Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2022-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-28

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	65.80	800	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	63.41	924	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	51.27	492	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,183	$1,540	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,108	$1,312	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,164	$1,269	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,078	22
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,138	$977	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,209	$964	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,237	$908	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$825	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,120	$1,345	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,008	$1,136	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	765	$725	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,335	$1,575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$1,825	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$1,742	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$1,684	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,096	$1,291	5
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	970	$885	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,112	$840	3thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,150	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,055	1,757.58/head	1,625.00–1,850.00	1,758	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	950	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,010	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	1,239.70/head	1,025.00–1,500.00	1,240	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	1,135.54/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,136	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	930.58/head	885.00–975.00	931	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	885.00/head	885.00–885.00	885	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	1,324.63/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,325	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	765	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,344.53/head	1,225.00–1,450.00	1,345	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,415.12/head	1,375.00–1,450.00	1,415	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	1,321.93/head	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,322	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,008	794.34/head	775.00–835.00	794	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,292	1,186.87/head	1,025.00–1,375.00	1,187	16
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	799.50/head	585.00–975.00	800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,050	1,881.35/head	1,825.00–1,975.00	1,881	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,150	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,250	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	1,159.21/head	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,159	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,063	786.61/head	675.00–925.00	787	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,175	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,327.27/head	1,175.00–1,525.00	1,327	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,300	1,728.85/head	1,625.00–1,825.00	1,729	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,263	1,860.64/head	1,675.00–2,050.00	1,861	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	1,165.74/head	1,000.00–1,310.00	1,166	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,010	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	60.97/cwt	58.50–64.50	701	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	977	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	690	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	57.96/cwt	57.00–59.00	538	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	258	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	75.47/cwt	70.50–80.00	1,017	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	64.03/cwt	60.50–66.50	951	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	67.49/cwt	65.00–70.00	715	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	490	1

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

Wed Dec 28, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 143Last week 8Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,055	1,625.00–1,850.00	1,757.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,825.00–1,975.00	1,881.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	1,375.00–1,450.00	1,415.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	1,175.00–1,525.00	1,327.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,335	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	585.00–975.00	799.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,063	675.00–925.00	786.61
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,148	1,025.00–1,500.00	1,239.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,133	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,324.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,350	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,119	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,321.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,292	1,025.00–1,375.00	1,186.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,267	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,159.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,263	1,000.00–1,310.00	1,165.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,008	775.00–835.00	794.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,300	1,625.00–1,825.00	1,728.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,263	1,675.00–2,050.00	1,860.64
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,008	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,135.54
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,120	1,225.00–1,450.00	1,344.53
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	765	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,155	885.00–975.00	930.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	885.00	885.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	660.00	660.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	58.50–64.50	60.97
2	—	1,348	70.50–80.00	75.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,315	52.50	52.50
7	—	1,486	60.50–66.50	64.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	57.00–59.00	57.96
2	—	860	30.00	30.00
2	—	1,060	65.00–70.00	67.49
1	—	1,020	48.00	48.00

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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