Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2020-01-27

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
77 vs last sale 142 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
5 vs last sale 7 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 12 8 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---Feeder heifers---Steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Todays receipts 85 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.77/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$123.77
27 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$13.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.68
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506124.7563125
Medium and Large 2-3485112.005431thin
Small 1-2470111.005221thin
One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about $109 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 sale27 hd
123.77
KY average27 barns · 5,533 hd
128.45
−4.68
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
BullsAverage1,77176.001,3464thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34348.076464thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15547.505491thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed1,035700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,2451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583121.84/cwt121.00–122.007106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515124.75/cwt124.00–125.006424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677119.33/cwt119.00–120.008083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2453126.00/cwt126.00–126.005712
CowsLean 85-90%1,15547.50/cwt47.50–47.505491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34348.07/cwt43.50–50.506464
SteersSmall 1-2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424149.55/cwt141.00–155.006345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360130.69/cwt130.00–132.004703
HeifersSmall 1-2470111.00/cwt111.00–111.005221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485112.00/cwt112.00–112.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439126.66/cwt121.00–129.005567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536150.20/cwt149.00–154.008054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653135.00/cwt135.00–135.008822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588144.00/cwt144.00–144.008472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745129.50/cwt129.50–129.509651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2378159.95/cwt155.00–170.006055
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,235710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,7691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250610.00/cwt610.00–610.007,6251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3900770.11/cwt765.00–775.006,9312
Bulls1,77176.00/cwt73.50–78.501,3464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513140.29/cwt137.00–144.007203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650121.00/cwt121.00–121.007872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490143.00/cwt143.00–143.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565138.00/cwt138.00–138.007801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006081

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.