Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2023-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts last week however a good number was sold today seeing good demand. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher and bull calves were fully steady. Feeder buyers showed strong interest in a favorable quality offering. No test on slaughter cows and bulls due to low receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.24/cwt on 176 head.

Average price

$155.24

176 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$22.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.64

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	550	156.53	861	166
Medium and Large 2-3	556	133.92	745	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.61/cwt here — about $116 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 sale176 hd

155.24

—

KY average24 barns · 5,808 hd

155.88

−0.64

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	1,720	98.00	1,686	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,538	62.00	953	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,233	60.00	740	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,053	59.23	623	4thin

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)	1,665	$1,050	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$860	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$810	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1-2	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	172.22/cwt	159.00–177.00	1,154	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,114	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	132.74/cwt	128.00–136.00	766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	168.92/cwt	165.00–172.50	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	164.05/cwt	155.50–170.00	851	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	183.76/cwt	173.00–190.50	864	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	180.27/cwt	177.50–183.00	936	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	141.82/cwt	137.00–146.50	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	151.77/cwt	140.00–166.50	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	183.54/cwt	170.00–185.50	1,044	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,169	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	189.63/cwt	187.00–195.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	138.68/cwt	138.00–140.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	577	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	830	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,112	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	191.54/cwt	190.00–194.00	816	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,062	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	183.33/cwt	178.00–195.00	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	938	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	921	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	972	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	57.64/cwt	55.00–59.50	611	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	659	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	690	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	787	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,686	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	880	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,665	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	159.95/cwt	156.00–170.00	821	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	933	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	151.29/cwt	149.00–152.25	876	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	169.72/cwt	161.00–175.00	696	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	153.96/cwt	152.00–158.00	728	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	151.05/cwt	148.00–151.75	962	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	22

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 Jan 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 376Last week 134Year ago 234

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 27Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 1Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	190.00–194.00	191.54
2	—	295	196.00	196.00
5	—	708	150.00	150.00
3	—	372	178.00–195.00	183.33
1	—	605	155.00	155.00
11	—	513	156.00–170.00	159.95
1	—	670	144.00	144.00
5	—	574	162.50	162.50
3	—	472	171.50	171.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	155.00	155.00
1	—	630	131.00	131.00
2	—	360	150.00	150.00
1	—	595	141.00	141.00
1	—	455	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	670	159.00–177.00	172.22
22	—	631	176.50	176.50
3	—	748	165.00	165.00
18	—	470	173.00–190.50	183.76
17	—	519	177.50–183.00	180.27
2	—	810	150.50	150.50
8	—	569	170.00–185.50	183.54
6	—	754	155.00	155.00
3	—	432	187.00–195.00	189.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	157.50	157.50
4	—	585	140.00–166.50	151.77
1	—	765	131.00	131.00
1	—	650	146.00	146.00
3	—	530	138.00–140.00	138.68
1	—	415	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	134.00	134.00
2	—	630	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	128.00–136.00	132.74
1	—	715	122.50	122.50
3	—	480	134.00	134.00
1	—	520	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	367	165.00–172.50	168.92
51	—	519	155.50–170.00	164.05
4	—	715	137.00–146.50	141.82
1	—	270	168.00	168.00
3	—	833	129.00	129.00
20	—	579	149.00–152.25	151.29
16	—	410	161.00–175.00	169.72
4	—	795	128.00	128.00
25	—	473	152.00–158.00	153.96
16	—	637	148.00–151.75	151.05
22	—	655	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,430	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	55.00–59.50	57.64
1	—	1,030	64.00	64.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,210	65.00	65.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	98.00	98.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,665	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	860.00	860.00

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

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