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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
133 vs last sale 212 93 vs year ago 172 · 54.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
5 vs last sale 24 7 vs year ago 12 · +58.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 6 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts today. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. The overall quality of today's offering was a slightly lower and several calves was carrying too much condition which the buyer's discounted them for. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.37/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 143.00 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.
Average price
$246.37
19 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,338
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.86
vs KY average
25.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543246.371,33819thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales
430394358322median 389.3701/0503/0904/2706/2208/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.48, low $335.67, median $389.37 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale19 hd
246.37
KY average9 barns · 608 hd
250.23
−3.86
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−25.54
This barn, trailing median24 sales
389.37
−143.00
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
BullsHigh2,070127.382,6373thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,488125.391,8665thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,119108.851,2184thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95691.298736thin

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)1,293$1,6422thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$1,4501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,160$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$1,6751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)840$9601thin

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,488125.39/cwt120.00–130.001,8665
CowsLean 85-90%920103.00/cwt103.00–103.009481
CowsLean 85-90%97581.58/cwt77.00–87.007953
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,090108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1771
CowsBoner 80-85%1,068117.69/cwt114.00–121.001,2572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335264.75/cwt257.00–272.508872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2931,642.28/head1,635.00–1,650.001,6422
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600584263.08/cwt254.00–265.501,5369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3898
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2840960.00/head960.00–960.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550503261.95/cwt251.00–273.001,3182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750736193.19/cwt191.00–200.001,4224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21200–12501,235130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850815180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2497
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400391260.23/cwt255.00–262.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0031
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500470273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550512253.18/cwt241.00–257.001,29611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650645189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350315328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,0331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650640255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750710239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622266.55/cwt262.50–275.001,6583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4301
CowsLean 85-90%945100.00/cwt100.00–100.009452
Bulls2,070127.38/cwt120.00–133.502,6373
BullsMedium 1-2450–500495210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0401
Bred CowsMedium 1-29951,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0001,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500458298.50/cwt298.50–298.501,3678

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.