Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-30

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.02/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$145.02

45 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.64

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	496	151.56	751	31
Medium and Large 2-3	554	130.56	723	14thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $29 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 sale45 hd

145.02

—

KY average27 barns · 1,970 hd

139.38

+5.64

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,445	68.00	983	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	920	64.00	589	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	63.07	789	4thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	508	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	742	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	141.41/cwt	134.00–144.00	805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	161.40/cwt	158.00–162.50	717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	137.74/cwt	130.00–140.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	121.68/cwt	121.00–123.00	803	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	129.75/cwt	128.00–131.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	156.49/cwt	155.00–158.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	685	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	603	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	149.59/cwt	145.00–150.50	730	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	129.28/cwt	127.00–130.00	750	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,519	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	973.43/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	12,363	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	783.88/cwt	735.00–875.00	6,099	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	64.93/cwt	63.00–67.50	812	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	722	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	881	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,027	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,029	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	589	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 Aug 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 127Year ago 109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 22Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 25Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	508	146.00	146.00
1	—	690	131.00	131.00
4	—	569	134.00–144.00	141.41
4	—	444	158.00–162.50	161.40
5	—	397	172.50	172.50
6	—	488	145.00–150.50	149.59
1	—	635	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
5	—	472	130.00–140.00	137.74
2	—	660	125.00	125.00
2	—	603	121.00	121.00
4	—	580	127.00–130.00	129.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	130.00	130.00
3	—	660	121.00–123.00	121.68
6	—	451	149.50	149.50
2	—	368	155.00–158.00	156.49
4	—	530	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	122.00	122.00
4	—	458	128.00–131.00	129.75
2	—	420	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	140.00	140.00
1	—	395	151.00	151.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,175	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,270	925.00–1,025.00	973.43
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	778	735.00–875.00	783.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,250	63.00–67.50	64.93
1	—	1,255	57.50	57.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	59.50	59.50
1	—	1,510	68.00	68.00
1	—	1,345	76.50	76.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	64.00	64.00

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

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