Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2020-08-17

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
21 vs last sale 114 22 vs year ago 71 · +31.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
6 vs last sale 18 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
0 vs last sale 6 6 vs year ago 12 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---steady to --2.00--higher---Feeder heifers---2.00--higher. Slaughter cows and bulls --2.00--lower. Todays receipts --111 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.21/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$137.21
44 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.75
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543137.4774641
Medium and Large 2-3507133.676783thin
One grade step is worth $3.80/cwt here — about $69 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 sale44 hd
137.21
KY average27 barns · 2,045 hd
131.46
+5.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,86374.501,3882thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,17860.747165thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25545.385704thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,17860.74/cwt58.00–62.007165
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25545.38/cwt40.00–54.505704
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,5011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675136.00/cwt136.00–136.009181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380157.00/cwt157.00–157.005971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526139.12/cwt136.00–143.007324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419149.39/cwt146.00–160.006264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665114.00/cwt114.00–114.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461142.17/cwt138.00–145.006555
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583140.00/cwt140.00–140.008163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410141.00/cwt141.00–141.005783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520133.44/cwt132.00–135.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 2-333597.76/cwt83.00–126.003273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285136.89/cwt131.00–143.003902
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615105.00/cwt105.00–105.006461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585135.50/cwt135.50–135.507932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2658128.59/cwt116.00–130.508468
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3181,276.27/cwt1,085.00–1,435.0016,8212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2543133.00/cwt133.00–133.007222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717116.26/cwt114.00–120.008347
BullsMedium and Large 1-2270165.00/cwt165.00–165.004462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467147.52/cwt144.00–150.006897
Bulls2,00091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433147.17/cwt141.00–150.006376
Bulls1,72558.00/cwt58.00–58.001,0011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379154.53/cwt145.00–157.505864
BullsMedium and Large 2-3478140.50/cwt140.50–140.506722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600131.00/cwt130.00–131.507863
BullsMedium and Large 2-3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1651,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,1061

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.