Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts : 121 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.83/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$122.83

53 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$19.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.77

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	557	124.07	691	49
Small 1-2	433	111.00	481	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	104.50	575	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.57/cwt here — about $116 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 sale53 hd

122.83

—

KY average27 barns · 5,464 hd

128.61

−5.77

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,213	57.44	697	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	942	45.12	425	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,123	45.09	506	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	154.39/cwt	151.00–156.00	638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	866	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,525	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	433	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	126.32/cwt	125.00–127.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	144.38/cwt	140.50–148.50	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	114.99/cwt	112.50–120.00	765	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	133.92/cwt	130.00–135.00	512	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	836	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	666	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	154	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	52.15/cwt	50.00–55.50	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	129.45/cwt	125.00–134.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	132.00/cwt	130.00–135.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	117.43/cwt	115.00–120.00	796	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	135.04/cwt	130.00–140.50	774	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	505	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	520	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	45.09/cwt	43.00–47.50	506	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	62.32/cwt	60.50–64.00	841	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,145	55.00/cwt	52.00–58.00	630	4

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 Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 234Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 15Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 8Year ago 0

Todays receipts : 121 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	129.50	129.50
1	—	595	140.50	140.50
1	—	690	125.50	125.50
1	—	835	114.50	114.50
2	—	420	162.00	162.00
2	—	463	154.00	154.00
4	—	529	140.50–148.50	144.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	148.50	148.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	170.00	170.00
1	—	495	145.00	145.00
1	—	500	139.00	139.00
2	—	268	175.00	175.00
3	—	413	151.00–156.00	154.39
4	—	678	115.00–120.00	117.43
8	—	573	130.00–140.50	135.04
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	125.00–127.00	126.32
7	—	560	122.00	122.00
7	—	665	112.50–120.00	114.99
10	—	382	130.00–135.00	133.92
13	—	707	118.25	118.25
1	—	310	140.00	140.00
1	—	605	106.00	106.00
2	—	435	125.00–134.00	129.45
5	—	468	130.00–135.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	104.00	104.00
1	—	460	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,150.00	1,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	17.00	17.00
4	—	951	50.00–55.50	52.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	43.00–47.50	45.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	60.50–64.00	62.32
4	—	1,145	52.00–58.00	55.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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