Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2022-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and bull calves sold steady with good demand for those calves over 500 lbs. Feeder heifers sold fully steady with strong demand. The slaughter cattle buyer's interest was low due to the overrun of slaughter cattle sold recently resulting in slaughter cows and bulls selling 5.00-7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.26/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$145.26

75 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$26.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.09

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	539	148.17	799	66
Medium and Large 2-3	625	128.67	805	3thin
Large 1-2	607	121.50	737	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.67/cwt here — about $62 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 sale75 hd

145.26

—

KY average25 barns · 7,012 hd

155.34

−10.09

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	1,770	104.13	1,843	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,353	73.28	992	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,207	63.36	764	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	62.11	611	6thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$875	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$868	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$630	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$873	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,167	$960	9
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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	—	510	146.85/cwt	139.00–153.50	749	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	141.40/cwt	132.50–150.00	864	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	152.89/cwt	144.00–162.00	937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	129.11/cwt	120.00–131.00	927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	936	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	150.95/cwt	150.00–152.00	640	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	151.48/cwt	148.00–162.00	667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	181.06/cwt	172.00–190.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	164.40/cwt	156.00–166.50	1,087	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	922	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	168.56/cwt	161.00–174.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	147.40/cwt	144.00–148.50	867	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	183.81/cwt	175.00–186.00	507	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	129.90/cwt	125.00–136.50	892	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	65.25/cwt	61.00–68.50	615	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	49.96/cwt	47.00–53.00	507	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	805	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	76.43/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,036	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	55.65/cwt	51.00–61.00	685	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	68.86/cwt	63.50–74.50	819	7
Bulls	—	—	1,462	96.94/cwt	92.00–102.50	1,417	3
Bulls	—	—	1,954	108.45/cwt	105.50–115.00	2,119	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	57.50/cwt	56.50–58.50	773	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	630.00/head	630.00–630.00	630	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	868.11/head	740.00–1,010.00	868	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	991.36/head	850.00–1,100.00	991	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	887.75/head	750.00–1,035.00	888	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	873.25/head	825.00–960.00	873	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	747	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	135.38/cwt	131.00–144.00	843	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	171.33/cwt	165.00–180.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	156.41/cwt	145.00–159.00	831	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	538	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	147.23/cwt	145.50–149.00	860	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	283	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	654	4

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 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 314Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 69Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 42Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	510	139.00–153.50	146.85
1	—	790	118.00	118.00
5	—	421	161.00–174.00	168.56
11	—	588	144.00–148.50	147.40
5	—	276	175.00–186.00	183.81
1	—	325	174.00	174.00
7	—	687	125.00–136.50	129.90
5	—	473	158.00	158.00
2	—	1,138	86.50	86.50
6	—	623	131.00–144.00	135.38
7	—	386	165.00–180.00	171.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	611	132.50–150.00	141.40
1	—	370	155.00	155.00
6	—	718	120.00–131.00	129.11
1	—	985	95.00	95.00
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
12	—	424	150.00–152.00	150.95
1	—	670	138.00	138.00
2	—	760	137.00	137.00
10	—	531	145.00–159.00	156.41
13	—	584	145.50–149.00	147.23
4	—	464	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	116.00	116.00
2	—	548	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	115.00	115.00
3	—	538	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	283	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	144.00–162.00	152.89
1	—	555	165.00	165.00
8	—	440	148.00–162.00	151.48
2	—	353	172.00–190.00	181.06
5	—	661	156.00–166.50	164.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	144.00	144.00
2	—	683	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	536	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	61.00–68.50	65.25
2	—	1,015	47.00–53.00	49.96
1	—	1,045	77.00	77.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,355	70.00–81.00	76.43
2	—	1,345	56.50–58.50	57.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,231	51.00–61.00	55.65
7	—	1,189	63.50–74.50	68.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,462	92.00–102.50	96.94
5	—	1,954	105.50–115.00	108.45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	630.00	630.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	740.00–1,010.00	868.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,131	850.00–1,100.00	991.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,185	750.00–1,035.00	887.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	1,125.00	1,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	830	825.00–960.00	873.25

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

Heifers · 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

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle