Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2020-06-22

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 22
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 157▲ 38 vs year ago 83 · +45.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 10 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 18▼ 10 vs year ago 14 · −71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts : 131 hd. -----------------Cattlemen's Livestock Market Closed July 06 -----Wishing Everyone A Safe And Happy Holiday .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.91/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$134.91
47 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$21
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.10
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500136.1168141
Medium and Large 2-3495128.006345thin
Medium and Large 1585120.007021thin
One grade step is worth $16.11/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale47 hd
134.91
—
KY average27 barns · 5,449 hd
128.81
+6.10
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%Average1,29962.808154thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87033.002871thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2305171.00/cwt171.00–171.005221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375153.00/cwt153.00–153.005741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473146.23/cwt135.00–150.006924
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576141.23/cwt136.50–147.5081313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630131.00/cwt131.00–131.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670125.50/cwt125.50–125.508411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375155.81/cwt151.00–161.0058410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473139.84/cwt132.00–143.506617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525136.15/cwt135.50–138.0071511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579120.00/cwt120.00–120.006958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3598115.00/cwt115.00–115.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635112.50/cwt112.50–112.507143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705108.50/cwt108.50–108.507651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255173.00/cwt173.00–173.004411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340164.00/cwt164.00–164.005583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2391161.43/cwt155.00–163.006315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415154.00/cwt154.00–154.006391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462145.34/cwt145.00–145.506713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3478127.00/cwt127.00–127.006072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513145.99/cwt141.00–149.007496
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2562138.00/cwt138.00–138.007763
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3590128.50/cwt128.50–128.507583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663125.28/cwt122.50–128.008312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675103.00/cwt103.00–103.006951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2711112.30/cwt104.00–114.507985
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283397.50/cwt97.50–97.508123
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87033.00/cwt33.00–33.002871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28552.50/cwt52.50–52.506751
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30366.23/cwt63.00–70.508633
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,065850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,0531
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,215830.00/cwt830.00–830.0010,0851
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4251,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0014,7491

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.