Cattleman's Livestock Market Report

Bowling Green, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 18, 2024

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $246.00/cwt +1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,274/hd at 518 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	246	180	201
Feeder cattle	161	158	17
Slaughter cattle	50	18	26
Replacement cattle	35	4	158

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 lower. Today's offering contained several plain quality calves that limited comparisons but the good quality calves sold similar the last week. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and no test on slaughter bulls due to no receipts last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	370	2	311.00–322.00	$316.35	$1,170	+6.35
419	419	6	307.00	$307.00	$1,286	-7.00
460	460	5	298.00	$298.00	$1,371	-3.00
570	570	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,493	±0.00
605–620	611	5	254.00–259.00	$255.80	$1,563	—
668–693	673	5	242.00–255.00	$244.68	$1,647	-4.04
743	743	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,835	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–520	515	3	255.00–265.00	$259.28	$1,335	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	4	293.00	$293.00	$1,008	—
393	393	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,100	—
404 fancy	404	5	301.00	$301.00	$1,216	—
435	435	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,183	-0.07
469	469	7	255.00	$255.00	$1,196	-9.62
518	518	14	246.00	$246.00	$1,274	+1.00
558	558	8	242.00	$242.00	$1,350	+7.00
680	680	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,523	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	210.00	$210.00	$830	—
483–485	484	3	231.00–245.00	$235.68	$1,141	—
507	507	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,161	+8.85
578–598	586	5	217.00–226.00	$222.33	$1,303	+6.33
620–628	625	3	210.00–216.00	$211.98	$1,325	—
677	677	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,293	—
760	760	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,444	—
900	900	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,701	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,307	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	310.00	$310.00	$914	+10.00
351	351	4	306.00	$306.00	$1,074	-4.00
425–448	440	3	290.00–301.00	$293.54	$1,292	—
463–475	469	4	260.00–268.00	$264.05	$1,238	-39.95
505	505	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,303	-18.00
577–585	580	5	231.00–246.00	$239.95	$1,392	-20.05
602–630	606	8	231.00–239.00	$237.96	$1,442	+5.26
699	699	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,590	—
803	803	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,702	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–435	424	3	276.00–281.00	$277.71	$1,177	+27.71
520	520	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,232	-5.00
700	700	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,225	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	75-80%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,728	—
1145–1635	1436	75-80%	8	112.00–124.00	$116.73	$1,676	+21.73
1415–1675	1494	75-80%	11	105.00–110.00	$108.00	$1,614	—
1385–1630	1508	75-80%	2	86.00–88.00	$86.92	$1,311	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	80-85%	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,206	—
1165–1345	1237	80-85%	7	105.00–109.00	$106.74	$1,320	-7.79
1120–1450	1285	80-85%	2	91.00–96.00	$93.82	$1,206	-12.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	85-90%	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,060	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1745	1745	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,024	—
1760–2275	2018	5	126.00–136.00	$130.06	$2,625	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1215	1136	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,025.00–2,450.00	$2,277.95
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1150–1530	1347	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,125.00–1,475.00	$1,302.37
1280–1585	1433	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,050.00–2,150.00	$2,105.32

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1015–1025	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,075.00–2,150.00	$2,131.11

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00	—

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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.