Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2022-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend due to low receipts last week. Buyer interest for feeder steers and bull calves was lower. Feeder heifers sold with good demand. Slaughter cow demand remained low and no receipts on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.59/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$145.59

56 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$26.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.48

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	582	146.05	850	55
Medium and Large 2-3	560	120.00	672	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.05/cwt here — about $178 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 sale56 hd

145.59

—

KY average25 barns · 1,772 hd

151.07

−5.48

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	80.74	1,109	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	989	69.94	692	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,179	68.50	808	7thin

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)	1,495	$910	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$810	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,068	$756	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	940	$725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,465	$1,385	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1-2Fancy	—	295	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	181.37/cwt	175.00–188.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	163.51/cwt	157.00–167.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	149.49/cwt	140.00–155.00	786	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	143.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,121	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	144.91/cwt	140.00–160.00	923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	159.21/cwt	157.00–160.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	148.33/cwt	139.00–157.00	783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	147.62/cwt	139.00–149.00	843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	747	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	144.10/cwt	137.00–146.00	839	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	142.29/cwt	130.00–145.50	881	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	200	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,031	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	1,385.00/head	1,385.00–1,385.00	1,385	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	756.46/head	750.00–760.00	756	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	62.41/cwt	61.00–64.00	761	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	80.78/cwt	80.00–81.50	806	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	57.10/cwt	53.50–60.00	541	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	70.93/cwt	68.00–76.00	825	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	80.74/cwt	80.50–81.00	1,109	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	70.44/cwt	64.00–75.00	702	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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon Aug 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 163Last week 50Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 13Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 16Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	191.00	191.00
2	—	373	175.00–188.00	181.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	137.50	137.50
2	—	770	125.00	125.00
3	—	415	157.00–167.00	163.51
14	—	526	140.00–155.00	149.49
14	—	582	137.00–146.00	144.10
13	—	619	130.00–145.50	142.29
4	—	863	119.50	119.50
1	—	460	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	155.00	155.00
1	—	490	165.00	165.00
4	—	637	140.00–160.00	144.91
6	—	698	145.50	145.50
2	—	440	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	134.50	134.50
1	—	415	155.00	155.00
2	—	683	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	140.00–145.00	143.38
2	—	908	123.50	123.50
4	—	373	172.00	172.00
1	—	680	130.00	130.00
4	—	411	157.00–160.00	159.21
6	—	528	139.00–157.00	148.33
7	—	571	139.00–149.00	147.62
1	—	855	120.00	120.00
13	—	461	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	187.50	187.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	1,385.00	1,385.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,495	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,068	750.00–760.00	756.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	61.00–64.00	62.41
5	—	1,163	68.00–76.00	70.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	80.00–81.50	80.78
2	—	948	53.50–60.00	57.10
8	—	997	64.00–75.00	70.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	80.50–81.00	80.74

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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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

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle