Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2023-01-16

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 16
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 132▼ 6 vs year ago 140 · −4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 54▲ 8 vs year ago 19 · +42.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 47▼ 6 vs year ago 7 · −85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower and bull calves were 6.00-8.00 higher. All classes of feeder cattle saw good demand on a good quality offering. Slaughter cows traded 4.00-6.00 lower and no test on slaughter bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $163.19/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$163.19
67 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.53
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553166.8492355
Medium and Large 2-3491146.5071912thin
One grade step is worth $20.34/cwt here — about $204 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 sale67 hd
163.19
—
KY average24 barns · 2,626 hd
159.66
+3.53
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—High1,825101.251,8482thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47172.021,0599thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24365.2381010
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low98947.664715thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)900$7751thin

Every lot

43 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 1-2425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505184.00/cwt184.00–184.009291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580170.00/cwt170.00–170.009861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,0614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290170.00/cwt170.00–170.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370178.00/cwt178.00–178.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425162.15/cwt153.50–173.5068919
Heifers—Medium 1-2485131.75/cwt131.00–132.506392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3495136.00/cwt136.00–136.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517150.00/cwt150.00–150.007769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579146.50/cwt146.50–146.508488
Heifers—Medium 1-2625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629146.06/cwt145.50–149.009196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690137.00/cwt137.00–137.009451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765129.00/cwt129.00–129.009872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy317204.45/cwt200.00–210.006485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3348161.00/cwt161.00–161.005602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355172.50/cwt172.50–172.506121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424176.22/cwt174.00–181.007476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471168.00/cwt168.00–168.007915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480147.39/cwt142.00–150.007073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508166.00/cwt166.00–166.008435
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525145.30/cwt145.00–145.507635
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565133.67/cwt127.00–140.007552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579166.01/cwt163.00–171.0096118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2632160.04/cwt157.50–161.001,0117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684153.15/cwt142.00–158.501,0483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2748140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2880130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2980143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,78093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,6641
Bulls——1,870109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,0381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90046.00/cwt46.00–46.004141
Cows—Lean 85-90%96859.21/cwt58.50–60.005732
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05536.93/cwt35.00–39.003902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19172.52/cwt70.50–74.008644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27350.31/cwt47.00–54.006402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27965.39/cwt60.50–68.008364
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40067.00/cwt67.00–67.009381
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46574.52/cwt70.50–78.001,0927
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58059.50/cwt59.50–59.509401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2900775.00/head775.00–775.007751

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.