Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2021-05-10

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, May 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 143▼ 128 vs year ago 200 · −64.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 23▼ 7 vs year ago 15 · −46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 63▲ 4 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 higher and Feeder heifers 2.00 lower . Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and bull firm. Todays receipts----107 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.21/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$139.21
38 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517139.2172038
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 sale38 hd
139.21
—
KY average26 barns · 1,808 hd
128.65
+10.56
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—Average1,90387.751,6692thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45063.399194thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96820.702002thin

Every lot

29 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 1-2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425160.00/cwt160.00–160.006801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623124.31/cwt115.00–134.007742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235145.00/cwt145.00–145.003411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315129.00/cwt129.00–129.004061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378131.00/cwt131.00–131.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420134.00/cwt134.00–134.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473133.27/cwt130.00–135.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534133.55/cwt133.00–135.007137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575128.75/cwt128.00–129.007404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287297.00/cwt97.00–97.008464
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300147.50/cwt147.50–147.504431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414158.50/cwt158.50–158.506565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468143.03/cwt140.00–148.006696
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514139.72/cwt136.00–142.0071811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568138.00/cwt138.00–138.007845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2604128.00/cwt128.00–128.007736
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663121.00/cwt121.00–121.008022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,73080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3841
Bulls——2,07595.50/cwt95.50–95.501,9821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96820.70/cwt14.00–26.002002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35556.00/cwt56.00–56.007591
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48265.85/cwt63.50–67.009763
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,085550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,9681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,295800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,3601
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,363868.36/cwt825.00–910.0011,8362

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.