Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2024-05-13

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, May 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
71 vs last sale 165 86 vs year ago 180 · 47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
3 vs last sale 34 17 vs year ago 48 · 35.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
50 vs last sale 52 46 vs year ago 48 · 95.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: A low number of feeder calf receipts today resulted in very limited amount of comparisons. Today's quality was overall plain and the demand was lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-5.00 higher and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $288.54/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 138.43 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.
Average price
$288.54
13 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.79
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527290.581,53012thin
Medium and Large 2-3545264.001,4391thin
One grade step is worth $26.58/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
501455409363median 426.9701/0503/0904/2006/0808/03
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $487.31, low $376.99, median $426.97 across 20 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 sale13 hd
288.54
KY average25 barns · 475 hd
276.75
+11.79
This barn, trailing median20 sales
426.97
−138.43
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
BullsAverage1,775159.252,8272thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,448132.151,91313
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,119118.941,33110
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low87392.508072thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)885$1,6501thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,540155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3871
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,130111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2541
CowsLean 85-90%93579.00/cwt79.00–79.007391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,076122.26/cwt116.00–127.001,3167
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,526128.30/cwt125.00–131.001,9585
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,437137.92/cwt134.00–147.001,9827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715232.47/cwt231.00–234.001,6622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350305331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,0103
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650632255.90/cwt254.00–260.001,6173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5902
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600570266.03/cwt260.00–272.501,5162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400381322.20/cwt319.00–326.001,2287
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500473267.46/cwt260.00–275.001,2652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,058160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900850220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450414250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0354
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550511269.24/cwt268.00–270.001,37618
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4482
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650624234.03/cwt231.00–235.001,4604
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300255250.00/cwt250.00–250.006381
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250235291.00/cwt291.00–291.006842
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500455264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2012
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600592235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3913
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400380247.50/cwt247.50–247.509411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700683226.76/cwt226.00–227.501,5492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700668239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5972
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600558283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5795
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,0382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550504296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,4927
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800773230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7782
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550545264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,303101.27/cwt98.50–104.001,3202
Bulls2,010163.50/cwt163.50–163.503,2861
CowsLean 85-90%810106.00/cwt106.00–106.008591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,055131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3821
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-28851,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750720210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5121

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.