Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2020-06-15

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
157 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 106▲ 157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 2▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 13▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts : 185 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.41/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$127.41
66 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.51
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567130.2873958
Medium and Large 2-3600106.636398thin
One grade step is worth $23.65/cwt here — about $99 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 sale66 hd
127.41
—
KY average28 barns · 2,207 hd
134.92
−7.51
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32061.578138thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400164.50/cwt164.50–164.506581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470152.50/cwt152.50–152.507171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527143.68/cwt137.00–147.007573
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575135.00/cwt135.00–135.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627130.36/cwt126.00–132.008174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650129.00/cwt129.00–129.0083912
Steers—Medium and Large 2-373095.00/cwt95.00–95.006941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740117.00/cwt117.00–117.008661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768117.02/cwt110.00–120.508996
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327144.61/cwt142.00–146.004733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383130.00/cwt130.00–130.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3403135.00/cwt135.00–135.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416137.86/cwt132.00–141.005736
Heifers—Small 1-2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466141.50/cwt141.50–141.506597
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490116.00/cwt116.00–116.005681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519131.24/cwt125.00–133.006819
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584120.54/cwt120.00–121.0070411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668109.88/cwt107.00–112.0073412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007765
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2404151.76/cwt140.00–160.506137
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471140.24/cwt130.00–152.5066113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575130.09/cwt120.00–133.0074814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628123.44/cwt122.00–124.0077514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3668105.50/cwt105.50–105.507056
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2729106.03/cwt101.00–108.507733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281096.50/cwt96.50–96.507822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31552.00/cwt52.00–52.006841
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32162.94/cwt58.50–66.508317
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2985935.00/cwt935.00–935.009,2101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,115960.00/cwt960.00–960.0010,7041
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,235950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,7331
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3251,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0021,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,3351,045.00/cwt1,045.00–1,045.0013,9511
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,3651,650.00/cwt1,650.00–1,650.0022,5231
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,0601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,270840.00/cwt840.00–840.0010,6681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,295825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,6841
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,435960.00/cwt960.00–960.0013,7761
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 1-2815625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,0941
Bred Heifers—Small 1-2855810.00/cwt810.00–810.006,9262

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.