Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2022-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold mostly steady with calves under 500 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Buyers were favorable to packages and groups of preconditioned feeders. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.70/cwt on 290 head.

Average price

$151.70

290 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$17.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

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	515	152.74	786	273
Large 2	527	135.04	712	17thin

One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $74 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 sale290 hd

151.70

—

KY average23 barns · 7,005 hd

149.09

+2.61

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	1,824	115.47	2,106	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,445	80.65	1,165	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	71.37	850	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	893	63.58	568	8thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	408	163.94/cwt	151.00–167.00	669	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,043	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	174.92/cwt	171.00–180.50	682	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	127.52/cwt	115.00–130.00	964	11
Heifers	Large 2	—	491	133.52/cwt	131.00–134.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	173.73/cwt	168.00–178.00	883	16
Heifers	Large 2	—	630	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	362	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	135.00/cwt	128.00–141.00	909	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	150.43/cwt	142.50–155.50	776	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	142.89/cwt	132.00–146.00	894	37
Steers	Large 2	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	158.04/cwt	157.50–160.00	730	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	131.26/cwt	130.00–132.50	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	158.49/cwt	157.00–160.00	924	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	137.87/cwt	126.00–143.50	1,120	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	131.76/cwt	131.00–132.50	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,013	24
Steers	Large 2	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	1
Steers	Large 2	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Steers	Large 2	—	532	156.00/cwt	155.00–157.00	830	8
Steers	Large 2	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	175.03/cwt	170.00–180.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	178.03/cwt	171.00–181.00	746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	142.36/cwt	141.00–144.50	1,041	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,124	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	172.78/cwt	170.00–177.00	836	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	146.81/cwt	146.50–147.00	909	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	851	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	179.43/cwt	175.00–181.00	772	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	349	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	684	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	78.22/cwt	74.00–83.00	718	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	62.24/cwt	56.00–66.50	568	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	308	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	72.34/cwt	70.50–74.00	1,042	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	82.97/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,210	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	70.03/cwt	66.50–77.00	812	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	82.41/cwt	81.00–83.50	1,030	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	63.50/cwt	63.00–64.00	826	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,232	1
Bulls	—	—	1,608	112.22/cwt	108.00–115.50	1,804	2
Bulls	—	—	1,968	117.63/cwt	116.50–119.00	2,315	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	652.15/cwt	500.00–800.00	5,693	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	889.76/cwt	710.00–1,150.00	10,588	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	1,262.50/cwt	825.00–1,525.00	14,254	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,283.14/cwt	1,210.00–1,350.00	15,141	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,030	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	937.20/cwt	650.00–1,175.00	11,115	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,160.00/cwt	1,160.00–1,160.00	16,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,053	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	268	163.57/cwt	160.00–167.50	438	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	420	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	620	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	345	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	543	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	240	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	402	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	474	148.70/cwt	147.50–149.00	705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	901	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	188.07/cwt	179.00–193.00	713	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	166.94/cwt	164.00–170.00	798	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	152.59/cwt	149.00–154.00	871	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	145.13/cwt	134.00–149.00	826	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	197.49/cwt	195.00–202.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,052	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	167.56/cwt	160.00–175.00	524	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	369	152.43/cwt	145.00–160.00	562	5
Bulls	Large 2	—	672	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	857	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	506	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	706	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	730	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	861	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	161.59/cwt	155.00–165.00	515	13

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 Apr 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 634Last week 244Year ago 598

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 45Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 23Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	408	151.00–167.00	163.94
1	—	975	107.00	107.00
30	—	390	171.00–180.50	174.92
1	—	905	113.00	113.00
11	—	756	115.00–130.00	127.52
11	—	673	128.00–141.00	135.00
70	—	516	142.50–155.50	150.43
37	—	626	132.00–146.00	142.89
33	—	462	157.50–160.00	158.04
27	—	569	134.00–149.00	145.13
3	—	812	129.50	129.50
13	—	319	155.00–165.00	161.59
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	491	131.00–134.00	133.52
3	—	630	129.50	129.50
6	—	506	139.50	139.50
1	—	730	118.00	118.00
1	—	365	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	508	168.00–178.00	173.73
12	—	583	157.00–160.00	158.49
10	—	812	126.00–143.50	137.87
2	—	680	131.00–132.50	131.76
4	—	610	148.00	148.00
2	—	378	170.00–180.00	175.03
1	—	920	141.00	141.00
10	—	419	171.00–181.00	178.03
5	—	731	141.00–144.50	142.36
3	—	778	144.50	144.50
5	—	484	170.00–177.00	172.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	195.00	195.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
1	—	570	140.00	140.00
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
8	—	532	155.00–157.00	156.00
2	—	495	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	130.00–132.50	131.26
1	—	740	117.00	117.00
1	—	605	128.00	128.00
1	—	530	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	639	158.50	158.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	619	146.50–147.00	146.81
1	—	1,025	90.00	90.00
27	—	511	166.50	166.50
1	—	970	90.00	90.00
14	—	430	175.00–181.00	179.43
2	—	675	156.00	156.00
1	—	770	117.00	117.00
25	—	379	179.00–193.00	188.07
22	—	478	164.00–170.00	166.94
18	—	571	149.00–154.00	152.59
6	—	720	131.50	131.50
3	—	272	195.00–202.00	197.49
2	—	313	160.00–175.00	167.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	349	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	160.00–167.50	163.57
1	—	420	147.50	147.50
1	—	345	157.50	157.50
1	—	240	167.50	167.50
5	—	474	147.50–149.00	148.70
5	—	595	140.00	140.00
5	—	369	145.00–160.00	152.43
4	—	672	127.00–128.00	127.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	74.00–83.00	78.22
5	—	912	56.00–66.50	62.24
1	—	750	41.00	41.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	70.50–74.00	72.34
4	—	1,458	81.00–85.00	82.97
1	—	1,400	88.00	88.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,160	66.50–77.00	70.03
3	—	1,250	81.00–83.50	82.41
2	—	1,300	63.00–64.00	63.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	108.00–115.50	112.22
3	—	1,968	116.50–119.00	117.63

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	873	500.00–800.00	652.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,190	710.00–1,150.00	889.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,186	650.00–1,175.00	937.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,129	825.00–1,525.00	1,262.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,180	1,210.00–1,350.00	1,283.14
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	860.00	860.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,400	1,160.00	1,160.00

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

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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

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