Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.89/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$134.89

36 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$10.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.02

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	544	135.47	737	34
Medium and Large 2-3	535	125.00	669	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.47/cwt here — about $68 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 sale36 hd

134.89

—

KY average25 barns · 5,511 hd

140.90

−6.02

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	1,881	99.18	1,866	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,409	70.87	999	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,162	67.93	789	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	917	56.67	520	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	66.72/cwt	62.00–70.00	744	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,032	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	69.66/cwt	69.00–70.00	966	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,099	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	103.78/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,858	3
Bulls	—	—	2,018	92.27/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	158.73/cwt	155.00–160.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,038.31/cwt	1,025.00–1,050.00	12,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	165.34/cwt	162.00–166.00	769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	141.52/cwt	141.00–142.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	140.47/cwt	140.00–142.00	708	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	148.94/cwt	146.00–150.00	766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	156.75/cwt	148.00–158.50	840	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	174.41/cwt	173.00–176.00	567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,152	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,163	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	133.71/cwt	132.00–134.00	761	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	1,259.50/cwt	1,200.00–1,300.00	16,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	150.21/cwt	144.00–152.50	622	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	491	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	576	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	814	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.

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Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon Aug 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 203Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 12Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 17Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	149.00	149.00
3	—	397	172.00	172.00
3	—	633	145.50	145.50
6	—	465	162.00–166.00	165.34
6	—	536	148.00–158.50	156.75
1	—	900	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	165.00	165.00
1	—	395	171.00	171.00
4	—	481	155.00–160.00	158.73
2	—	570	141.00–142.00	141.52
3	—	660	134.00	134.00
4	—	514	146.00–150.00	148.94
2	—	325	173.00–176.00	174.41
1	—	720	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	117.00	117.00
2	—	825	105.00	105.00
3	—	662	123.00	123.00
13	—	504	140.00–142.00	140.47
1	—	485	134.00	134.00
2	—	385	148.00	148.00
7	—	569	132.00–134.00	133.71
4	—	414	144.00–152.50	150.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,115	62.00–70.00	66.72
1	—	1,395	74.00	74.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	69.00–70.00	69.66
1	—	1,475	74.50	74.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	53.50	53.50
1	—	915	63.00	63.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,790	102.00–105.00	103.78
2	—	2,018	90.00–94.00	92.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,160	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,038.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,340	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,303	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,259.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	675.00	675.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle