Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to last week's closing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.79/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$142.79

45 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$0

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

$29.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.02

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	491	145.37	713	41
Medium and Large 2-3	614	116.25	713	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.12/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale45 hd

142.79

—

KY average27 barns · 5,583 hd

137.77

+5.02

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	1,800	84.73	1,525	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	56.21	828	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	970	49.59	481	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	905	41.00	371	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	715	65.00	465	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	525	138.14/cwt	132.50–140.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	359	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	625	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	168.37/cwt	165.00–172.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	169.78/cwt	167.00–171.00	399	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,026	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,638	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	955	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	140.37/cwt	140.00–141.50	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	117.46/cwt	115.00–121.00	619	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	139.01/cwt	137.50–145.50	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	148.67/cwt	144.00–151.00	697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	143.93/cwt	141.00–144.25	629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	428	1
Heifers	Choice	—	715	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	687	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	629	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	59.06/cwt	56.50–62.00	938	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	231	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	137.17/cwt	133.00–139.50	519	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	164.54/cwt	162.00–165.00	647	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	147.43/cwt	135.50–151.50	650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	142.23/cwt	130.00–145.00	674	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	495	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	84.73/cwt	84.50–85.00	1,525	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	970	49.59/cwt	47.00–51.00	481	3

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 Mar 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available due to last week's closing.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	132.50–140.00	138.14
1	—	290	167.00	167.00
1	—	590	130.00	130.00
1	—	705	101.00	101.00
2	—	328	165.00–172.00	168.37
3	—	235	167.00–171.00	169.78
6	—	393	162.00–165.00	164.54
8	—	441	135.50–151.50	147.43
17	—	474	130.00–145.00	142.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	359	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	171.00	171.00
2	—	663	120.50	120.50
4	—	568	140.00–141.50	140.37
1	—	250	150.00	150.00
1	—	335	173.00	173.00
5	—	539	137.50–145.50	139.01
6	—	469	144.00–151.00	148.67
7	—	605	134.50	134.50
10	—	437	141.00–144.25	143.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	120.00	120.00
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
2	—	655	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	115.00–121.00	117.46
8	—	469	136.00	136.00
1	—	295	145.00	145.00
1	—	430	138.00	138.00
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
4	—	568	121.00	121.00
7	—	378	133.00–139.50	137.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	750.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	65.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	50.50	50.50
2	—	1,588	56.50–62.00	59.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	28.00	28.00
1	—	985	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	47.00–51.00	49.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	84.50–85.00	84.73

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

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Steers · 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