Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2020-04-20

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 20
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
43 vs last sale 159 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 11 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
4 vs last sale 9 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to previous sale: Feeder Steers and Heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good demand for preconditioned grass calves. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.22/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$129.22
58 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.72
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465129.9760453
Medium and Large 2-3471121.255715thin
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $33 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 sale58 hd
129.22
KY average27 barns · 4,699 hd
121.50
+7.72
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
BullsAverage1,91778.171,4983thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14948.655593thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93946.454364thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy790102.00/cwt102.00–102.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2355167.50/cwt167.50–167.505951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610118.23/cwt116.00–120.507212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2669109.35/cwt108.50–112.007324
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566131.00/cwt131.00–131.007415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2413154.87/cwt154.50–155.006408
BullsMedium and Large 1-2509136.06/cwt130.50–140.506939
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5051,140.00/cwt1,140.00–1,140.0017,1571
Bred CowsMedium 1-2770560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,3121
Stock CowsMedium 1-2855470.00/cwt470.00–470.004,0191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690116.00/cwt116.00–116.008001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563135.00/cwt135.00–135.007602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413161.00/cwt161.00–161.006655
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2785620.00/cwt620.00–620.004,8671
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2990610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,0391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460131.48/cwt127.00–134.5060517
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3495121.00/cwt121.00–121.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-369099.00/cwt99.00–99.006831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525146.50/cwt146.50–146.507691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620124.00/cwt124.00–124.007691
CowsLean 85-90%99559.00/cwt59.00–59.005871
CowsLean 85-90%92042.26/cwt31.00–48.003893
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553113.73/cwt110.00–115.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445134.45/cwt131.00–135.005987
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367139.35/cwt135.00–145.5051112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525123.60/cwt116.00–125.5064912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475144.55/cwt138.00–146.0068714
BullsSmall and Medium 1-261091.00/cwt91.00–91.005551
Bulls2,05585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,7571
Bulls1,84874.50/cwt72.00–77.001,3772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18044.50/cwt44.50–44.505251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13350.73/cwt50.50–51.005752
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed428123.12/cwt119.00–127.005272

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.