Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2021-02-01

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 93▼ 79 vs year ago 190 · −41.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 15 vs year ago 19 · −78.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 2▼ 19 vs year ago 20 · −95.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ----2.00--3.00 lower and Feeder heifers---steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls no test light run.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.62/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$123.62
46 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.71
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531123.6265646
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale46 hd
123.62
—
KY average25 barns · 4,161 hd
124.32
−0.71
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—Average2,03078.891,6012thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15040.004601thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,09519.002081thin

Every lot

36 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 1-2345166.00/cwt166.00–166.005731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375167.00/cwt167.00–167.006261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478145.00/cwt145.00–145.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530143.00/cwt143.00–143.007581
Steers—Medium and Large 2550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593135.00/cwt135.00–135.008014
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3598116.00/cwt116.00–116.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618130.40/cwt126.00–133.008065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654135.00/cwt134.00–137.008833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335130.06/cwt128.00–132.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432135.23/cwt134.00–136.005845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2454130.00/cwt130.00–130.005907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511132.79/cwt132.50–136.0067912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587117.18/cwt112.50–120.0068811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635109.20/cwt99.00–114.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748100.00/cwt100.00–100.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281588.00/cwt88.00–88.007172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325145.00/cwt145.00–145.004713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405127.50/cwt127.50–127.505161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415151.50/cwt151.50–151.506292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467143.62/cwt142.00–147.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-352087.00/cwt87.00–87.004523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524138.50/cwt138.50–138.507264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2564134.00/cwt134.00–134.007567
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-357597.00/cwt97.00–97.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645121.00/cwt121.00–121.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677116.58/cwt110.00–120.007893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2716114.04/cwt111.00–117.008174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-287086.00/cwt86.00–86.007481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,03078.89/cwt70.00–83.501,6012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09519.00/cwt19.00–19.002081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15040.00/cwt40.00–40.004601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,325925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,2561

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.