Cattleman's Livestock Market Report

Bowling Green, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 24, 2024

120 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $303.02/cwt +7.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,558/hd at 514 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $298.00/cwt +25.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,364/hd at 458 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	120	200	202
Feeder cattle	109	104	142
Slaughter cattle	6	15	51
Replacement cattle	5	81	9

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	331.00	$331.00	$1,473	—
525 fancy	525	1	321.00	$321.00	$1,685	—
580	580	1	299.00	$299.00	$1,734	+7.08
630	630	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,780	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,606	-13.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	310.00–312.50	$311.28	$1,021	—
405	405	1	296.00	$296.00	$1,199	—
453	453	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,223	-3.00
459 fancy	459	8	305.00	$305.00	$1,400	—
521	521	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,407	-0.98
568	568	4	261.00	$261.00	$1,482	+0.50
615–639	628	9	220.00–242.00	$237.32	$1,490	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,030	—
560–580	575	4	190.00–200.00	$197.57	$1,136	—
960	960	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,507	—
1045	1045	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,515	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,183	+5.00
583	583	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,341	-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
255	255	1	335.00	$335.00	$854	—
338	338	2	327.00	$327.00	$1,105	—
365 fancy	365	1	341.00	$341.00	$1,245	—
389	389	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,284	—
450	450	3	319.50	$319.50	$1,438	+25.50
510–518	514	12	300.50–305.50	$303.02	$1,558	+7.02
568	568	4	285.50	$285.50	$1,622	+17.50
605 fancy	605	3	273.00	$273.00	$1,652	—
630	630	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,575	+2.00
702–740	716	7	210.00–231.00	$221.78	$1,588	—
778	778	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,642	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	286.00	$286.00	$1,087	—
420	420	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,124	-26.70
485	485	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,310	-8.94
598	598	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,435	-16.00
640	640	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,414	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,272	—
685	685	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,397	—
840	840	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	85-90%	1	101.00	$101.00	$848	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	75-80%	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,673	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	80-85%	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,890	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,673	—
1925	1925	1	161.00	$161.00	$3,099	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1350–1579	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,675.00–1,725.00	$1,698.05

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	214.00	$214.00	$813	—
855	855	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,291	—

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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.