Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2020-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale -----July 06----" Wishing Everyone a Safe and Happy Holiday "

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.71/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$150.71

56 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$44.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.61

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	449	153.26	687	50
Medium and Large 1	574	133.50	766	5thin
Small 1-2	635	109.00	692	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.26/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale56 hd

150.71

—

KY average28 barns · 2,454 hd

130.10

+20.61

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	—	Average	1,554	81.24	1,263	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,291	64.48	832	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	935	57.77	540	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	785	38.50	302	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 1-2Fancy	—	240	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	667	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,281	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	848	785.69/cwt	775.00–800.00	6,663	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	430	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	413	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	16,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	725	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	8,156	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	950	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	7,933	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,498	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	990.32/cwt	985.00–995.00	12,013	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	700	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	130.25/cwt	129.50–131.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	135.86/cwt	133.50–137.00	789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	147.91/cwt	141.00–159.00	620	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	142.49/cwt	130.00–148.50	738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	124.26/cwt	120.00–124.75	905	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	1,382.69/cwt	1,225.00–1,600.00	16,413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	142.92/cwt	138.50–149.00	540	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	174.01/cwt	168.00–175.50	583	13
Bulls	—	—	1,377	75.40/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,038	3
Bulls	—	—	1,820	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	164.04/cwt	162.50–165.00	640	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	302	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	66.06/cwt	53.00–72.00	869	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,145	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	630	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	935	57.77/cwt	52.50–65.00	540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	120.11/cwt	108.50–124.00	766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	110.64/cwt	110.00–112.00	747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	237	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	120.23/cwt	106.00–122.50	695	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	130.09/cwt	127.00–132.00	674	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	139.51/cwt	134.00–140.50	569	7

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 121Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 5Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 4Year ago 0

No Sale -----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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	574	133.50	133.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	134.00	134.00
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
1	—	810	91.00	91.00
2	—	700	115.50	115.50
7	—	433	154.00	154.00
4	—	491	139.00	139.00
13	—	335	168.00–175.50	174.01
12	—	390	162.50–165.00	164.04
4	—	638	108.50–124.00	120.11
4	—	513	141.50	141.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	109.00	109.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	129.50–131.00	130.25
6	—	581	133.50–137.00	135.86
8	—	419	141.00–159.00	147.91
9	—	518	130.00–148.50	142.49
10	—	728	120.00–124.75	124.26
1	—	845	103.00	103.00
1	—	610	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	138.50–149.00	142.92
6	—	675	110.00–112.00	110.64
3	—	285	150.00	150.00
3	—	237	160.00	160.00
2	—	768	100.50	100.50
1	—	735	102.50	102.50
3	—	627	108.00	108.00
15	—	578	106.00–122.50	120.23
8	—	518	127.00–132.00	130.09
7	—	408	134.00–140.50	139.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,213	985.00–995.00	990.32
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	550.00	550.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	848	775.00–800.00	785.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,187	1,225.00–1,600.00	1,382.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	835.00	835.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,377	70.00–79.50	75.40
2	—	1,820	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	38.50	38.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,315	53.00–72.00	66.06
1	—	1,145	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	935	52.50–65.00	57.77

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

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Bulls · 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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle