Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. There was good demand for all classes of feeder calves. The demand for lightweight calves was much better today than in previous weeks. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower on and light test and no slaughter bulls in today's offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.23/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −151.15 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.

Average price

$238.23

19 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$23.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.78

vs KY average

−26.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	241.88	1,282	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	538	218.77	1,178	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.11/cwt here — about $104 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 sale19 hd

238.23

—

KY average25 barns · 1,204 hd

236.44

+1.78

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−26.87

This barn, trailing median24 sales

389.37

−151.15

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%	Very Low	1,418	110.24	1,563	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	105.44	1,309	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	87.45	942	4thin

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$1,450	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	854	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	263.76/cwt	250.00–280.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	234.27/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,335	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	211.51/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,514	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	248.72/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	233.79/cwt	227.50–240.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	599	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	272.07/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,107	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	264.62/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,215	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	220.15/cwt	212.00–228.00	1,156	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,386	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	262.83/cwt	262.50–263.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,257	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,441	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,446	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	232.70/cwt	229.00–234.00	1,447	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,722	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	895	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,359	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,159	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	82.26/cwt	77.00–89.00	874	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	114.53/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,403	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	106.58/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,380	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	990	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	117.68/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,633	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	107.89/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,557	3

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 Nov 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 260Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 33Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 2Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	250.00–280.00	263.76
3	300–350	305	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	530	242.00	242.00
3	550–600	582	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	350	310.00	310.00
6	450–500	456	304.00	304.00
7	500–550	522	276.00	276.00
14	550–600	556	260.00	260.00
8	600–650	622	229.00–234.00	232.70
1	700–750	710	214.00	214.00
1	750–800	790	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	270.00	270.00
3	250–300	282	262.50–263.00	262.83
7	400–450	407	260.00–277.00	272.07
16	450–500	459	264.00–265.00	264.62
11	500–550	513	245.00	245.00
5	550–600	567	235.00	235.00
6	600–650	642	225.00	225.00
10	700–750	716	210.00–213.00	211.51
1	900–950	915	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	227.50–240.00	233.79
2	500–550	525	212.00–228.00	220.15
1	550–600	565	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	425	314.00	314.00
1	450–500	455	301.00	301.00
4	500–550	529	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	565	262.00	262.00
7	650–700	676	243.00–251.00	248.72
4	750–800	758	232.00–241.00	234.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	259.00	259.00
1	400–450	430	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	291.00	291.00
7	550–600	599	249.00	249.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	1,450.00	1,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	95.00	95.00
3	—	1,388	116.00–119.00	117.68
3	—	1,443	104.00–111.00	107.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	103.00	103.00
3	—	1,062	77.00–89.00	82.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	114.00–115.00	114.53
2	—	1,295	103.00–111.00	106.58
1	—	1,165	85.00	85.00

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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

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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

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Replacement Cattle

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