Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2020-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts 215 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.74/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$129.74

89 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$32.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.44

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	472	132.27	624	82
Medium and Large 2-3	518	100.07	518	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.20/cwt here — about $106 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 sale89 hd

129.74

—

KY average27 barns · 4,197 hd

123.29

+6.44

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	1,945	85.50	1,663	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,254	54.68	686	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,084	47.38	514	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	880	33.00	290	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	520	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	764	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	150.57/cwt	145.00–165.00	634	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	352	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	110.21/cwt	105.00–112.00	747	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	130.67/cwt	126.50–140.00	745	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	608	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	505	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	270	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	489	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	149.37/cwt	147.00–154.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	682	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	430	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	499	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	344	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	145.81/cwt	142.00–148.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	117.88/cwt	111.50–123.00	679	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	130.17/cwt	120.00–133.00	663	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	98.30/cwt	90.50–110.00	549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	138.19/cwt	135.50–143.00	366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	133.60/cwt	128.00–135.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	141.47/cwt	132.00–145.50	581	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	146.01/cwt	140.00–148.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	108.08/cwt	103.50–111.50	685	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	540	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	290	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,223	57.18/cwt	54.50–60.00	699	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	47.75/cwt	47.50–48.00	487	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	52.18/cwt	50.50–53.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	152.42/cwt	145.50–161.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	150.45/cwt	150.25–152.50	785	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	156.61/cwt	155.50–160.00	713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	121.48/cwt	120.50–122.50	763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	672	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	380	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	403	1

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 May 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 216Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 13Year ago 0

Todays receipts 215 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	520	147.00	147.00
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
8	—	421	145.00–165.00	150.57
4	—	678	105.00–112.00	110.21
11	—	570	126.50–140.00	130.67
3	—	462	147.00–154.00	149.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	137.00	137.00
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
1	—	520	117.00	117.00
1	—	475	143.50	143.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	352	183.00	183.00
1	—	270	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	91.00	91.00
1	—	430	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	344	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	142.00–148.00	145.81
7	—	576	111.50–123.00	117.88
29	—	509	120.00–133.00	130.17
3	—	265	135.50–143.00	138.19
5	—	460	128.00–135.00	133.60
16	—	411	132.00–145.50	141.47
2	—	653	108.00	108.00
4	—	372	140.00–148.00	146.01
7	—	634	103.50–111.50	108.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	90.50–110.00	98.30
1	—	445	109.00	109.00
1	—	390	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	102.00	102.00
5	—	430	145.50–161.00	152.42
11	—	522	150.25–152.50	150.45
1	—	660	126.50	126.50
4	—	455	155.50–160.00	156.61
6	—	628	120.50–122.50	121.48
1	—	265	165.00	165.00
3	—	305	175.00	175.00
6	—	587	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	114.00	114.00
1	—	505	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	85.50	85.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	47.00	47.00
2	—	1,020	47.50–48.00	47.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	33.00	33.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	54.50–60.00	57.18
3	—	1,285	50.50–53.00	52.18

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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