Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers--2.00--3.00 higher and Feeder heifers--2.00 higher. Slaughter cows--1.00 lower and bulls--2.00--lower. Todays receipts 855 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.84/cwt on 302 head.

Average price

$122.84

302 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.34

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	406	125.00	508	11thin
Medium and Large 2	489	124.34	608	27
Medium and Large 1-2	545	122.77	668	262
Small 1-2	540	100.00	540	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale302 hd

122.84

—

KY average28 barns · 8,648 hd

123.18

−0.34

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	—	Low	1,411	61.89	873	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	48.69	720	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	39.88	511	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	962	26.14	251	13

Every lot, as filed

81 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 1-2	—	705	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	768	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	650	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	154.33/cwt	146.00–157.00	610	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	770	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	136.08/cwt	129.50–139.00	493	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	123.10/cwt	109.00–124.00	854	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	129.32/cwt	125.00–133.00	763	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	123.13/cwt	116.50–125.00	835	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	113.05/cwt	111.50–114.00	936	18
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,025	592.50/cwt	500.00–685.00	6,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	988	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	151.17/cwt	140.00–162.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	122.05/cwt	113.00–127.00	884	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	722	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	895	27
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	938	535.00/cwt	475.00–600.00	5,018	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	138.78/cwt	131.00–145.00	736	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	566	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,625	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	910	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	4,869	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	965	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	337	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	570	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	280	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	581	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	538	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	667	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	568	104.85/cwt	100.00–110.00	596	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	895	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	4,565	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	491	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	20.04/cwt	15.00–39.00	167	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	635	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	35.39/cwt	33.50–37.50	403	2
Bulls	—	—	1,402	54.38/cwt	52.50–55.50	762	3
Bulls	—	—	1,425	73.16/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,043	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,035	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,969	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,668	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,345	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	8,877	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	727	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	48.86/cwt	48.00–50.00	730	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	633	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	406	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	107.01/cwt	91.00–111.50	662	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	33.92/cwt	31.00–36.00	391	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	42.86/cwt	40.00–46.00	576	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	27.41/cwt	26.00–30.00	305	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	141.45/cwt	134.50–144.00	608	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	126.42/cwt	116.00–137.00	584	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	10,036	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	686.46/cwt	525.00–850.00	7,935	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,310	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	147.57/cwt	138.00–150.00	697	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	115.92/cwt	113.50–117.00	745	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	134.11/cwt	125.00–138.00	638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	121.23/cwt	104.50–129.00	713	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	742.97/cwt	735.00–750.00	6,783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	765	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	124.07/cwt	120.00–130.50	717	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	499	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	148.22/cwt	140.00–153.00	623	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	378	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	131.98/cwt	131.00–136.50	681	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	704	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	863	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,072	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	122.55/cwt	122.00–124.00	620	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	119.52/cwt	115.50–123.50	694	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	127.34/cwt	111.00–130.00	595	44

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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 800Last week 110Year ago 746

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 19Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 10Year ago 21

Compared to last week : Feeder steers--2.00--3.00 higher and Feeder heifers--2.00 higher. Slaughter cows--1.00 lower and bulls--2.00--lower. Todays receipts 855 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	705	109.00	109.00
2	—	415	122.00	122.00
7	—	362	129.50–139.00	136.08
16	—	694	109.00–124.00	123.10
5	—	789	97.00	97.00
5	—	279	135.50	135.50
1	—	305	131.00	131.00
18	—	506	122.00–124.00	122.55
57	—	581	115.50–123.50	119.52
44	—	467	111.00–130.00	127.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	515	126.25	126.25
27	—	636	113.50	113.50
21	—	410	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	406	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	619	91.00–111.50	107.01
13	—	349	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	140.00	140.00
4	—	774	114.50	114.50
36	—	590	125.00–133.00	129.32
34	—	678	116.50–125.00	123.13
18	—	828	111.50–114.00	113.05
2	—	1,098	90.00	90.00
13	—	724	113.00–127.00	122.05
1	—	1,035	104.00	104.00
20	—	530	131.00–145.00	138.78
28	—	472	138.00–150.00	147.57
9	—	630	120.00	120.00
18	—	420	140.00–153.00	148.22
6	—	953	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	716	125.00	125.00
21	—	664	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	109.00	109.00
2	—	538	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	600	104.50	104.50
4	—	462	116.00–137.00	126.42
9	—	588	104.50–129.00	121.23
6	—	549	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	395	146.00–157.00	154.33
19	—	694	111.00	111.00
2	—	320	140.00–162.00	151.17
14	—	430	134.50–144.00	141.45
13	—	643	113.50–117.00	115.92
10	—	476	125.00–138.00	134.11
45	—	578	120.00–130.50	124.07
22	—	516	131.00–136.50	131.98
7	—	800	88.00	88.00
2	—	293	147.50	147.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	337	169.00	169.00
2	—	280	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	100.00–110.00	104.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	120.50	120.50
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
4	—	473	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,025	500.00–685.00	592.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	938	475.00–600.00	535.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	535.00	535.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	785.00	785.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,156	525.00–850.00	686.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	625.00	625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	625.00	625.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	913	735.00–750.00	742.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	46.50	46.50
7	—	833	15.00–39.00	20.04
2	—	1,140	33.50–37.50	35.39
3	—	1,112	26.00–30.00	27.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	45.50	45.50
1	—	1,440	50.50	50.50
8	—	1,495	48.00–50.00	48.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	31.00–36.00	33.92
6	—	1,344	40.00–46.00	42.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,402	52.50–55.50	54.38
2	—	1,425	70.00–78.00	73.16

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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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

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