Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2025-03-17

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
61 head
120 vs last sale 181 172 vs year ago 233 · 73.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
16 vs last sale 33 13 vs year ago 30 · 43.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The heavy rainfall throughout the area in the last 2-3 days along with a special feeder calf sale next Monday created a smaller than usual number of head in today's offering that limited comparisons in all classes of cattle. The market remained very good for feeder calves and slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 95.51 against this barn's trailing median of $437.51.
Average price
$342.00
2 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
2.49
vs KY average
15.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500342.001,7102thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
517472428384median 437.5101/1203/2304/2706/0108/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.88, low $397.66, median $437.51 across 13 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 sale2 hd
342.00
KY average24 barns · 1,261 hd
344.49
−2.49
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
−15.16
This barn, trailing median13 sales
437.51
−95.51
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
BullsLow1,680150.002,5201thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,423134.011,9068thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,061124.131,3175thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,158121.251,4034thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,8653
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650610267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500465336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,5621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250220398.00/cwt398.00–398.008761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450436344.15/cwt340.00–350.001,5006
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800765222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,7021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4991
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950915218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9951
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900875220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550500342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,7102
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2331
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400350335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850808227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500497319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,9472
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300268402.13/cwt400.00–404.001,0782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500466377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,7577
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6913
Bulls1,680150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5201
CowsLean 85-90%1,055142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,4981
CowsLean 85-90%1,020113.89/cwt111.00–116.001,1623
CowsBoner 80-85%1,195101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2071
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,364128.98/cwt127.00–132.001,7595
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,085120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520142.38/cwt141.00–144.002,1643
CowsLean 85-90%1,190137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,6301

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.