Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2023-06-12

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
117 vs last sale 214 56 vs year ago 153 · 36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
14 vs last sale 42 5 vs year ago 23 · +21.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
9 vs last sale 6 9 vs year ago 24 · 37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady and bull calves were 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 higher and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.95/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$204.95
55 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$291
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$50.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.12
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566208.821,18348
Medium and Large 2-3465186.398675thin
Medium 1-2563158.508922thin
One grade step is worth $50.32/cwt here — about $291 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 sale55 hd
204.95
KY average26 barns · 6,696 hd
214.07
−9.12
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage2,345128.003,0021thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,561100.611,57115
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17499.261,1658thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03289.209203thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,2274thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,1252thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)720$7851thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy603220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy280250.00/cwt250.00–250.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy571233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3305
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385222.28/cwt214.00–231.008562
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525180.00/cwt180.00–180.009451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3688180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2383
SteersMedium and Large 2-3360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006841
HeifersMedium 1-2635152.00/cwt152.00–152.009651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,044130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3574
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680211.87/cwt203.00–221.001,4412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433219.45/cwt210.00–229.009502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365239.00/cwt239.00–239.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465186.39/cwt184.00–190.008675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620202.13/cwt195.00–207.001,2535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428218.88/cwt210.00–225.009377
HeifersMedium 1-2490165.00/cwt165.00–165.008091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added572218.84/cwt218.00–220.001,25212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584205.27/cwt194.00–208.001,1995
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1463
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668197.68/cwt188.00–205.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy413233.00/cwt233.00–233.009624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2496218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,08110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,2051,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3321,294.26/head1,275.00–1,310.001,2943
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,125.00/head1,100.00–1,150.001,1252
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2720785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Bulls2,345128.00/cwt128.00–128.003,0021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79291.88/cwt85.00–94.001,6465
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446104.98/cwt100.50–112.501,51810
CowsLean 85-90%1,00086.05/cwt84.50–87.508612
CowsLean 85-90%1,09595.50/cwt95.50–95.501,0461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10088.50/cwt88.50–88.509741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,184100.80/cwt95.00–107.001,1937

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.