Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2022-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to the July 4th holiday. All classes of feeder calves sold with good demand. The demand for the slaughter cattle was good on an average quality offering.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.37/cwt on 137 head.

Average price

$150.37

137 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$32.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.05

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	534	154.68	826	119
Medium and Large 2-3	619	121.90	755	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.77/cwt here — about $72 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 sale137 hd

150.37

—

KY average17 barns · 1,876 hd

148.33

+2.05

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	1,594	114.89	1,832	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	82.37	1,172	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	75.62	915	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	72.33	751	16

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,150	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$931	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,131	$912	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$875	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,023	$1,154	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	938	$1,235	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,103	$1,209	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$785	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	890	$560	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 2-3	—	328	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	932	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	151.95/cwt	150.00–156.00	734	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	133.64/cwt	131.00–139.00	902	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	177.37/cwt	172.00–180.00	736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	167.95/cwt	160.00–172.00	613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	944	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	590	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	147.61/cwt	144.00–150.00	775	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	769	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	777	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	150.32/cwt	148.50–152.00	933	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	126.74/cwt	122.00–129.00	805	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	853	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	956	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	126.02/cwt	124.00–130.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,153.80/head	1,085.00–1,225.00	1,154	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	931.30/head	900.00–960.00	931	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	911.66/head	725.00–1,040.00	912	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	1,209.30/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,209	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	1,234.73/head	1,150.00–1,310.00	1,235	4
Bulls	—	—	1,484	113.74/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,688	4
Bulls	—	—	2,035	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	2,432	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	77.68/cwt	74.00–82.00	949	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	79.39/cwt	78.50–81.00	835	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	58.48/cwt	55.00–61.00	569	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,364	89.05/cwt	87.50–92.00	1,215	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,016	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	66.51/cwt	60.00–71.00	790	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	73.12/cwt	67.50–77.00	770	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	69.54/cwt	67.00–72.00	890	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	82.12/cwt	77.00–86.50	1,184	31
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	837	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	302	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	154.08/cwt	152.00–155.50	1,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	135.68/cwt	128.00–137.50	867	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	579	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	147.83/cwt	136.00–150.00	680	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	413	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	733	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,315	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	163.08/cwt	154.00–166.00	708	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	152.71/cwt	143.00–156.00	796	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	404	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	715	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	675	7

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 Jul 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 210Year ago 149

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 53Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 34Year ago 4

No trend due to the July 4th holiday. All classes of feeder calves sold with good demand. The demand for the slaughter cattle was good on an average quality offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	155.00	155.00
1	—	735	113.00	113.00
4	—	769	101.00	101.00
3	—	635	122.00–129.00	126.74
3	—	385	137.00	137.00
3	—	578	124.00–130.00	126.02
2	—	940	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	828	112.50	112.50
12	—	483	150.00–156.00	151.95
3	—	365	160.00–172.00	167.95
7	—	780	121.00	121.00
15	—	621	148.50–152.00	150.32
16	—	554	154.00	154.00
7	—	690	138.50	138.50
14	—	434	154.00–166.00	163.08
1	—	245	182.50	182.50
19	—	521	143.00–156.00	152.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	300	193.00	193.00
9	—	404	177.00	177.00
7	—	355	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	675	131.00–139.00	133.64
9	—	402	151.00	151.00
2	—	883	123.00	123.00
16	—	525	144.00–150.00	147.61
8	—	577	145.00	145.00
3	—	302	161.00	161.00
15	—	639	128.00–137.50	135.68
15	—	371	156.00	156.00
14	—	460	136.00–150.00	147.83
3	—	758	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	111.00	111.00
2	—	413	130.00	130.00
2	—	733	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	121.00	121.00
1	—	530	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	172.00–180.00	177.37
5	—	787	152.00–155.50	154.08
2	—	488	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,035	128.00	128.00
1	—	345	191.00	191.00
3	—	800	152.50	152.50
11	—	862	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	150.00	150.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,023	1,085.00–1,225.00	1,153.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	900.00–960.00	931.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,131	725.00–1,040.00	911.66
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	560.00	560.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	785.00	785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,103	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,209.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	938	1,150.00–1,310.00	1,234.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,484	112.00–115.00	113.74
1	—	2,035	119.50	119.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,222	74.00–82.00	77.68
1	—	1,175	86.50	86.50
3	—	1,188	60.00–71.00	66.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,052	78.50–81.00	79.39
3	—	973	55.00–61.00	58.48
8	—	1,053	67.50–77.00	73.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,364	87.50–92.00	89.05
2	—	1,280	67.00–72.00	69.54
31	—	1,442	77.00–86.50	82.12

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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