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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 4

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

199 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 265▲ 199 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 18▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 28▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers -- steady to 1.00 lower and Feeder heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls --steady. Todays receipts 269 hd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.71/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$124.71

108 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$30.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.67

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	503	125.83	633	102
Medium and Large 2-3	560	114.00	638	2thin
Small 1-2	643	108.00	694	2thin
Medium and Large 3	488	95.00	464	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.83/cwt here — about $169 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 sale108 hd

124.71

—

KY average27 barns · 3,365 hd

118.04

+6.67

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,776	62.24	1,106	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,328	41.58	552	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,190	32.91	391	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	27.31	293	7thin

Every lot

56 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	130.63/cwt	125.00–136.00	568	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	660	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	720	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	132.78/cwt	130.00–135.00	760	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	122.26/cwt	121.00–123.50	758	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	124.84/cwt	117.50–128.50	820	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	283	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	374	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	483	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	395	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	296	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	409	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	507	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	124.27/cwt	116.00–125.50	575	11
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	123.62/cwt	115.00–126.50	637	21
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	121.88/cwt	119.00–124.00	713	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	644	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	702	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	846	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	101.62/cwt	100.50–104.00	686	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	264	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	388	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	141.53/cwt	140.00–142.00	459	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	357	138.00/cwt	135.00–139.00	493	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	133.66/cwt	129.00–140.00	561	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	132.31/cwt	126.00–138.00	630	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	488	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	464	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	641	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	119.35/cwt	117.00–124.50	665	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	706	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	115.71/cwt	110.00–122.00	730	11
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	660	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	700	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	728	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,313	55.58/cwt	55.00–56.00	730	2
Bulls	—	—	1,948	64.76/cwt	64.50–65.00	1,262	2
Bulls	—	—	2,360	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	1,664	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	950	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	200	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	21.27/cwt	21.00–21.50	221	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	272	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,087	29.73/cwt	26.50–32.00	323	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	34.79/cwt	29.50–37.50	427	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	40.54/cwt	38.00–45.00	531	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	837	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	975	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,606	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,483	976.43/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	14,480	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	975	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,169	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	983	384.16/cwt	325.00–450.00	3,776	2
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	1,025	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,894	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	425.22/cwt	375.00–475.00	4,805	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	5,058	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,241	564.43/cwt	375.00–850.00	7,005	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	662.27/cwt	425.00–850.00	8,444	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	6,554	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,290	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	6,128	1
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,340	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	7,705	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	1,020	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,845	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon Nov 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 199Last week 265Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 28Year ago 0

Compared to last week : Feeder steers -- steady to 1.00 lower and Feeder heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls --steady. Todays receipts 269 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,087	26.50–32.00	29.73
2	—	1,038	21.00–21.50	21.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,310	38.00–45.00	40.54
1	—	1,550	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	21.00	21.00
1	—	1,045	26.00	26.00
10	—	1,228	29.50–37.50	34.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,360	70.50	70.50
2	—	1,313	55.00–56.00	55.58
2	—	1,948	64.50–65.00	64.76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	264	147.00	147.00
3	—	700	104.00	104.00
3	—	750	100.00	100.00
4	—	324	140.00–142.00	141.53
5	—	507	126.50	126.50
7	—	357	135.00–139.00	138.00
11	—	631	110.00–122.00	115.71
14	—	476	126.00–138.00	132.31
18	—	420	129.00–140.00	133.66
33	—	557	117.00–124.50	119.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
1	—	625	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	660	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	132.00	132.00
6	—	363	133.00	133.00
7	—	585	119.00–124.00	121.88
8	—	409	124.00	124.00
11	—	463	116.00–125.50	124.27
13	—	670	126.25	126.25
21	—	515	115.00–126.50	123.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	100.50–104.00	101.62
4	—	644	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
1	—	535	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	125.00–136.00	130.63
2	—	473	139.50	139.50
2	—	518	139.00	139.00
2	—	620	121.00–123.50	122.26
3	—	657	117.50–128.50	124.84
5	—	572	130.00–135.00	132.78

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,483	925.00–1,025.00	976.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	575.00	575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	575.00	575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	425.00	425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,130	375.00–475.00	425.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,241	375.00–850.00	564.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	475.00	475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	510.00	510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,275	425.00–850.00	662.27

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	325.00	325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	983	325.00–450.00	384.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	575.00	575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	475.00	475.00

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.