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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2021-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 29

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

← Nov 15Nov 29Dec 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

223 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 229▲ 113 vs year ago 110 · +102.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 6▲ 1 vs year ago 19 · +5.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 10 · −50.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.58/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$125.58

85 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$23.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.88

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	127.75	674	77
Small and Medium 1-2	505	105.00	530	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	636	104.67	666	6thin

One grade step is worth $23.08/cwt here — about $8 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 sale85 hd

125.58

—

KY average15 barns · 2,621 hd

131.46

−5.88

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,675	86.00	1,441	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,573	47.19	742	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	43.83	531	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,318	29.17	385	3thin

Every lot

55 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	174.12/cwt	165.00–176.00	747	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	737	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	146.14/cwt	140.00–147.50	773	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	809	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	780	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	966	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	796	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	138.74/cwt	136.00–140.50	930	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,037	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	755	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,095	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	138.71/cwt	127.00–144.50	1,054	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,231	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	139.85/cwt	132.50–147.00	456	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	525	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	137.08/cwt	130.00–138.00	566	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	132.56/cwt	121.00–137.50	604	10
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	495	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	599	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	515	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	458	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	124.52/cwt	116.50–131.00	661	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	118.85/cwt	117.00–120.00	731	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	685	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	668	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	621	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	111.27/cwt	109.50–114.00	763	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	694	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	933	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	705	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	698	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	477	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	465	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	623	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	591	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	169.29/cwt	157.50–175.00	696	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	151.30/cwt	145.00–157.00	705	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	145.86/cwt	143.00–148.00	750	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	543	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	635	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	136.04/cwt	121.00–140.00	770	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	125.40/cwt	125.00–125.50	794	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	682	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	113.68/cwt	111.00–116.50	816	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	753	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	678	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	797	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	853	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	890	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	685	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,675	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,441	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	369	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,123	49.14/cwt	48.50–50.00	552	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	41.71/cwt	40.00–46.00	521	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,450	26.26/cwt	24.00–30.00	381	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,569	49.67/cwt	48.00–52.50	779	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	44.09/cwt	41.50–46.00	696	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,288	756.99/cwt	400.00–910.00	9,750	5

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattleman's Livestock - Bowling Green, KY

Mon Nov 29, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 223Last week 229Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 6Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 10Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	132.50–147.00	139.85
15	—	531	116.50–131.00	124.52
10	—	456	121.00–137.50	132.56
19	—	615	117.00–120.00	118.85
10	—	413	130.00–138.00	137.08
5	—	686	109.50–114.00	111.27
6	—	363	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	93.00	93.00
4	—	620	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	89.00	89.00
1	—	495	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	694	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	141.00	141.00
8	—	670	136.00–140.50	138.74
4	—	720	144.00	144.00
4	—	576	140.50	140.50
3	—	760	127.00–144.50	138.71
2	—	485	152.00	152.00
1	—	640	151.00	151.00
1	—	365	189.00	189.00
10	—	529	140.00–147.50	146.14
6	—	429	165.00–176.00	174.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
2	—	685	120.00	120.00
2	—	580	134.50	134.50
1	—	425	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	718	111.00–116.50	113.68
1	—	305	152.50	152.50
2	—	663	120.00	120.00
8	—	466	145.00–157.00	151.30
9	—	411	157.50–175.00	169.29
5	—	566	121.00–140.00	136.04
7	—	514	143.00–148.00	145.86
5	—	633	125.00–125.50	125.40
3	—	797	107.00	107.00
1	—	375	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	186.00	186.00
1	—	265	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	77.00	77.00
3	—	753	90.00	90.00
2	—	543	117.00	117.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	675	101.00	101.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	35.00	35.00
2	—	1,450	24.00–30.00	26.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,578	41.50–46.00	44.09
5	—	1,569	48.00–52.50	49.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,248	40.00–46.00	41.71
2	—	1,123	48.50–50.00	49.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	86.00	86.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,288	400.00–910.00	756.99

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.