Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2019-07-08

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 83▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 10▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 14▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to 4th of July holiday.

Last year receipts : 257 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.73/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$125.73
50 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.91
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555126.9270543
Medium and Large 2-3584118.436917thin
One grade step is worth $8.49/cwt here — about $13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale50 hd
125.73
—
KY average10 barns · 723 hd
122.83
+2.91
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
Bulls—Average1,37270.189633thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37053.857389thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08041.834523thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88733.602983thin

Every lot

42 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340152.00/cwt152.00–152.005171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358160.00/cwt160.00–160.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448150.00/cwt150.00–150.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006744
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521145.34/cwt140.00–148.007576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626128.71/cwt124.00–134.008063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665132.50/cwt132.50–132.508812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720126.50/cwt126.50–126.509112
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3790108.00/cwt108.00–108.008531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,0512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2357133.70/cwt130.00–135.504773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410135.50/cwt135.50–135.505564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468128.08/cwt118.00–131.0059914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534128.39/cwt128.00–130.006865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3573112.66/cwt110.50–115.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590118.00/cwt118.00–118.006965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633112.02/cwt111.00–113.007092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675107.00/cwt107.00–107.007221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2805104.00/cwt104.00–104.008371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2362151.38/cwt150.00–154.005483
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2434137.32/cwt132.00–140.0059611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473139.00/cwt139.00–139.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511134.00/cwt134.00–134.006857
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3523127.50/cwt127.50–127.506672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575126.66/cwt120.50–129.507289
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710100.50/cwt100.50–100.507142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-378098.00/cwt98.00–98.007641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-299876.50/cwt76.50–76.507634
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 352875.00/cwt75.00–75.003963
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,37270.18/cwt65.00–76.009633
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88733.60/cwt30.50–37.502983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08041.83/cwt38.50–46.004523
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34652.89/cwt51.00–55.007127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45357.20/cwt53.00–59.508312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,344760.00/cwt760.00–760.0010,2141
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,420800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,3601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2800800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,4001
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3850725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,1631

This sale against other markets

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.