Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2020-02-10

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 10
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
135 vs last sale 190 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
12 vs last sale 19 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
15 vs last sale 20 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to weather, rain and muddy conditions. Light run of cattle. Todays receipts 67 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.57/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$133.57
30 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$256
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 2-3
$55.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.72
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464149.3869319thin
Medium and Large 2-3568107.4961110thin
Small 2-346594.004371thin
One grade step is worth $55.38/cwt here — about $256 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 sale30 hd
133.57
KY average27 barns · 1,578 hd
130.85
+2.72
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
BullsAverage1,38870.869842thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28047.856122thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87034.503001thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28047.85/cwt44.50–51.506122
CowsLean 85-90%87034.50/cwt34.50–34.503001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583124.01/cwt123.00–125.007234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376149.77/cwt145.00–151.005635
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679119.90/cwt113.00–121.008147
Bulls1,38870.86/cwt65.00–75.009842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465119.00/cwt119.00–119.005533
BullsSmall 2-346594.00/cwt94.00–94.004371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007593
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514141.22/cwt137.00–143.007267
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625124.00/cwt124.00–124.007751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340164.00/cwt164.00–164.005581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy365175.00/cwt175.00–175.006391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy320175.00/cwt175.00–175.005602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285170.00/cwt170.00–170.004851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2412156.90/cwt151.00–160.006463
BullsMedium and Large 2-3675100.94/cwt93.00–109.006812
BullsMedium and Large 2-376598.00/cwt98.00–98.007502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,260535.00/cwt535.00–535.006,7411
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2990475.00/cwt475.00–475.004,7031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335131.00/cwt131.00–131.004391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403131.54/cwt125.00–138.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508123.00/cwt123.00–123.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2453132.00/cwt132.00–132.005983
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,145549.78/cwt500.00–600.006,2952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,163602.04/cwt550.00–650.007,0022
BullsMedium and Large 2-343595.00/cwt95.00–95.004132

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.