Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2020-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends ; Due to closed last week for holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.47/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$126.47

124 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$5.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.39

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	513	127.22	652	106
Medium and Large 2-3	447	122.07	545	18thin

One grade step is worth $5.15/cwt here — about $107 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 sale124 hd

126.47

—

KY average28 barns · 5,398 hd

125.08

+1.39

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	1,643	98.42	1,617	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	60.97	925	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,169	48.54	568	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	940	36.35	342	3thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	339	134.71/cwt	134.00–135.00	457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	591	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	134.56/cwt	130.00–140.50	779	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	142.32/cwt	134.00–145.00	757	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	121.86/cwt	115.00–128.50	827	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	130.82/cwt	127.00–132.00	810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	134.75/cwt	132.50–138.00	508	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	110.60/cwt	110.50–111.00	700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	139.79/cwt	137.00–150.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	120.39/cwt	110.00–125.00	691	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	995	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,726	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	13,915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	152.97/cwt	152.50–155.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	855	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	4,190	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,426	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	5,016	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,415	832.26/cwt	790.00–870.00	11,776	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	538	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	130.32/cwt	128.00–132.00	543	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	116.22/cwt	113.50–120.00	712	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	128.01/cwt	116.00–133.00	725	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	519	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	695	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	509	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	664	17
Bulls	—	—	1,643	98.42/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	661	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	626	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	137.71/cwt	125.00–141.00	709	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	580	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	54.49/cwt	54.00–55.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	484	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	583	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	135.96/cwt	130.00–142.00	568	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	7,216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	788.93/cwt	775.00–800.00	7,258	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,575	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	394	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	34.77/cwt	34.50–35.00	304	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	423	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	62.59/cwt	60.00–68.00	975	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	56.92/cwt	56.50–57.50	804	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	49.35/cwt	44.00–54.00	561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	126.55/cwt	123.00–131.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	104.02/cwt	101.00–110.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	112.09/cwt	105.00–119.50	749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	120.75/cwt	114.00–125.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	132.48/cwt	125.50–135.50	605	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	133.84/cwt	132.00–135.00	563	13

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 Jul 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 289Last week 165Year ago 214

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 18Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 20Year ago 2

No trends ; Due to closed last week for holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	339	134.00–135.00	134.71
4	—	591	109.00	109.00
4	—	365	123.00–131.00	126.55
3	—	615	101.00–110.00	104.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	377	132.50–138.00	134.75
5	—	633	110.50–111.00	110.60
19	—	574	110.00–125.00	120.39
4	—	753	106.50	106.50
4	—	668	105.00–119.50	112.09
1	—	305	140.00	140.00
5	—	520	114.00–125.00	120.75
19	—	457	125.50–135.50	132.48
13	—	421	132.00–135.00	133.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	519	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	509	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	579	130.00–140.50	134.56
11	—	532	134.00–145.00	142.32
8	—	679	115.00–128.50	121.86
7	—	619	127.00–132.00	130.82
6	—	465	137.00–150.00	139.79
5	—	442	152.50–155.00	152.97
2	—	705	120.00	120.00
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	122.00	122.00
2	—	583	105.00–110.00	107.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	128.00–132.00	130.32
3	—	465	121.00	121.00
1	—	705	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	613	113.50–120.00	116.22
14	—	566	116.00–133.00	128.01
10	—	454	145.50	145.50
9	—	396	158.00	158.00
5	—	515	125.00–141.00	137.71
3	—	688	110.00	110.00
2	—	343	169.00	169.00
1	—	290	167.00	167.00
4	—	418	130.00–142.00	135.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	475.00	475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	635	350.00	350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,210.00	1,210.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	855	490.00	490.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	685.00	685.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	480.00	480.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,415	790.00–870.00	832.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	880	820.00	820.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	920	775.00–800.00	788.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	90.00–105.00	98.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,112	54.00–55.00	54.49
1	—	1,575	25.00	25.00
7	—	1,136	44.00–54.00	49.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	34.50–35.00	34.77
1	—	1,070	39.50	39.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,558	60.00–68.00	62.59
2	—	1,413	56.50–57.50	56.92

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