Cattleman's Livestock Market Report

Bowling Green, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 8, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	101	121	233
Feeder cattle	78	88	132
Slaughter cattle	17	23	54
Replacement cattle	6	10	47

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend available due the market closing for the holidays. Feeder buyers showed moderate demand for a good quality offering.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,152	+6.00
568	568	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,250	—
638	638	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,353	—
695	695	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,460	—
841	841	9	208.50	$208.50	$1,753	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	224.00	$224.00	$862	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	182.50	$182.50	$657	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	245.00	$245.00	$735	+12.97
365–395	383	3	220.00–240.00	$231.10	$885	-5.62
435	435	3	225.00	$225.00	$979	—
450	450	2	210.00	$210.00	$945	-12.89
525–545	535	2	200.00–220.00	$210.19	$1,125	+7.19
645	645	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,232	—
740	740	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,443	+25.00
763	763	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,259	—
875	875	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	215.00	$215.00	$817	—
615	615	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,015	+15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	2	280.00	$280.00	$848	—
398	398	2	264.00	$264.00	$1,051	+0.52
470–490	483	3	235.00–242.00	$237.27	$1,146	-2.73
543	543	4	230.50	$230.50	$1,252	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	410	4	224.00–229.00	$225.34	$924	—
550	550	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,133	—
630	630	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,147	—
655	655	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,205	—
720	720	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,253	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,065	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	80-85%	1	69.00	$69.00	$800	-14.90
1175–1190	1183	80-85%	2	76.00–78.00	$77.01	$911	-6.89
1150–1250	1213	80-85%	3	80.00–88.00	$85.47	$1,037	—
1205–1225	1215	80-85%	2	90.00	$90.00	$1,094	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1390	1363	75-80%	2	83.00–88.00	$85.55	$1,166	+3.43
1265–1495	1398	75-80%	3	91.00–96.00	$92.86	$1,298	+10.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	85-90%	1	53.00	$53.00	$437	—
1020	1020	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$714	+5.46

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,322	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125 thin fleshed	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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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
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

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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.