Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2022-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-14

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $155.36/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$155.36

96 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$22.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

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	552	158.16	872	84
Medium and Large 2-3	537	135.75	729	12thin

One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $143 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 sale96 hd

155.36

—

KY average25 barns · 2,406 hd

155.06

+0.30

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	1,658	99.33	1,647	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	69.19	980	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,269	62.99	800	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,013	57.18	579	6thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	728	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	733	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	946	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	153.30/cwt	142.50–154.50	681	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	138.38/cwt	135.00–142.50	866	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	156.70/cwt	156.00–159.00	602	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	149.12/cwt	147.00–150.00	763	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	171.88/cwt	164.00–179.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	146.98/cwt	144.00–148.50	1,054	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	137.98/cwt	134.00–140.00	745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	140.14/cwt	131.00–144.50	797	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	165.71/cwt	164.00–166.50	769	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	174.58/cwt	167.00–177.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	159.10/cwt	151.00–167.00	894	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	400	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	744	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	69.53/cwt	68.50–70.00	996	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	66.39/cwt	64.00–68.00	884	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	51.01/cwt	40.00–58.00	570	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	907	63.34/cwt	59.00–69.00	574	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	608	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	75.59/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,102	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	54.49/cwt	54.00–55.00	608	2
Bulls	—	—	1,975	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,173	1
Bulls	—	—	1,735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,735	1
Bulls	—	—	1,265	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,113	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	1,187.11/cwt	1,175.00–1,200.00	12,441	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,169.63/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	11,989	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,297	1,003.87/cwt	800.00–1,175.00	13,020	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	903	736.24/cwt	520.00–925.00	6,648	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,196	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	974.48/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	10,456	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	913	880.66/cwt	775.00–925.00	8,040	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	1,541.13/cwt	1,425.00–1,650.00	20,543	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	8,719	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	1,560.23/cwt	1,375.00–1,775.00	19,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	164.33/cwt	164.00–165.00	827	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	968	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	143.50/cwt	143.00–144.00	746	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	170.57/cwt	165.00–177.00	646	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	148.57/cwt	146.50–150.50	920	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	148.02/cwt	146.50–152.50	682	8

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 Feb 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 270Last week 123Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 8Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	116.00	116.00
9	—	444	142.50–154.50	153.30
1	—	305	143.00	143.00
21	—	626	135.00–142.50	138.38
11	—	384	156.00–159.00	156.70
24	—	512	147.00–150.00	149.12
14	—	569	131.00–144.50	140.14
8	—	461	146.50–152.50	148.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	733	129.00	129.00
1	—	300	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	130.00	130.00
2	—	595	134.00	134.00
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
6	—	520	143.00–144.00	143.50
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	164.00–166.50	165.71
4	—	444	167.00–177.00	174.58
22	—	562	151.00–167.00	159.10
3	—	752	128.00	128.00
15	—	503	164.00–165.00	164.33
9	—	704	137.50	137.50
4	—	379	165.00–177.00	170.57
15	—	619	146.50–150.50	148.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	400	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	179.00	179.00
3	—	553	164.00–179.00	171.88
1	—	860	136.00	136.00
2	—	1,048	135.00	135.00
9	—	717	144.00–148.50	146.98
4	—	516	176.00	176.00
2	—	798	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	134.00–140.00	137.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	68.50–70.00	69.53
1	—	1,240	49.00	49.00
3	—	1,458	74.00–79.00	75.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,331	64.00–68.00	66.39
2	—	1,115	54.00–55.00	54.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,118	40.00–58.00	51.01
3	—	907	59.00–69.00	63.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,735	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,265	88.00	88.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	1,048	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,187.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,025	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,169.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,297	800.00–1,175.00	1,003.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	1,073	950.00–1,000.00	974.48
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	903	520.00–925.00	736.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	913	775.00–925.00	880.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,333	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,541.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,253	1,375.00–1,775.00	1,560.23

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle