Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----2.00--3.00 higher and Feeder heifers ----steady to 2.00 higher . Slaughter cows --steady. Bulls no test. Todays receipts 55 hd. Light run due to flooded roads and muddy conditions.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.42/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$123.42

30 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$166

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.78

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	365	128.00	467	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	124.52	683	28
Medium and Large 2-3	720	88.00	634	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about −$166 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 sale30 hd

123.42

—

KY average30 barns · 7,229 hd

128.19

−4.78

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%	High	1,385	60.75	841	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,485	43.50	646	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	646	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	975	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	378	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	135.23/cwt	132.00–140.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	158.49/cwt	158.00–159.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	119.17/cwt	115.00–120.00	690	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	138.22/cwt	137.00–142.00	849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	166.93/cwt	164.00–170.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	163.45/cwt	160.00–167.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	159.88/cwt	158.00–160.50	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	634	1

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 Mar 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 76Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 22Year ago 17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	43.50	43.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	63.50	63.50
1	—	1,235	58.00	58.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	158.00–159.00	158.49
2	—	538	141.00	141.00
1	—	315	152.00	152.00
4	—	614	137.00–142.00	138.22
2	—	410	164.00–170.00	166.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	171.00	171.00
1	—	510	146.00	146.00
1	—	565	146.00	146.00
2	—	385	160.00–167.00	163.45
4	—	435	158.00–160.50	159.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	112.00–114.00	113.02
4	—	440	132.00–140.00	135.23
12	—	579	115.00–120.00	119.17
1	—	375	141.00	141.00
2	—	520	143.00	143.00
4	—	495	134.50	134.50
1	—	295	142.50	142.50
2	—	855	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	88.00	88.00

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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