Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2024-08-05

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 5
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
92 vs last sale 165 72 vs year ago 145 · 49.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
7 vs last sale 25 1 vs year ago 19 · 5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A low number of feeder calves in today's offering limited comparisons. Feeder calf demand was lower due to very warm temperatures and significant downward trends in cattle futures. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.98/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 126.39 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.
Average price
$262.98
6 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,381
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.81
vs KY average
+17.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514266.581,3705thin
Medium and Large 2-3580245.001,4211thin
One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about −$51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale6 hd
262.98
KY average25 barns · 1,333 hd
261.18
+1.81
National average152 barns · 6,273 hd
245.07
+17.91
This barn, trailing median24 sales
389.37
−126.39
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
BullsAverage1,450170.002,4651thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,405148.132,0816thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,022142.631,4583thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,055123.651,3043thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,022142.63/cwt141.00–145.001,4583
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,405148.13/cwt144.00–152.002,0816
CowsLean 85-90%1,165133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,5491
CowsLean 85-90%1,000118.97/cwt118.00–120.001,1902
Bulls1,450170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350335318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,0651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469275.71/cwt272.00–277.001,2938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305287.00/cwt287.00–287.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550514266.58/cwt263.00–269.001,3705
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500460273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600580245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450424251.46/cwt250.00–255.001,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650617221.51/cwt213.00–225.001,3677
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700685215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427307.30/cwt300.00–311.001,3123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800795199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009982
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550539244.07/cwt232.00–248.001,3164
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2591
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700655237.61/cwt232.00–239.001,5565
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520272.73/cwt266.00–280.001,4182
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650640238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750700221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5472
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5859
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400380287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,0911

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.