Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2021-05-10

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, May 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
71 vs last sale 143 128 vs year ago 200 · 64.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
15 vs last sale 23 7 vs year ago 15 · 46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
59 vs last sale 63 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----Steady to 1.00 higher and Feeder heifers 2.00 lower . Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and bull firm. Todays receipts----107 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.21/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$139.21
38 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.56
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517139.2172038
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale38 hd
139.21
KY average26 barns · 1,808 hd
128.65
+10.56
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
BullsAverage1,90387.751,6692thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45063.399194thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96820.702002thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,73080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35556.00/cwt56.00–56.007591
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48265.85/cwt63.50–67.009763
CowsLean 85-90%96820.70/cwt14.00–26.002002
Bulls2,07595.50/cwt95.50–95.501,9821
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,363868.36/cwt825.00–910.0011,8362
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663121.00/cwt121.00–121.008022
BullsMedium and Large 1-2414158.50/cwt158.50–158.506565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534133.55/cwt133.00–135.007137
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575128.75/cwt128.00–129.007404
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468143.03/cwt140.00–148.006696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425160.00/cwt160.00–160.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420134.00/cwt134.00–134.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235145.00/cwt145.00–145.003411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287297.00/cwt97.00–97.008464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300147.50/cwt147.50–147.504431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623124.31/cwt115.00–134.007742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2604128.00/cwt128.00–128.007736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378131.00/cwt131.00–131.004952
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568138.00/cwt138.00–138.007845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473133.27/cwt130.00–135.006303
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,085550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,9681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,3601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514139.72/cwt136.00–142.0071811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315129.00/cwt129.00–129.004061

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.