Cattleman's Livestock Market Report

Bowling Green, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

722 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.43/cwt -0.39 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 516 lb · 70 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.89/cwt +6.89 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 626 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $163.94/cwt +5.85 vs last sale · ≈ $669/hd at 408 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	722	312	628
Feeder cattle	634	244	598
Slaughter cattle	45	45	17
Replacement cattle	43	23	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold mostly steady with calves under 500 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Buyers were favorable to packages and groups of preconditioned feeders. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362 fancy	362	3	195.00	$195.00	$706	—
375–380	378	2	170.00–180.00	$175.03	$662	+5.03
411–445	419	10	171.00–181.00	$178.03	$746	—
480–487	484	5	170.00–177.00	$172.78	$836	-0.45
506–512	508	16	168.00–178.00	$173.73	$883	+2.73
578–588	583	12	157.00–160.00	$158.49	$924	-9.51
610	610	4	148.00	$148.00	$903	-10.00
639 value added	639	24	158.50	$158.50	$1,013	—
670–690	680	2	131.00–132.50	$131.76	$896	-23.23
710–745	731	5	141.00–144.50	$142.36	$1,041	-3.64
778	778	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,124	—
803–830	812	10	126.00–143.50	$137.87	$1,120	—
920	920	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,297	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	150.00	$150.00	$622	—
495	495	2	145.00	$145.00	$718	—
529–534	532	8	155.00–157.00	$156.00	$830	—
570	570	1	140.00	$140.00	$798	—
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	-21.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	140.00	$140.00	$742	—
550–560	555	2	130.00–132.50	$131.26	$728	—
605	605	1	128.00	$128.00	$774	—
740	740	1	117.00	$117.00	$866	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–337	319	13	155.00–165.00	$161.59	$515	+2.36
383–399	390	30	171.00–180.50	$174.92	$682	—
403–445	408	36	151.00–167.00	$163.94	$669	+5.85
461–467	462	33	157.50–160.00	$158.04	$730	+3.00
502–546	516	70	142.50–155.50	$150.43	$776	-0.39
557–586	569	27	134.00–149.00	$145.13	$826	+0.77
611–638	626	37	132.00–146.00	$142.89	$894	+6.89
650–688	673	11	128.00–141.00	$135.00	$909	+1.87
752–790	756	11	115.00–130.00	$127.52	$964	—
812	812	3	129.50	$129.50	$1,052	—
905	905	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,023	—
975	975	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,043	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	151.00	$151.00	$551	—
475–494	491	6	131.00–134.00	$133.52	$656	—
506	506	6	139.50	$139.50	$706	—
630	630	3	129.50	$129.50	$816	—
730	730	1	118.00	$118.00	$861	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–290	272	3	195.00–202.00	$197.49	$537	+1.49
310–315	313	2	160.00–175.00	$167.56	$524	-26.44
349 fancy	349	7	196.00	$196.00	$684	—
353–393	379	25	179.00–193.00	$188.07	$713	-2.93
400–435	430	14	175.00–181.00	$179.43	$772	+5.88
467–483	478	22	164.00–170.00	$166.94	$798	-2.97
511	511	27	166.50	$166.50	$851	+2.00
567–580	571	18	149.00–154.00	$152.59	$871	-9.96
606–642	619	14	146.50–147.00	$146.81	$909	+6.83
675	675	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,053	—
720	720	6	131.50	$131.50	$947	-0.50
770	770	1	117.00	$117.00	$901	—
970	970	1	90.00	$90.00	$873	—
1025	1025	1	90.00	$90.00	$922	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	167.50	$167.50	$402	—
255–280	268	2	160.00–167.50	$163.57	$438	-3.93
345	345	1	157.50	$157.50	$543	—
350–380	369	5	145.00–160.00	$152.43	$562	—
420	420	1	147.50	$147.50	$620	—
473–480	474	5	147.50–149.00	$148.70	$705	—
595	595	5	140.00	$140.00	$833	—
668–675	672	4	127.00–128.00	$127.50	$857	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1345	1160	80-85%	13	66.50–77.00	$70.03	$812	-3.00
1100–1330	1250	80-85%	3	81.00–83.50	$82.41	$1,030	—
1300	1300	80-85%	2	63.00–64.00	$63.50	$826	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	85-90%	1	41.00	$41.00	$308	—
840–995	912	85-90%	5	56.00–66.50	$62.24	$568	+13.35
860–975	918	85-90%	2	74.00–83.00	$78.22	$718	+29.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	75-80%	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,232	+9.25
1365–1515	1440	75-80%	2	70.50–74.00	$72.34	$1,042	-6.41
1405–1520	1458	75-80%	4	81.00–85.00	$82.97	$1,210	-3.55

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1810	1608	2	108.00–115.50	$112.22	$1,804	—
1710–2200	1968	3	116.50–119.00	$117.63	$2,315	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–885	873	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	500.00–800.00	$652.15
1000–1300	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	650.00–1,175.00	$937.20
1000–1300	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	710.00–1,150.00	$889.76

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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
900–1350	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	825.00–1,525.00	$1,262.50	—
1000–1300	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,210.00–1,350.00	$1,283.14	—

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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.