Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends Due to Memorial Day Holiday closing

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.26/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$134.26

111 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

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

$26.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.83

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	494	136.23	673	93
Medium and Large 2-3	487	125.13	610	16thin
Small 1-2	435	121.00	526	1thin
Medium and Large 2	680	110.00	748	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.23/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale111 hd

134.26

—

KY average25 barns · 4,852 hd

131.42

+2.83

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	—	High	1,988	91.80	1,825	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,342	64.13	861	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	945	61.50	581	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,061	52.34	555	7thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	161.78/cwt	156.00–163.50	662	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	122.67/cwt	100.00–134.00	595	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	161.04/cwt	160.00–163.00	531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	146.03/cwt	140.00–149.00	850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	149.33/cwt	144.00–160.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	168.55/cwt	162.00–172.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	116.86/cwt	110.00–122.00	793	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	868	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	295	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	169.49/cwt	169.00–170.00	553	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	965.00/cwt	965.00–965.00	10,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	147.54/cwt	145.00–150.00	772	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	10,620	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	885	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	780	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	910	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,005	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	980	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	5,733	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	927	766.53/cwt	600.00–835.00	7,106	3
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	885	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,744	3
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,035	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,986	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	11,644	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	435	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	526	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	64.86/cwt	59.00–68.50	880	21
Bulls	—	—	1,988	91.80/cwt	85.50–102.50	1,825	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,185	56.46/cwt	56.00–57.00	669	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	51.59/cwt	48.50–53.50	552	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	54.22/cwt	54.00–54.50	563	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	581	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	8,673	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	1,344.26/cwt	1,175.00–1,485.00	15,701	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,335.00/cwt	1,335.00–1,335.00	17,956	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,305	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	122.50/cwt	113.00–132.00	714	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	13,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	591	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	14,220	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	16,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	1,270.29/cwt	1,225.00–1,310.00	15,980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	137.28/cwt	131.50–139.00	721	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	127.13/cwt	126.50–129.00	749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	137.10/cwt	129.50–139.50	853	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	913	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,009	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	145.17/cwt	140.00–151.00	462	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	144.26/cwt	127.00–150.00	524	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	369	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	145.37/cwt	138.00–149.50	608	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	150.98/cwt	150.00–160.50	737	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	124.84/cwt	120.00–126.00	765	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	139.25/cwt	139.00–139.50	895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	124.02/cwt	120.50–130.00	970	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	134.83/cwt	134.50–135.50	979	6

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 Jun 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 275Last week 100Year ago 106

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 14Year ago 2

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 7Year ago 13

No trends Due to Memorial Day Holiday closing

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	409	156.00–163.50	161.78
6	—	703	123.50	123.50
1	—	350	163.00	163.00
1	—	230	180.00	180.00
10	—	326	169.00–170.00	169.49
3	—	550	146.00	146.00
2	—	523	145.00–150.00	147.54
1	—	1,000	78.00	78.00
17	—	622	129.50–139.50	137.10
21	—	488	150.00–160.50	150.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	125.00	125.00
1	—	530	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	100.00–134.00	122.67
4	—	583	113.00–132.00	122.50
2	—	540	106.00	106.00
4	—	369	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	679	110.00–122.00	116.86
2	—	753	116.50	116.50
24	—	525	131.50–139.00	137.28
4	—	589	126.50–129.00	127.13
8	—	318	140.00–151.00	145.17
14	—	363	127.00–150.00	144.26
11	—	469	142.50	142.50
1	—	285	141.00	141.00
1	—	740	102.00	102.00
11	—	418	138.00–149.50	145.37
7	—	613	120.00–126.00	124.84
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	160.00–163.00	161.04
3	—	582	140.00–149.00	146.03
3	—	525	144.00–160.00	149.33
3	—	382	162.00–172.00	168.55
2	—	255	175.00	175.00
2	—	687	136.50	136.50
3	—	455	163.50	163.50
2	—	643	139.00–139.50	139.25
8	—	782	120.50–130.00	124.02
6	—	726	134.50–135.50	134.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	295	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	109.00	109.00
2	—	913	110.50	110.50
1	—	380	137.00	137.00
2	—	665	120.00	120.00

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	1	—	1,065	965.00	965.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,035.00	1,035.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,168	1,175.00–1,485.00	1,344.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,335.00	1,335.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	735.00	735.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	910	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	980	585.00	585.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	885	900.00	900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,185	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,258	1,225.00–1,310.00	1,270.29
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	927	600.00–835.00	766.53
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	885	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,357	59.00–68.50	64.86
2	—	1,185	56.00–57.00	56.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,070	48.50–53.50	51.59
2	—	1,038	54.00–54.50	54.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	61.50	61.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,988	85.50–102.50	91.80

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

Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter Cattle