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Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green

Name: Cattleman's Livestock Auction - Bowling Green livestock auction prices — 2024-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 5

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2213

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

73 head

▼ 92 vs last sale 165▼ 72 vs year ago 145 · −49.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 25▼ 1 vs year ago 19 · −5.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A low number of feeder calves in today's offering limited comparisons. Feeder calf demand was lower due to very warm temperatures and significant downward trends in cattle futures. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady on a light test.

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 $262.98/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −111.00 against this barn's trailing median of $373.98.

Average price

$262.98

6 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$51

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

$21.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.81

vs KY average

+17.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	514	266.58	1,370	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	245.00	1,421	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about −$51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale6 hd

262.98

—

KY average25 barns · 1,333 hd

261.18

+1.81

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

+17.91

This barn, trailing median27 sales

373.98

−111.00

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	—	Average	1,450	170.00	2,465	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	148.13	2,081	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,022	142.63	1,458	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	123.65	1,304	3thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,091	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	307.30/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,312	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	237.61/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,556	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	875	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	424	251.46/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,066	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	275.71/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,293	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	266.58/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,370	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,421	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	617	221.51/cwt	213.00–225.00	1,367	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,065	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,256	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	272.73/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,418	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	539	244.07/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,316	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,523	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,585	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,547	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	795	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,582	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,465	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	118.97/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,190	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,022	142.63/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,458	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,549	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	148.13/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,081	6

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 Aug 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 165Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 25Year ago 19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,022	141.00–145.00	142.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,405	144.00–152.00	148.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	133.00	133.00
2	—	1,000	118.00–120.00	118.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	170.00	170.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	318.00	318.00
1	450–500	460	273.00	273.00
2	500–550	520	266.00–280.00	272.73
2	550–600	590	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	640	238.00	238.00
9	650–700	683	232.00	232.00
2	700–750	700	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	539	232.00–248.00	244.07
1	650–700	685	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	795	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	287.00	287.00
1	400–450	400	275.00	275.00
8	450–500	469	272.00–277.00	275.71
5	500–550	514	263.00–269.00	266.58
3	650–700	650	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	250.00–255.00	251.46
1	550–600	580	245.00	245.00
7	600–650	617	213.00–225.00	221.51
1	650–700	685	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	300.00–311.00	307.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	287.00	287.00
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
5	650–700	655	232.00–239.00	237.61

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.