Cattleman's Livestock Market Report

Bowling Green, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

223 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $128.90/cwt -2.29 vs last sale · ≈ $601/hd at 466 lb · 10 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $116.00/cwt -8.16 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 603 lb · 10 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $116.29/cwt -9.64 vs last sale · ≈ $533/hd at 458 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	223	420	311
Feeder cattle	173	260	265
Slaughter cattle	28	21	18
Replacement cattle	22	139	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week : Due to very weak quality in feeder steers and feeder heifers no trends, Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 lower . Todays receipts 223 hd.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	122.00	$122.00	$510	—
530–545	535	5	122.00–129.00	$125.21	$670	-11.88
575–585	583	5	120.00–125.00	$120.99	$705	-14.01
645	645	3	124.00	$124.00	$800	—
655–685	664	6	105.00–117.00	$113.67	$755	-21.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—
585	585	1	116.00	$116.00	$679	—
693	693	3	93.50	$93.50	$648	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	108.00	$108.00	$454	—
570	570	2	98.00	$98.00	$559	-22.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	121.00–131.00	$126.04	$401	-8.00
399	399	5	120.00	$120.00	$479	—
451–463	458	10	115.50–117.50	$116.29	$533	-9.64
500	500	2	104.00	$104.00	$520	-17.26
672	672	5	106.00	$106.00	$712	-3.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–485	460	4	105.00–107.00	$105.53	$485	—
504	504	4	110.00	$110.00	$554	—
635	635	2	101.00	$101.00	$641	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–288	266	6	140.00–153.00	$148.31	$395	-16.19
310–348	337	7	140.00–150.00	$142.63	$481	-3.37
350–396	387	5	130.00–135.00	$134.10	$519	—
435	435	1	122.00	$122.00	$531	-8.00
456–495	466	10	121.00–130.50	$128.90	$601	-2.29
510	510	6	122.00	$122.00	$622	-5.74
603	603	10	116.00	$116.00	$699	-8.16
660	660	2	110.00	$110.00	$726	-7.00
713	713	3	102.00	$102.00	$727	-13.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	101.00	$101.00	$399	—
549	549	5	120.00	$120.00	$659	—
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	—
800	800	1	86.00	$86.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–596	590	6	110.00–119.00	$112.15	$662	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	134.00	$134.00	$359	—
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	-2.50
460	460	2	120.00	$120.00	$552	+11.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1700	1436	75-80%	9	45.50–52.00	$49.00	$704	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	80-85%	1	32.00	$32.00	$328	—
1055–1345	1176	80-85%	6	31.00–43.50	$39.80	$468	-3.50

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–960	828	85-90%	2	17.00–21.00	$19.32	$160	—
940	940	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$470	—
1075–1230	1142	85-90%	3	21.50–27.00	$24.91	$284	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1475	1265	2	40.00–60.50	$48.55	$614	—
1480–2205	1777	3	65.00–67.00	$65.62	$1,166	—
1845	1845	1	75.50	$75.50	$1,393	-2.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	485.00	$485.00
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	540.00	$540.00
1125–1200	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	585.00–685.00	$636.61

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1730	1730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	-270.85
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	-652.60

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.