Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-07-30

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 30
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 182▲ 243 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 11▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 18▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 2.00 higher and feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.40/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$128.40
100 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.07
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529129.8468685
Medium and Large 2-3475120.2757115thin
One grade step is worth $9.57/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale100 hd
128.40
—
KY average27 barns · 5,146 hd
132.47
−4.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,45082.541,1975thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26260.0775819
CowsLean 85-90%Low93950.534745thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average97446.474534thin

Every lot

45 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350156.00/cwt156.00–156.005461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433149.12/cwt141.00–153.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517145.43/cwt135.00–150.0075210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591143.55/cwt139.00–145.008488
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628127.00/cwt127.00–127.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3350137.50/cwt137.50–137.504811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377129.01/cwt125.00–132.504868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433138.78/cwt133.50–147.5060119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3465121.06/cwt120.00–122.0056310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529130.27/cwt125.00–132.0068926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3530114.00/cwt114.00–114.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586125.06/cwt118.00–126.0073317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632126.45/cwt122.50–128.5079912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690118.00/cwt118.00–118.008141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2845109.50/cwt109.50–109.509252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2269160.00/cwt160.00–160.004301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315157.50/cwt157.50–157.504961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3360142.00/cwt142.00–142.005112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370158.00/cwt158.00–158.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3443143.00/cwt143.00–143.006339
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480120.50/cwt120.50–120.505781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534131.91/cwt126.00–137.5070412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583130.84/cwt121.00–132.007639
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3663115.00/cwt115.00–115.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2729113.00/cwt113.00–113.008248
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23064.00/cwt64.00–64.007871
Bulls——1,29579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0231
Bulls——1,57589.90/cwt89.00–91.001,4163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92860.39/cwt57.00–65.005603
Cows—Lean 85-90%93533.50/cwt33.50–33.503131
Cows—Boner 80-85%97446.47/cwt44.50–50.504534
Cows—Lean 85-90%97538.00/cwt38.00–38.003711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21859.01/cwt54.00–64.0071916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49765.71/cwt65.00–66.009843
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2915850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,7781
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29651,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0010,1331
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2985950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,3581
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,130854.75/cwt780.00–925.009,6592
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,4431
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2810550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,4551
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,035625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,4691
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,4861
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,170590.00/cwt590.00–590.006,9031
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,0751

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.