Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2024-07-15

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
71 vs last sale 171 55 vs year ago 155 · 35.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
9 vs last sale 53 23 vs year ago 21 · +109.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: A low number of feeders in today's offering due to another day of very warm temperatures in the area limited comparisons. The demand for feeders was average on a good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady and no trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.95/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 132.42 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.
Average price
$256.95
15 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$23.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.44
vs KY average
0.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534263.271,40711thin
Medium and Large 2582239.571,3944thin
One grade step is worth $23.70/cwt here — about $12 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

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 sale15 hd
256.95
KY average25 barns · 1,305 hd
260.40
−3.44
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−0.85
This barn, trailing median24 sales
389.37
−132.42
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
BullsHigh1,939162.923,1586thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,418135.411,92015
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,151129.611,49216
CowsLean 85-90%High1,109106.411,1805thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls2,215169.18/cwt168.50–170.003,7473
CowsLean 85-90%965133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2831
CowsLean 85-90%1,220105.69/cwt97.00–118.001,2893
CowsBoner 80-85%1,215116.52/cwt115.00–118.001,4162
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,385131.20/cwt130.00–133.001,8175
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,434137.51/cwt134.00–143.001,97210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623279.04/cwt278.00–280.001,7382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335314.12/cwt310.00–316.001,0523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500450280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2606
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800795195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5501
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550507299.01/cwt295.00–301.001,5163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400355338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700650244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5862
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1152
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250240300.00/cwt300.00–300.007201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300293330.00/cwt330.00–330.009673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600551260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3584
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400391281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0995
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700660212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3991
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550535225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2041
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650608264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,6053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800750242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8151
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500469313.67/cwt313.00–314.001,4713
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700650231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5021
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600582239.57/cwt235.00–243.001,3944
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600580277.61/cwt274.00–280.001,6105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6243
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3822
SteersMedium 1-21050–11001,070189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,0221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400399344.50/cwt344.50–344.501,3759
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750703221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5543
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450442317.91/cwt310.00–326.001,4056
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850825230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8981
Bulls1,662156.67/cwt151.00–160.002,6043
CowsLean 85-90%92082.00/cwt82.00–82.007541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,079140.33/cwt137.00–147.001,5145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,177126.56/cwt121.00–131.001,4909
BullsLarge 1-2400–450440270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1881
BullsMedium 1-2400–450430275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1831

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.