Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2020-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts : 131 hd. -----------------Cattlemen's Livestock Market Closed July 06 -----Wishing Everyone A Safe And Happy Holiday .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.91/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$134.91

47 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

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

$16.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.10

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	500	136.11	681	41
Medium and Large 2-3	495	128.00	634	5thin
Medium and Large 1	585	120.00	702	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.11/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale47 hd

134.91

—

KY average27 barns · 5,449 hd

128.81

+6.10

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%	Average	1,299	62.80	815	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	870	33.00	287	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	255	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	125.28/cwt	122.50–128.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	145.34/cwt	145.00–145.50	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	776	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	14,749	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	10,085	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,065	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	146.23/cwt	135.00–150.00	692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	141.23/cwt	136.50–147.50	813	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	598	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	139.84/cwt	132.00–143.50	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.81/cwt	151.00–161.00	584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	136.15/cwt	135.50–138.00	715	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	812	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	675	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	66.23/cwt	63.00–70.50	863	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	161.43/cwt	155.00–163.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	112.30/cwt	104.00–114.50	798	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	145.99/cwt	141.00–149.00	749	6

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 157Year ago 83

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 10Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 18Year ago 14

Todays receipts : 131 hd. -----------------Cattlemen's Livestock Market Closed July 06 -----Wishing Everyone A Safe And Happy Holiday .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	173.00	173.00
1	—	415	154.00	154.00
2	—	663	122.50–128.00	125.28
3	—	340	164.00	164.00
3	—	462	145.00–145.50	145.34
3	—	562	138.00	138.00
3	—	600	120.00	120.00
3	—	833	97.50	97.50
5	—	391	155.00–163.00	161.43
5	—	711	104.00–114.50	112.30
6	—	513	141.00–149.00	145.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	103.00	103.00
2	—	478	127.00	127.00
3	—	590	128.50	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	131.00	131.00
1	—	670	125.50	125.50
4	—	473	135.00–150.00	146.23
13	—	576	136.50–147.50	141.23
1	—	375	153.00	153.00
1	—	305	171.00	171.00
1	—	510	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
2	—	598	115.00	115.00
2	—	445	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
1	—	705	108.50	108.50
3	—	635	112.50	112.50
7	—	473	132.00–143.50	139.84
8	—	579	120.00	120.00
10	—	375	151.00–161.00	155.81
11	—	525	135.50–138.00	136.15

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,035.00	1,035.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	52.50	52.50
3	—	1,303	63.00–70.50	66.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	33.00	33.00

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