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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 22

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

145 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 179▼ 26 vs year ago 171 · −15.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 24▲ 12 vs year ago 26 · +46.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 24▼ 10 vs year ago 17 · −58.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers traded 3.00-5.00 higher. The demand for feeder cattle was average on a good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and no trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.76/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −112.22 against this barn's trailing median of $373.98.

Average price

$261.76

23 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs KY average

−8.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	269.24	1,452	15thin
Medium and Large 2	519	247.75	1,286	8thin

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

261.76

—

KY average25 barns · 1,823 hd

257.23

+4.53

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−8.43

This barn, trailing median27 sales

373.98

−112.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.71, low $330.64, median $373.98 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	2,035	156.60	3,187	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	123.33	1,724	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,286	117.71	1,513	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,112	98.55	1,095	9thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$1,635	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	910	$1,450	2thin

Every lot

58 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	200–250	Medium and Large 2	208	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	651	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	841	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,146	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,271	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	499	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,607	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,591	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,653	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	608	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,733	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	263.47/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,705	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,828	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,541	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,009	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	756	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,076	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,163	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	452	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,329	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	280.91/cwt	277.00–283.00	1,303	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	494	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,428	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	250.28/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,279	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,463	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	248.60/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,424	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	243.75/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,494	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	227.27/cwt	222.50–232.00	1,393	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,424	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,487	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,351	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,454	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,695	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,155	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	308.15/cwt	302.00–314.00	1,263	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	283.58/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,239	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,445	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,211	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	293.98/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,555	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,542	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	248.37/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,575	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,668	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,683	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,035	156.60/cwt	155.00–158.00	3,187	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	859	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,101	92.34/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,017	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,130	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,209	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	109.15/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,239	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	118.00/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,543	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,689	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	131.92/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,814	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,401	122.01/cwt	115.00–129.00	1,709	13
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	755	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,065	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	1,635.00/head	1,635.00–1,635.00	1,635	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1

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 Apr 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 179Year ago 171

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 24Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 24Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	383	281.00	281.00
1	400–450	420	277.00	277.00
3	450–500	464	277.00–283.00	280.91
6	550–600	573	244.00–252.00	248.60
6	600–650	613	243.00–247.50	243.75
1	650–700	675	211.00	211.00
2	700–750	708	210.00	210.00
4	750–800	786	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	865	185.00	185.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	235.00–256.00	250.28
1	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	613	222.50–232.00	227.27
1	700–750	730	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	289.00	289.00
9	500–550	517	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	515	309.00	309.00
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
11	600–650	647	259.00–266.00	263.47
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00
2	950–1000	975	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	535	309.00	309.00
4	550–600	590	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	608	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	734	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	208	313.00	313.00
1	250–300	285	295.00	295.00
2	350–400	365	314.00	314.00
3	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	780	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	410	302.00–314.00	308.15
1	450–500	470	307.50	307.50
7	500–550	529	287.50–295.00	293.98
3	550–600	567	272.00	272.00
4	600–650	634	240.00–251.00	248.37
2	700–750	713	234.00	234.00
1	750–800	790	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	275.00–292.50	283.58
1	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	510	237.50	237.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	1,635.00	1,635.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,650.00	1,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	127.00	127.00
5	—	1,308	115.00–122.00	118.00
1	—	1,130	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	81.00	81.00
4	—	1,101	89.00–97.00	92.34
4	—	1,135	106.00–116.00	109.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	131.00–133.00	131.92
13	—	1,401	115.00–129.00	122.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,035	155.00–158.00	156.60

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.