Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls untested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.23/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$136.23

79 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$16.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.34

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	470	138.07	649	70
Medium and Large 2-3	445	121.91	543	9thin

One grade step is worth $16.15/cwt here — about $107 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 sale79 hd

136.23

—

KY average26 barns · 3,657 hd

129.89

+6.34

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	—	Low	2,045	74.00	1,513	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	53.81	807	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	46.88	549	4thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	137.78/cwt	130.00–145.00	372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	803	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	105.61/cwt	100.00–111.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	152.17/cwt	131.00–159.50	656	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	728	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	951	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	142.38/cwt	137.50–144.25	897	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	813	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	591	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	409	108.43/cwt	105.00–115.00	443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	307	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	338	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	119.96/cwt	115.00–125.00	625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	208	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	260	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	490	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	139.21/cwt	115.00–147.50	664	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	133.90/cwt	130.00–137.00	762	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	728	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,289.70/cwt	1,200.00–1,375.00	17,927	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	677.03/cwt	550.00–775.00	7,650	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,550	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	660	1
Bulls	—	—	2,045	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,513	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	45.17/cwt	42.00–46.50	514	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	53.81/cwt	53.00–55.00	807	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 Nov 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 229Last week 329Year ago 108

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 28Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 18Year ago 12

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls untested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	150.00	150.00
2	—	270	130.00–145.00	137.78
4	—	704	114.00	114.00
23	—	431	131.00–159.50	152.17
7	—	507	143.50	143.50
6	—	208	125.00	125.00
5	—	364	134.50	134.50
9	—	477	115.00–147.50	139.21
2	—	643	125.00	125.00
7	—	569	130.00–137.00	133.90
4	—	789	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	100.00–111.00	105.61
1	—	530	115.00	115.00
2	—	280	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	138.00	138.00
3	—	412	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	105.00	105.00
2	—	378	105.00	105.00
3	—	409	105.00–115.00	108.43
4	—	307	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	462	128.00	128.00
6	—	583	119.00	119.00
8	—	521	115.00–125.00	119.96
6	—	633	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	627	151.75	151.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	147.50	147.50
11	—	630	137.50–144.25	142.38
4	—	596	140.50	140.50
1	—	460	135.50	135.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,390	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,289.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,130	550.00–775.00	677.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	52.00	52.00
3	—	1,137	42.00–46.50	45.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	53.00–55.00	53.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,045	74.00	74.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

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