Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold sharply higher on a light test. Feeder heifers traded 7.00-9.00 higher. A very good quality offering saw strong demand from feeder buyers. No trend on slaughter cows and bulls due to low receipts today.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $268.02/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$268.02

54 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$71.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.30

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	491	275.93	1,354	48
Medium and Large 2-3	615	204.70	1,259	6thin

One grade step is worth $71.23/cwt here — about $95 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 sale54 hd

268.02

—

KY average24 barns · 1,838 hd

242.72

+25.30

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	—	High	1,650	124.98	2,062	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,528	118.88	1,816	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,365	107.00	1,461	1thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$1,185	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$1,160	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1-2	—	470	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	430	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	313	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,067	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	492	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,520	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	802	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,420	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	218.01/cwt	217.00–219.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	265.80/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	248.92/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,261	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	264.38/cwt	252.50–270.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	250.23/cwt	248.00–252.50	1,174	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	254.23/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,030	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	344	216.03/cwt	209.00–230.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	233.60/cwt	222.50–239.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	211.51/cwt	211.00–212.00	1,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	231.34/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,330	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	167.47/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	232.40/cwt	228.00–241.00	995	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	263.25/cwt	260.00–266.50	1,335	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	235.70/cwt	223.00–245.00	1,362	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	286.42/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,226	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,119	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,185.00/head	1,185.00–1,185.00	1,185	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	131.97/cwt	130.00–134.00	2,303	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,621	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,461	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	118.88/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,816	2

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 Feb 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 116Year ago 93

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 16Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	276.00	276.00
3	—	637	235.00	235.00
12	—	507	260.00–266.50	263.25
12	—	578	223.00–245.00	235.70
3	—	428	284.00–291.00	286.42
1	—	290	257.50	257.50
1	—	340	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	312.50	312.50
6	—	313	341.00	341.00
8	—	492	309.00	309.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	802	177.00	177.00
3	—	428	228.00–241.00	232.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	172.50	172.50
4	—	479	245.00–253.00	248.92
1	—	585	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	217.00–219.00	218.01
7	—	706	236.00	236.00
2	—	573	257.00–275.00	265.80
2	—	675	244.00	244.00
2	—	780	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	242.50	242.50
2	—	288	272.50	272.50
2	—	740	197.00	197.00
3	—	327	252.50–270.00	264.38
3	—	642	221.00	221.00
7	—	469	248.00–252.50	250.23
10	—	413	240.00–256.00	254.23
1	—	375	244.00	244.00
5	—	575	221.00–235.00	231.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	229.00	229.00
1	—	1,030	135.00	135.00
3	—	344	209.00–230.00	216.03
3	—	377	222.50–239.00	233.60
2	—	608	211.00–212.00	211.51
3	—	525	225.00	225.00
2	—	780	165.00–170.00	167.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,185.00	1,185.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,160.00	1,160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,745	130.00–134.00	131.97
1	—	1,460	111.00	111.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	107.00	107.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	116.00–121.00	118.88

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

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