Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2021-01-25

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 109▲ 28 vs year ago 65 · +43.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 11▼ 7 vs year ago 12 · −58.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 50▼ 6 vs year ago 8 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---3.00--6.00--higher and Feeder heifers--2.00--4.00 higher. Slaughter cows--steady and bulls --no test. Todays receipts 100 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.30/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$138.30
40 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.57
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2511142.4372733
Medium and Large 2558128.507173thin
Medium and Large 2-3425111.634754thin
One grade step is worth $30.80/cwt here — about $253 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 sale40 hd
138.30
—
KY average26 barns · 1,924 hd
126.74
+11.57
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%Average1,51851.077752thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365172.00/cwt172.00–172.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390142.00/cwt142.00–142.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400158.00/cwt155.00–161.006322
Steers—Medium and Large 2615106.48/cwt104.00–109.006552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288134.00/cwt134.00–134.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325135.65/cwt135.00–136.004413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340122.50/cwt122.50–122.504171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389129.65/cwt129.00–131.005046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464128.32/cwt117.50–132.0059510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518121.19/cwt117.00–124.006285
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555104.00/cwt104.00–104.005771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628107.94/cwt106.00–110.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673111.00/cwt111.00–111.007472
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy326175.61/cwt175.00–179.005726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345152.50/cwt152.50–152.505261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390112.50/cwt112.50–112.504391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3408109.00/cwt109.00–109.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423153.27/cwt151.00–156.506487
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495116.00/cwt116.00–116.005741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517146.00/cwt146.00–146.007556
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585122.50/cwt122.50–122.507171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587128.34/cwt125.00–130.007536
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640123.00/cwt123.00–123.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2701110.24/cwt105.00–112.007734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288588.00/cwt88.00–88.007791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51851.07/cwt50.00–52.507752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2863362.68/cwt300.00–425.003,1302

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.