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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 16
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
136 head
95 vs last sale 231 32 vs year ago 104 · +30.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
22 vs last sale 36 1 vs year ago 15 · 6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
5 vs last sale 9 77 vs year ago 81 · 95.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last week's report did not get published due to a technical error. Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher on a very light test. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. traded sharply higher and those over 500 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Multiple rounds of heavy rains and storms prevented producers from getting cattle to market and created a light run today. Today's quality was plain overall but buyers showed good demand for the offering. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.00/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits 66.37 against this barn's trailing median of $389.37.
Average price
$323.00
18 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$37.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.73
vs KY average
11.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546325.091,77417thin
Medium 1-2575287.501,6531thin
One grade step is worth $37.59/cwt here — about $121 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 sale18 hd
323.00
KY average25 barns · 1,094 hd
337.74
−14.73
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−11.11
This barn, trailing median24 sales
389.37
−66.37
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,334174.032,3227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,265173.002,1881thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,075154.811,6655thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,295$2,5501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$2,3132thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1-2450–500483357.30/cwt340.00–362.501,72613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2952,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3552,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600568326.58/cwt317.50–332.501,85510
BullsMedium 1-2450–500465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600575287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6531
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7961
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5411
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5849
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400397360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4296
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700690280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300283445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500460298.29/cwt295.00–307.501,3724
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550515311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6021
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650620307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,9071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,9784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900855245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650614318.68/cwt315.00–321.001,9578
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450410369.42/cwt364.00–370.001,51511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,8852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650605332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,7619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250230478.00/cwt478.00–478.001,0991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750745265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500458351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,6085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360405.81/cwt405.00–407.501,4613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750722269.14/cwt267.50–270.001,9433
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570312.82/cwt303.00–323.001,7838
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300290487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,4143
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,1052,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
CowsLean 85-90%960139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3341
CowsLean 85-90%1,185175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0741
CowsLean 85-90%1,077153.35/cwt150.00–155.001,6523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,334174.03/cwt164.00–179.002,3227
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,1881

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.