Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers traded 3.00-5.00 higher. The demand for feeder cattle was average on a good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and no trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.76/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −127.61 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$261.76

23 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs KY average

−8.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	269.24	1,452	15thin
Medium and Large 2	519	247.75	1,286	8thin

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

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 sale23 hd

261.76

—

KY average25 barns · 1,823 hd

257.23

+4.53

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−8.43

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−127.61

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	2,035	156.60	3,187	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	123.33	1,724	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,286	117.71	1,513	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,112	98.55	1,095	9thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$1,635	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	910	$1,450	2thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	293.98/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	280.91/cwt	277.00–283.00	1,303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	248.60/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,424	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	248.37/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	243.75/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	499	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,607	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,635.00/head	1,635.00–1,635.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,487	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	755	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	308.15/cwt	302.00–314.00	1,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,155	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,689	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	118.00/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,543	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	859	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	92.34/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,017	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	109.15/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,239	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	131.92/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	452	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,329	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,065	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,209	1
Bulls	—	—	2,035	156.60/cwt	155.00–158.00	3,187	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	122.01/cwt	115.00–129.00	1,709	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	283.58/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,239	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,424	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	227.27/cwt	222.50–232.00	1,393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	208	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	250.28/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,279	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	494	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,428	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	263.47/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,705	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,463	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,733	3

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 Apr 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 179Year ago 171

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 24Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 24Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	383	281.00	281.00
1	400–450	420	277.00	277.00
3	450–500	464	277.00–283.00	280.91
6	550–600	573	244.00–252.00	248.60
6	600–650	613	243.00–247.50	243.75
1	650–700	675	211.00	211.00
2	700–750	708	210.00	210.00
4	750–800	786	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	865	185.00	185.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	235.00–256.00	250.28
1	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	613	222.50–232.00	227.27
1	700–750	730	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	289.00	289.00
9	500–550	517	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	515	309.00	309.00
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
11	600–650	647	259.00–266.00	263.47
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00
2	950–1000	975	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	535	309.00	309.00
4	550–600	590	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	608	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	734	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	208	313.00	313.00
1	250–300	285	295.00	295.00
2	350–400	365	314.00	314.00
3	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	780	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	410	302.00–314.00	308.15
1	450–500	470	307.50	307.50
7	500–550	529	287.50–295.00	293.98
3	550–600	567	272.00	272.00
4	600–650	634	240.00–251.00	248.37
2	700–750	713	234.00	234.00
1	750–800	790	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	275.00–292.50	283.58
1	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	510	237.50	237.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	1,635.00	1,635.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	127.00	127.00
5	—	1,308	115.00–122.00	118.00
1	—	1,130	107.00	107.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	81.00	81.00
4	—	1,101	89.00–97.00	92.34
4	—	1,135	106.00–116.00	109.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	131.00–133.00	131.92
13	—	1,401	115.00–129.00	122.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,035	155.00–158.00	156.60

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle