Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---Steady to 1.00--2.00 lower and Feeder heifers---1.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00--3.00 higher. Todays receipts ---372 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $161.04/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$161.04

67 head · 426 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$36.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.96

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	423	162.62	689	64
Medium and Large 2-3	540	130.00	702	1thin
Small 1-2	448	126.00	564	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.62/cwt here — about $125 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 sale67 hd

161.04

—

KY average27 barns · 3,097 hd

145.08

+15.96

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	1,781	92.11	1,641	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,388	70.46	978	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,126	55.26	622	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	855	44.00	376	2thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	462	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	651	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	1,476.18/cwt	1,350.00–1,675.00	18,201	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	12,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	488	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,224	1,343.59/cwt	1,025.00–1,600.00	16,446	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	1,477.22/cwt	1,375.00–1,575.00	18,288	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,158.31/cwt	850.00–1,310.00	13,992	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	160.42/cwt	149.50–170.00	688	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	141.59/cwt	135.00–143.00	728	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	153.50/cwt	150.00–157.00	652	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,035	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	6,831	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	455	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	578	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	342	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	542	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,055	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,023	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	975	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,925	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	910	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,963	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	15,190	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,319	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	952.57/cwt	810.00–1,275.00	11,107	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	985	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	11,820	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	1,010	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,555	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	845	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,591	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	705	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	52.83/cwt	47.00–55.00	600	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	70.46/cwt	68.00–74.50	978	4
Bulls	—	—	1,405	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,040	1
Bulls	—	—	1,892	99.51/cwt	96.50–101.50	1,883	3
Bulls	—	—	1,825	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,606	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	12,749	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	1,666.59/cwt	1,650.00–1,675.00	21,382	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,265	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,385	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,350	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,475	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,395	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	16,043	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	16,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	165.61/cwt	160.00–175.00	548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	854	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,239	1,203.23/cwt	1,185.00–1,275.00	14,908	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	22,800	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	720	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	238	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	227	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	318	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	132.07/cwt	131.00–137.50	510	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,450	1,625.00/cwt	1,625.00–1,625.00	23,563	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,492	1,049.89/cwt	950.00–1,125.00	15,664	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,332	1,010.29/cwt	875.00–1,125.00	13,457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	153.19/cwt	152.00–155.00	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	156.78/cwt	155.50–157.50	528	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	169.28/cwt	161.00–171.50	653	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	9,602	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	1,012.81/cwt	775.00–1,300.00	11,971	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	160.54/cwt	155.00–164.00	774	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	134.18/cwt	130.00–135.00	784	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	149.26/cwt	141.00–152.00	809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	159.38/cwt	154.00–165.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	149.95/cwt	145.00–157.00	783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	156.68/cwt	151.00–167.50	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	431	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 Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 598Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 17Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 162Last week 13Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---Steady to 1.00--2.00 lower and Feeder heifers---1.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00--3.00 higher. Todays receipts ---372 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	141.00	141.00
14	—	514	135.00–143.00	141.59
8	—	421	152.00–155.00	153.19
8	—	337	155.50–157.50	156.78
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
12	—	584	130.00–135.00	134.18
7	—	390	151.00–167.50	156.68
1	—	295	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	300	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	131.00–137.50	132.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	170.00	170.00
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
14	—	429	149.50–170.00	160.42
6	—	331	160.00–175.00	165.61
10	—	386	161.00–171.50	169.28
11	—	482	155.00–164.00	160.54
3	—	593	139.00	139.00
4	—	542	141.00–152.00	149.26
2	—	653	134.00	134.00
2	—	298	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	127.00	127.00
1	—	440	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	342	176.50	176.50
5	—	290	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	129.00	129.00
1	—	300	162.50	162.50
2	—	425	150.00–157.00	153.50
5	—	610	140.00	140.00
4	—	473	154.00–165.00	159.38
5	—	522	145.00–157.00	149.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	227	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,233	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,476.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,224	1,025.00–1,600.00	1,343.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,238	1,375.00–1,575.00	1,477.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,208	850.00–1,310.00	1,158.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,283	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,666.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,239	1,185.00–1,275.00	1,203.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,185.00	1,185.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	660.00	660.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,166	810.00–1,275.00	952.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,182	775.00–1,300.00	1,012.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	425.00	425.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,395	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,492	950.00–1,125.00	1,049.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,332	875.00–1,125.00	1,010.29
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	300.00	300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	875.00	875.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,390	1,210.00	1,210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,136	47.00–55.00	52.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,388	68.00–74.50	70.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	33.00	33.00
1	—	990	55.00	55.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	74.00	74.00
3	—	1,892	96.50–101.50	99.51
1	—	1,825	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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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle