Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 4.00-6.00 higher on a light test due to low receipts last week. Feeder heifers traded 2.00-4.00 lower. The 300-400 lb. calves in all classes sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $252.83/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −174.14 against this barn's trailing median of $426.97.

Average price

$252.83

20 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$3.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.19

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	253.14	1,408	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	250.00	1,275	2thin

One grade step is worth $3.14/cwt here — about $133 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

20 sales

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 sale20 hd

252.83

—

KY average25 barns · 663 hd

235.64

+17.19

This barn, trailing median20 sales

426.97

−174.14

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	1,875	157.37	2,951	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,528	125.86	1,923	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	121.00	1,561	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	109.32	1,210	8thin

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)	1,195	$1,375	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,155	$1,875	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,340	$2,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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	850–900	855	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	276.07/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,331	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	214.27/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	300.50/cwt	289.00–312.00	1,157	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	225.05/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	338.25/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	430	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	314.88/cwt	310.00–320.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	239.87/cwt	233.00–247.00	1,391	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,102	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,422	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	230.22/cwt	222.00–237.00	1,183	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	225.78/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	235.24/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,108	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	276.73/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,190	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	311.32/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,180	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	224.36/cwt	213.00–228.00	1,501	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	382	268.55/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,026	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	—	—	1,855	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	3,098	1
Bulls	—	—	1,880	154.96/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,913	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	134.63/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,948	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	119.27/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,333	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	111.01/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,267	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	737	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,545	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,647	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	124.25/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,943	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,568	1

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 Sep 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 164Year ago 272

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 43Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 15Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	294.00	294.00
1	350–400	350	291.00	291.00
4	400–450	413	251.00	251.00
4	450–500	471	235.00–236.00	235.24
13	500–550	514	222.00–237.00	230.22
3	550–600	567	215.00–231.00	225.78
6	600–650	629	207.00–220.00	214.27
3	650–700	687	208.00	208.00
2	700–750	743	201.00	201.00
2	850–900	855	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	262.00–272.00	268.55
1	450–500	465	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	330.00–346.00	338.25
2	350–400	385	289.00–312.00	300.50
2	400–450	400	273.00	273.00
4	450–500	482	270.00–278.00	276.07
2	500–550	538	273.00	273.00
4	600–650	606	245.00	245.00
3	650–700	677	219.00–228.00	225.05
1	700–750	700	233.00	233.00
3	750–800	753	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	310.00–320.00	314.88
4	350–400	379	300.00–322.00	311.32
8	400–450	430	270.00–283.00	276.73
7	500–550	519	274.00	274.00
11	550–600	580	233.00–247.00	239.87
8	650–700	669	213.00–228.00	224.36
3	700–750	712	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	232.00	232.00
2	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	620	199.00	199.00
1	800–850	825	179.00	179.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,340	2,025.00	2,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,875.00	1,875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	167.00	167.00
4	—	1,880	150.00–159.00	154.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	133.00–137.00	134.63
1	—	1,445	114.00	114.00
9	—	1,564	120.00–131.00	124.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	115.00–124.00	119.27
5	—	1,141	100.00–119.00	111.01
1	—	910	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,225	128.00	128.00

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

Bulls · 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