Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2019-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.59/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$113.59

119 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$10.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.69

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	546	115.24	629	99
Small 1-2	460	115.00	529	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	544	104.36	568	18thin

One grade step is worth $10.88/cwt here — about $61 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 sale119 hd

113.59

—

KY average27 barns · 6,465 hd

123.28

−9.69

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	1,968	76.67	1,509	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	52.50	779	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,341	44.17	592	8thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2-3	—	670	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	498	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	125.16/cwt	114.00–129.50	715	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	128.73/cwt	124.50–133.50	677	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	135.30/cwt	134.50–135.50	635	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	138.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	574	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	101.34/cwt	100.50–103.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	110.25/cwt	100.00–120.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	140.28/cwt	135.00–151.00	467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	780	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	52.50/cwt	50.50–56.00	779	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	44.84/cwt	41.00–50.00	613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	490	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	455	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	614	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	120.53/cwt	115.00–124.00	552	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	112.71/cwt	106.00–114.50	659	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	120.53/cwt	115.50–124.00	512	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	104.01/cwt	101.00–104.50	712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	111.39/cwt	106.50–116.50	703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	73.75/cwt	73.75–73.75	827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	713	1
Bulls	—	—	1,620	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,215	1
Bulls	—	—	2,200	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	2,085	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,668	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	3,879	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,295	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,152	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	511.03/cwt	450.00–565.00	6,235	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,410	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	8,813	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,365	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	9,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	137.54/cwt	130.50–140.25	795	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	138.17/cwt	130.00–140.50	727	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	138.93/cwt	136.75–143.50	866	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	555	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	107.38/cwt	107.00–108.00	562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	93.50/cwt	84.00–100.50	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	2

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.

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Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

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Feeder CattleReceipts 282Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	98.00	98.00
2	—	498	121.00	121.00
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
1	—	515	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	571	114.00–129.50	125.16
11	—	526	124.50–133.50	128.73
10	—	469	134.50–135.50	135.30
10	—	413	130.00–140.00	138.92
3	—	765	100.50–103.00	101.34
3	—	640	100.00–120.00	110.25
3	—	333	135.00–151.00	140.28
1	—	700	111.00	111.00
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	125.75	125.75
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	124.00	124.00
21	—	458	115.00–124.00	120.53
17	—	585	106.00–114.50	112.71
11	—	425	115.50–124.00	120.53
9	—	516	118.00	118.00
7	—	685	101.00–104.50	104.01
6	—	631	106.50–116.50	111.39
3	—	1,122	73.75	73.75
1	—	755	104.00	104.00
1	—	720	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	115.00	115.00
1	—	650	92.00	92.00
5	—	523	107.00–108.00	107.38
3	—	620	84.00–100.50	93.50
3	—	388	124.00	124.00
2	—	725	83.50	83.50
2	—	590	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	514	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	132.00	132.00
2	—	655	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	578	130.50–140.25	137.54
13	—	526	130.00–140.50	138.17
11	—	623	136.75–143.50	138.93
3	—	428	140.00	140.00
1	—	710	127.00	127.00
1	—	690	111.50	111.50
1	—	465	139.00	139.00
1	—	365	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	39.50	39.50
7	—	1,366	41.00–50.00	44.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,483	50.50–56.00	52.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	75.00	75.00
1	—	2,200	75.00	75.00
1	—	2,085	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	535.00	535.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	685.00	685.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,220	450.00–565.00	511.03
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,410	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	675.00	675.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle