Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2023-04-17

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 143▼ 14 vs year ago 94 · −14.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 26▲ 10 vs year ago 19 · +52.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-12.00 higher and bull calves were 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $218.14/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$218.14
43 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.87
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2491218.141,07143
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 sale43 hd
218.14
—
KY average24 barns · 3,092 hd
202.26
+15.87
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—Average1,581121.191,9167thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17689.421,0518thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30788.751,1603thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00185.378546thin

Every lot

32 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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328248.67/cwt247.50–250.0081610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy395231.00/cwt231.00–231.009125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440224.00/cwt224.00–224.009862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465197.00/cwt197.00–197.009161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520170.00/cwt170.00–170.008841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555167.50/cwt167.50–167.509301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,0414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639169.14/cwt165.00–170.501,0814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3815131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy222249.92/cwt240.00–255.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy348247.50/cwt247.50–247.508612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355231.00/cwt231.00–231.008201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423236.77/cwt236.00–238.001,00210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433217.49/cwt215.00–220.009422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy487221.10/cwt219.00–230.001,0775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520197.20/cwt192.50–202.001,0252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy549213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,16910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2599198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705163.78/cwt160.00–167.501,1552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520126.60/cwt125.00–128.001,9242
Bulls——1,605119.02/cwt110.00–122.001,9105
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89572.00/cwt72.00–72.006441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01094.67/cwt91.00–98.009562
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03083.63/cwt78.00–89.008613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15399.04/cwt92.50–103.001,1424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19568.50/cwt68.50–68.508191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20083.57/cwt80.00–86.501,0033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23574.50/cwt74.50–74.509201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34395.87/cwt92.00–100.001,2882

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.