	28
Medium and Large 2-3	590	117.00	690	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.67/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale29 hd

125.37

—

KY average26 barns · 3,259 hd

123.85

+1.51

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	—	High	2,035	84.00	1,709	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,338	56.19	752	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	44.17	522	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	935	33.50	313	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	136.31/cwt	135.00–138.00	698	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	523	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	675	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	110.45/cwt	106.00–115.00	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	131.31/cwt	128.00–135.00	490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	118.82/cwt	118.00–120.50	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	136.84/cwt	135.50–137.50	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,300	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,800	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,425	941.32/cwt	875.00–1,010.00	13,414	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	10,835	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,773	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	985	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,865	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,056	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,712	1
Bulls	—	—	2,035	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,709	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	44.17/cwt	40.00–47.00	522	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	57.70/cwt	55.50–60.00	822	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	55.44/cwt	54.00–58.00	718	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	33.50/cwt	33.50–33.50	313	1

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 Aug 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 71Last week 177Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 12Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher and Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady and Slaughter bull firm. Todays receipts 93 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	—	435	142.00	142.00
1	—	620	127.50	127.50
1	—	750	112.50	112.50
9	—	512	135.00–138.00	136.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
3	—	520	100.50	100.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	139.00	139.00
2	—	683	106.00–115.00	110.45
2	—	768	102.50	102.50
4	—	526	129.00	129.00
6	—	373	128.00–135.00	131.31
6	—	472	133.00	133.00
6	—	639	118.00–120.50	118.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	156.00	156.00
1	—	475	150.00	150.00
1	—	805	125.00	125.00
2	—	580	137.50	137.50
2	—	733	131.00	131.00
3	—	637	135.50–137.50	136.84
4	—	759	128.00–129.00	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,425	875.00–1,010.00	941.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	985.00	985.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	975.00	975.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,056	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,035	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	40.00–47.00	44.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	55.50–60.00	57.70
4	—	1,295	54.00–58.00	55.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	33.50	33.50

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