Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: A low number of like feeder comparisons today limited the market trend. There were several weaned, preconditioned calves in today's offering that saw good demand from the buyers. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower on a plain quality offering and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.73/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −146.64 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$242.73

10 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$31.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.53

vs KY average

−4.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	249.00	1,432	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	568	217.64	1,236	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.36/cwt here — about $196 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

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 sale10 hd

242.73

—

KY average25 barns · 1,122 hd

232.20

+10.53

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−4.05

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−146.64

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,481	125.98	1,866	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	115.25	1,423	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	992	105.54	1,047	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)	1,005	$1,375	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,200	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,105	$2,300	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,179	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	303	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	223.73/cwt	223.00–226.00	1,499	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	237.00/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,244	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	217.64/cwt	207.00–228.00	1,236	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	1,687	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,432	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,523	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	796	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	494	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	248.76/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,134	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	232.65/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	210.57/cwt	210.00–211.00	937	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,005	1,375.00/head	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	107.75/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,126	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	124.64/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,838	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,037	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,170	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	119.67/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,428	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	91.67/cwt	89.00–94.00	773	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	106.42/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,403	2

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 137Year ago 216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 33Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
4	350–400	393	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	456	248.00–251.00	248.76
2	500–550	525	234.00–240.00	237.00
5	550–600	583	228.00–235.00	232.65
4	650–700	670	223.00–226.00	223.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	272.00	272.00
9	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	733	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	249.00	249.00
1	300–350	345	225.00	225.00
6	350–400	368	227.00	227.00
7	400–450	445	210.00–211.00	210.57
1	450–500	480	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	568	207.00–228.00	217.64
3	600–650	618	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	256.00	256.00
8	550–600	575	249.00	249.00
8	600–650	636	239.50	239.50
2	700–750	705	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	276.00	276.00
4	350–400	398	268.00	268.00
3	600–650	628	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	288.00	288.00
2	500–550	523	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	688	245.25	245.25
4	750–800	796	233.50	233.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	575	249.00	249.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,105	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,005	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,045	105.00–111.00	107.75
1	—	975	120.00	120.00
2	—	843	89.00–94.00	91.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,475	119.00–129.00	124.64
1	—	1,520	134.00	134.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,193	116.00–124.00	119.67
2	—	1,318	102.00–111.00	106.42

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

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