Sale reports / Kentucky / Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green / 2024-06-10

Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 10
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 160▲ 67 vs year ago 97 · +69.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 58▼ 14 vs year ago 28 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 18▲ 7 vs year ago 15 · +46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: No trend on feeder steers due to a low number of comparisons. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. The quality of today's offering varied greatly. The buyers showed good demand on the highest quality calves. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady on a light test and no trend on slaughter bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.55/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −113.43 against this barn's trailing median of $373.98.
Average price
$260.55
24 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,454
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.96
vs KY average
−4.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562261.421,47022
Medium and Large 2510251.001,2802thin
One grade step is worth $10.42/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale24 hd
260.55
—
KY average24 barns · 1,264 hd
266.51
−5.96
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−4.82
This barn, trailing median27 sales
373.98
−113.43
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
427390353317median 373.9803/0204/2006/2209/2111/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,461134.331,9626thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,226129.791,5914thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,133122.741,3914thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,377$1,8493thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,231$1,77310
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$1,5251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,120$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,330$1,8751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$1,7001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)915$1,4632thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)893$1,4502thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,240$1,8001thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538311.12/cwt309.00–316.001,67410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5753
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629280.41/cwt280.00–281.001,76415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4021
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285309.63/cwt302.00–312.008824
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,0304
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,2236
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465271.42/cwt270.00–274.001,2623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472242.69/cwt240.00–244.001,1456
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,3797
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589256.01/cwt255.00–257.001,50815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1321
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631243.46/cwt241.00–250.001,5367
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672234.16/cwt227.00–239.001,5745
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5932
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5752
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,030150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,0861
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3325275.00/cwt275.00–275.008941
Bulls350–400Medium 1-2380225.00/cwt225.00–225.008552
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2398326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,2974
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3418260.91/cwt250.00–272.501,0912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2448319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4292
Bulls450–500Large 1-2465242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,3821
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4684
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5401
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2548286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5674
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2579257.40/cwt253.00–264.001,4904
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2603258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5565
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3605217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3162
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6266
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2669232.50/cwt227.00–236.001,5555
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2715238.48/cwt236.00–241.001,7056
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3895177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,5891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,133122.74/cwt120.00–126.001,3914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226129.79/cwt127.00–131.001,5914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,444133.19/cwt127.00–136.001,9235
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1631
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27251,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28551,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28701,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29601,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28701,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0151,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1201,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2711,842.42/head1,525.00–2,025.001,8429
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3771,848.90/head1,750.00–1,950.001,8493

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.