Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2023-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder cattle due to the low number of receipts today. The demand for feeder cattle was good on an average quality offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $165.59/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$165.59

32 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$32.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

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	453	176.64	800	21
Medium and Large 2-3	520	144.50	751	11thin

One grade step is worth $32.14/cwt here — about $49 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 sale32 hd

165.59

—

KY average24 barns · 1,581 hd

161.22

+4.37

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	1,420	94.43	1,341	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,183	71.41	845	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,353	70.98	960	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	958	50.49	484	5thin

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)	1,100	$1,405	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,098	$955	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,312	$1,219	3thin

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	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	240	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	941	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	808	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	134.62/cwt	125.00–139.50	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	144.74/cwt	142.50–150.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	152.55/cwt	150.00–155.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	165.82/cwt	165.00–167.50	534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	177.88/cwt	170.00–180.50	827	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	236	166.37/cwt	162.50–170.00	393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,053	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	170.34/cwt	165.00–176.00	813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,312	1,218.50/head	1,150.00–1,260.00	1,219	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,122	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,404.55/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,405	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	426	1
Bulls	—	—	1,498	98.16/cwt	93.00–100.50	1,470	6
Bulls	—	—	1,185	83.25/cwt	79.00–88.00	987	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	738	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	55.81/cwt	52.50–58.50	516	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	34.92/cwt	32.00–38.00	332	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	841	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	650	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	75.17/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,025	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	78.47/cwt	72.00–85.00	934	5

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 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 376Year ago 380

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 10Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 7Year ago 75

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder cattle due to the low number of receipts today. The demand for feeder cattle was good on an average quality offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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	205.00	205.00
3	—	240	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	132.00	132.00
1	—	570	150.00	150.00
4	—	443	182.50	182.50
2	—	523	169.00	169.00
3	—	353	197.00	197.00
4	—	477	165.00–176.00	170.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	131.00	131.00
1	—	750	111.00	111.00
1	—	275	167.50	167.50
1	—	420	135.00	135.00
2	—	495	156.00	156.00
4	—	540	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	125.00–139.50	134.62
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
2	—	458	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	474	142.50–150.00	144.74
2	—	523	151.00	151.00
3	—	322	165.00–167.50	165.82
3	—	407	160.00	160.00
4	—	236	162.50–170.00	166.37
3	—	695	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	174.00	174.00
4	—	465	170.00–180.50	177.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	150.00–155.00	152.55

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,312	1,150.00–1,260.00	1,218.50
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,122	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,404.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	38.00	38.00
1	—	1,210	69.50	69.50
5	—	1,190	72.00–85.00	78.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	71.00	71.00
2	—	925	52.50–58.50	55.81
2	—	950	32.00–38.00	34.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	50.00	50.00
5	—	1,363	74.00–77.00	75.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	93.00–100.50	98.16
2	—	1,185	79.00–88.00	83.25

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

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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