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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 24

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

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Feeder Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 104▼ 33 vs year ago 142 · −23.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 15▼ 45 vs year ago 51 · −88.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 76 vs last sale 81▼ 4 vs year ago 9 · −44.4%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $284.68/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −122.67 against this barn's trailing median of $407.34.

Average price

$284.68

21 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$58.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.91

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	298.64	1,575	16thin
Medium and Large 2	598	240.00	1,435	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	240.00	1,272	1thin

One grade step is worth $58.64/cwt here — about $303 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 sale21 hd

284.68

—

KY average22 barns · 464 hd

273.77

+10.91

This barn, trailing median25 sales

407.34

−122.67

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

25 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $487.31, low $325.33, median $407.34 across 25 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	—	Average	1,548	152.00	2,352	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	150.00	1,890	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,170	143.00	1,673	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	840	101.00	848	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,465	$1,698	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,550	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,750	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	995	$1,500	1thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,473	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	525	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,685	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,734	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,780	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	311.28/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,021	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,199	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,223	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	459	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,400	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,407	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,482	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	197.57/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,136	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,341	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	237.32/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,490	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	960	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,507	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2-3	1,045	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,515	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	854	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,105	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	365	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,245	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,087	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,284	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,124	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,438	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,310	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	303.02/cwt	300.50–305.50	1,558	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,622	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,435	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	605	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,652	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,414	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,397	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	221.78/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,588	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,642	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	840	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,575	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	380	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	813	1
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 3	855	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,291	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,673	1
Bulls	—	—	1,925	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	3,099	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	848	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,170	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,673	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,890	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,465	1,698.05/head	1,675.00–1,725.00	1,698	2

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 Jun 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 104Year ago 142

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 15Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 81Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	331.00	331.00
1	550–600	580	299.00	299.00
2	600–650	630	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	310.00–312.50	311.28
1	400–450	405	296.00	296.00
2	450–500	453	270.00	270.00
5	500–550	521	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	568	261.00	261.00
9	600–650	628	220.00–242.00	237.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
3	550–600	583	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	200.00	200.00
4	550–600	575	190.00–200.00	197.57
1	950–1000	960	157.00	157.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	459	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	338	327.00	327.00
5	350–400	389	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	450	319.50	319.50
12	500–550	514	300.50–305.50	303.02
4	550–600	568	285.50	285.50
2	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
7	700–750	716	210.00–231.00	221.78
2	750–800	778	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	286.00	286.00
1	400–450	420	267.50	267.50
2	450–500	485	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	598	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	640	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	685	204.00	204.00
1	800–850	840	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	341.00	341.00
3	600–650	605	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	214.00	214.00
1	850–900	855	151.00	151.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	1,750.00	1,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,465	1,675.00–1,725.00	1,698.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,170	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	143.00	143.00

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.