Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : Steady to 1.00 higher and Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and bulls firm . Todays receipts 215 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.71/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$136.71

90 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$6.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.10

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	548	137.00	750	86
Medium and Large 2-3	474	130.50	618	4thin

One grade step is worth $6.50/cwt here — about $132 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 sale90 hd

136.71

—

KY average24 barns · 6,266 hd

140.81

−4.10

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	1,505	93.50	1,407	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,653	64.71	1,070	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	56.51	676	3thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	—	2,150	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	2,247	1
Bulls	—	—	1,183	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,041	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	52.77/cwt	52.00–53.50	662	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	691	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	64.71/cwt	64.00–65.50	1,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	255	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	459	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	595	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	690	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	128.07/cwt	125.50–128.50	818	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	755	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	6,606	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	98.66/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,066	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	600	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	7,500	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	475	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	156.56/cwt	150.00–161.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	148.10/cwt	144.00–151.50	872	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	133.74/cwt	131.00–134.00	765	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	140.86/cwt	135.00–147.00	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	156.10/cwt	151.00–160.00	829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	140.64/cwt	126.00–143.50	887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	145	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	273	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	957	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	153.68/cwt	147.00–157.00	708	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	992.19/cwt	975.00–1,010.00	12,482	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	139.62/cwt	130.00–142.50	859	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	148.88/cwt	147.00–150.00	767	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	141.48/cwt	138.00–142.00	737	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	144.65/cwt	136.00–152.00	674	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	153.83/cwt	148.00–155.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	145.90/cwt	138.00–149.00	598	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	142.10/cwt	140.00–144.00	448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	337	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	590	3

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 Jul 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 149Year ago 103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 18Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 17

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : Steady to 1.00 higher and Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and bulls firm . Todays receipts 215 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,150	104.50	104.50
2	—	1,183	88.00	88.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	52.00–53.50	52.77
1	—	1,080	64.00	64.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	64.00–65.50	64.71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	180.00	180.00
3	—	337	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	126.00	126.00
3	—	428	150.00–161.00	156.56
7	—	574	135.00–147.00	140.86
3	—	383	172.00	172.00
13	—	461	147.00–157.00	153.68
9	—	615	130.00–142.50	139.62
8	—	515	147.00–150.00	148.88
3	—	767	119.50	119.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	116.00	116.00
1	—	475	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	130.00	130.00
10	—	589	144.00–151.50	148.10
2	—	675	137.00	137.00
4	—	401	165.00	165.00
9	—	531	151.00–160.00	156.10
7	—	631	126.00–143.50	140.64
1	—	485	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	145	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	273	183.50	183.50
1	—	375	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	639	125.50–128.50	128.07
3	—	1,080	96.00–100.00	98.66
11	—	572	131.00–134.00	133.74
4	—	821	116.00–117.00	116.51
2	—	713	121.00	121.00
23	—	521	138.00–142.00	141.48
9	—	466	136.00–152.00	144.65
6	—	363	148.00–155.00	153.83
12	—	410	138.00–149.00	145.90
2	—	315	140.00–144.00	142.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	131.00	131.00
1	—	565	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	600	1,250.00	1,250.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	925.00	925.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,258	975.00–1,010.00	992.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	750.00	750.00

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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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

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