Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2020-04-27

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 27
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
42 vs last sale 116 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 10 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.74/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$143.74
27 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.96
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2443147.5265321
Medium and Large 2-3483130.506316thin
One grade step is worth $17.02/cwt here — about $22 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
143.74
KY average27 barns · 2,137 hd
128.79
+14.96
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
BullsLow1,49560.008971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92052.504832thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45051.277443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07539.254222thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy295169.00/cwt169.00–169.004993
BullsMedium and Large 2-3440138.00/cwt138.00–138.006073
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395151.00/cwt151.00–151.005961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2348167.00/cwt167.00–167.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2648111.00/cwt111.00–111.007192
BullsMedium and Large 1-2402157.00/cwt157.00–157.006313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2554132.67/cwt130.50–137.007353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665123.00/cwt123.00–123.008186
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195813.41/cwt740.00–885.009,7202
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,022791.56/cwt775.00–825.008,0903
SteersSmall 1-255581.00/cwt81.00–81.004501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430153.00/cwt153.00–153.006581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703114.00/cwt114.00–114.008012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590132.50/cwt132.50–132.507823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533142.26/cwt141.00–142.507586
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420137.00/cwt137.00–137.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580109.00/cwt109.00–109.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476122.33/cwt120.00–124.005825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374144.82/cwt143.00–145.505427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524116.98/cwt111.00–122.006137
HeifersSmall 1-2565107.00/cwt107.00–107.006051
CowsLean 85-90%97045.00/cwt45.00–45.004371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10542.00/cwt42.00–42.004641
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36555.50/cwt55.50–55.507581
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49349.16/cwt47.50–51.507342
HeifersSmall 1-266596.00/cwt96.00–96.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2451145.00/cwt145.00–145.006547
BullsMedium and Large 2-381487.00/cwt87.00–87.007081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3383141.00/cwt141.00–141.005402
Bulls1,49560.00/cwt60.00–60.008971
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04536.50/cwt36.50–36.503811
CowsLean 85-90%87060.00/cwt60.00–60.005221

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.