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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 15

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

← Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

100 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 171▼ 55 vs year ago 155 · −35.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 53▲ 23 vs year ago 21 · +109.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: A low number of feeders in today's offering due to another day of very warm temperatures in the area limited comparisons. The demand for feeders was average on a good quality offering. Slaughter cows sold steady and no trend on slaughter bulls due to low receipts last week.

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 $256.95/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −117.03 against this barn's trailing median of $373.98.

Average price

$256.95

15 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$23.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs KY average

−0.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	263.27	1,407	11thin
Medium and Large 2	582	239.57	1,394	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.70/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale15 hd

256.95

—

KY average25 barns · 1,305 hd

260.40

−3.44

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−0.85

This barn, trailing median27 sales

373.98

−117.03

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	1,939	162.92	3,158	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	135.41	1,920	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,151	129.61	1,492	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,109	106.41	1,180	5thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,547	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	279.04/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,738	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,815	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium 1-2	1,070	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,022	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	720	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	314.12/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,052	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,099	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,358	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,433	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	239.57/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,394	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,506	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,502	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,624	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,554	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,550	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	293	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	967	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,200	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,115	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	399	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	1,375	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1-2	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	1
Bulls	400–450	Large 1-2	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	317.91/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,405	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	313.67/cwt	313.00–314.00	1,471	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	299.01/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,516	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	277.61/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,610	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,605	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,586	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,399	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,680	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,662	156.67/cwt	151.00–160.00	2,604	3
Bulls	—	—	2,215	169.18/cwt	168.50–170.00	3,747	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	754	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,283	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,079	140.33/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,514	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,177	126.56/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,490	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	116.52/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,416	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	105.69/cwt	97.00–118.00	1,289	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	131.20/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,817	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,434	137.51/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,972	10

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 Jul 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 171Year ago 155

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 53Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,215	168.50–170.00	169.18
3	—	1,662	151.00–160.00	156.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,220	97.00–118.00	105.69
1	—	920	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	115.00–118.00	116.52
5	—	1,079	137.00–147.00	140.33
9	—	1,177	121.00–131.00	126.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,385	130.00–133.00	131.20
10	—	1,434	134.00–143.00	137.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	623	278.00–280.00	279.04
1	750–800	750	242.00	242.00
1	800–850	825	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,070	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	310.00–316.00	314.12
6	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	505	269.00	269.00
7	550–600	551	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	660	246.00	246.00
3	700–750	703	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	391	281.00	281.00
2	450–500	495	250.00	250.00
4	550–600	582	235.00–243.00	239.57
5	600–650	630	239.00	239.00
1	650–700	650	231.00	231.00
1	750–800	795	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	355	338.00	338.00
6	400–450	442	310.00–326.00	317.91
3	450–500	469	313.00–314.00	313.67
3	500–550	507	295.00–301.00	299.01
5	550–600	580	274.00–280.00	277.61
3	600–650	608	264.00	264.00
2	650–700	650	244.00	244.00
2	700–750	715	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	299.00	299.00
2	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	660	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	399	344.50	344.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	275.00	275.00

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.