Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2019-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 2.00-3.00 lower and heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower and bulls 1.00 lower. Todays receipts 423 hd Last years receipts 463 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.31/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$111.31

124 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$29.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

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	577	111.97	646	116
Medium and Large 2-3	448	108.33	485	6thin
Small and Medium 1-2	650	82.00	533	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.97/cwt here — about $113 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 sale124 hd

111.31

—

KY average27 barns · 4,729 hd

118.64

−7.33

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	1,365	70.31	960	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	47.73	661	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	36.13	434	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	26.08	255	9thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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	—	295	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	140.25/cwt	134.00–143.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	779	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	695	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	136.07/cwt	130.00–137.00	625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	104.00/cwt	100.00–108.00	618	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	144.09/cwt	144.00–145.00	592	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	123.42/cwt	105.00–128.00	649	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	111.68/cwt	105.00–114.00	736	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	693	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	648	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	475	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	133.23/cwt	125.00–137.50	384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	120.55/cwt	118.00–123.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	101.43/cwt	89.00–115.00	740	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	103.42/cwt	101.00–104.50	703	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	118.20/cwt	115.00–118.50	608	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	118.78/cwt	106.50–122.50	554	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	110.57/cwt	106.00–112.25	645	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	108.97/cwt	104.00–111.00	693	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	535	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	650	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	148.27/cwt	147.50–149.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	122.28/cwt	120.00–124.50	994	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	25.39/cwt	24.50–26.00	248	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	28.05/cwt	24.00–32.00	273	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	113.22/cwt	110.00–119.50	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	141.27/cwt	136.00–142.50	658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	123.34/cwt	121.50–126.00	884	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	121.57/cwt	115.00–124.50	817	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	134.41/cwt	129.00–140.50	776	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	119.54/cwt	108.50–131.00	755	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	136.32/cwt	124.00–142.00	724	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	368	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	905	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	729	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,168	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,675	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	16,080	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	8,342	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,585	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	15,058	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,420	787.50/cwt	725.00–850.00	11,183	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,440	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	9,864	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,765	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,781	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	4,197	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,963	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,360	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	825	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,919	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	825	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,176	1
Bulls	—	—	900	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	765	2
Bulls	—	—	1,830	55.61/cwt	50.00–60.50	1,018	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	36.13/cwt	30.00–48.00	434	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	47.73/cwt	44.00–50.50	661	12

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 Oct 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 342Last week 311Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 48Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 27Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 2.00-3.00 lower and heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower and bulls 1.00 lower. Todays receipts 423 hd Last years receipts 463 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	—	295	153.00	153.00
1	—	844	93.00	93.00
3	—	382	134.00–143.00	140.25
6	—	705	110.50	110.50
7	—	604	115.00	115.00
8	—	459	130.00–137.00	136.07
10	—	594	100.00–108.00	104.00
11	—	411	144.00–145.00	144.09
14	—	526	105.00–128.00	123.42
16	—	659	105.00–114.00	111.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	93.50	93.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	130.00	130.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
4	—	288	125.00–137.50	133.23
4	—	388	118.00–123.00	120.55
7	—	730	89.00–115.00	101.43
8	—	680	101.00–104.50	103.42
12	—	514	115.00–118.50	118.20
13	—	466	106.50–122.50	118.78
32	—	583	106.00–112.25	110.57
34	—	636	104.00–111.00	108.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
1	—	565	104.00	104.00
2	—	417	101.00	101.00
2	—	478	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	82.00	82.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	145.00	145.00
2	—	385	147.50–149.00	148.27
2	—	813	120.00–124.50	122.28
2	—	940	92.00	92.00
3	—	776	110.00–119.50	113.22
8	—	466	136.00–142.50	141.27
10	—	717	121.50–126.00	123.34
15	—	672	115.00–124.50	121.57
16	—	577	129.00–140.50	134.41
25	—	632	108.50–131.00	119.54
29	—	531	124.00–142.00	136.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	121.00	121.00
1	—	540	124.00	124.00
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
2	—	490	75.00	75.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	80.50	80.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	774	63.50	63.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	975	24.50–26.00	25.39
4	—	973	24.00–32.00	28.05
1	—	995	21.00	21.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,200	30.00–48.00	36.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,385	44.00–50.50	47.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,830	50.00–60.50	55.61

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,210	675.00	675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,675	960.00	960.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	670.00	670.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,585	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,420	725.00–850.00	787.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,440	685.00	685.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	385.00	385.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	250.00	250.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	585	360.00	360.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	400.00	400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	475.00	475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	825	385.00	385.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle