Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.37/cwt on 336 head.

Average price

$136.37

336 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

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

$57.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

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	535	137.00	733	326
Medium and Large 2-3	427	119.72	512	9thin
Small and Medium 1-2	400	80.00	320	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.00/cwt here — about $413 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 sale336 hd

136.37

—

KY average24 barns · 7,975 hd

133.09

+3.27

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	—	Average	2,063	79.95	1,649	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,146	47.99	550	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,305	40.00	522	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,097	38.24	419	14

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	927	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	547	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	774	50
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	141.07/cwt	130.00–144.50	657	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	140.71/cwt	130.00–148.00	521	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	133.18/cwt	132.50–134.50	686	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	874	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,228	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	145.97/cwt	144.50–147.00	620	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	980	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	164.73/cwt	160.00–173.00	692	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	129.90/cwt	122.50–133.50	831	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	140.57/cwt	139.00–141.00	410	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	378	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	131.79/cwt	124.00–140.00	1,151	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	490	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,057	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	146.83/cwt	138.00–153.50	1,067	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	657	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,048	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	547	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	870	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	743	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	142.85/cwt	136.50–143.50	1,169	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	149.69/cwt	140.00–154.00	769	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	141.42/cwt	133.50–146.50	891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	136.85/cwt	136.50–140.00	1,236	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	140.06/cwt	134.50–145.00	804	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	147.30/cwt	138.00–149.00	753	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	740	12
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	550	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	153.03/cwt	152.50–154.00	719	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,065	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	362	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	458	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	529	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	48.97/cwt	47.00–51.00	526	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	568	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	53.77/cwt	53.50–54.00	631	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	39.47/cwt	33.00–44.00	436	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	711	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	45.54/cwt	45.00–46.00	502	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	28.50/cwt	25.00–30.00	316	4
Bulls	—	—	2,063	79.95/cwt	76.00–83.50	1,649	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	733.82/cwt	575.00–875.00	6,237	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	514.00/cwt	400.00–610.00	4,498	2
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	875	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,938	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,126.55/cwt	875.00–1,325.00	13,609	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,653	1,043.31/cwt	975.00–1,125.00	17,246	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	17,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,150	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	593.65/cwt	510.00–700.00	6,518	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	456.59/cwt	400.00–500.00	4,762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,540	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	18,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	649	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	691	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	128.08/cwt	123.00–138.00	934	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	786	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	841	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	652	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	520	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	308	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	133.64/cwt	122.50–138.50	762	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	402	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	435	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 Dec 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 706Last week 223Year ago 800

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 20Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 5Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	122.00	122.00
1	—	725	130.50	130.50
29	—	466	130.00–144.50	141.07
33	—	370	130.00–148.00	140.71
6	—	825	130.00	130.00
37	—	515	132.50–134.50	133.18
41	—	425	144.50–147.00	145.97
44	—	640	122.50–133.50	129.90
13	—	292	139.00–141.00	140.57
6	—	694	118.00	118.00
4	—	934	118.00	118.00
36	—	570	122.50–138.50	133.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	547	141.50	141.50
24	—	723	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	127.50	127.50
1	—	650	101.00	101.00
2	—	513	112.00	112.00
3	—	402	125.00	125.00
1	—	355	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	138.00	138.00
1	—	640	129.00	129.00
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
3	—	285	132.50	132.50
2	—	805	124.50	124.50
2	—	743	130.00	130.00
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	874	140.50	140.50
20	—	657	159.50	159.50
18	—	547	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	420	160.00–173.00	164.73
5	—	462	165.00	165.00
2	—	873	124.00–140.00	131.79
7	—	769	137.50	137.50
37	—	727	138.00–153.50	146.83
7	—	586	149.50	149.50
11	—	818	136.50–143.50	142.85
10	—	514	140.00–154.00	149.69
5	—	630	133.50–146.50	141.42
10	—	903	136.50–140.00	136.85
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	620	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	574	134.50–145.00	140.06
27	—	511	138.00–149.00	147.30
1	—	645	134.00	134.00
11	—	470	152.50–154.00	153.03
5	—	397	176.00	176.00
3	—	729	123.00–138.00	128.08
7	—	343	190.00	190.00
4	—	289	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	450	164.50	164.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	132.50	132.50
11	—	649	106.50	106.50
4	—	786	107.00	107.00
2	—	290	150.00	150.00
1	—	695	115.00	115.00
2	—	245	140.00	140.00
2	—	308	138.00	138.00
1	—	375	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	34.00	34.00
1	—	1,545	46.00	46.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	37.50	37.50
5	—	1,074	47.00–51.00	48.97
2	—	1,263	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,173	53.50–54.00	53.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	54.00	54.00
7	—	1,105	33.00–44.00	39.47
2	—	1,103	45.00–46.00	45.54
4	—	1,108	25.00–30.00	28.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,063	76.00–83.50	79.95

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	850	575.00–875.00	733.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,653	975.00–1,125.00	1,043.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,098	510.00–700.00	593.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,043	400.00–500.00	456.59
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	400.00–610.00	514.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	450.00	450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,208	875.00–1,325.00	1,126.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	525.00	525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,550	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	500.00	500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,540	1,210.00	1,210.00

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