Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-08-13

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 13
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 96▲ 148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 18▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 15▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and Feeder heifers 6.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher and Slaughter bulls firm. Last year receipts 489 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.19/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$127.19
43 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.03
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525129.1867839
Medium and Large 2-3443107.754774thin
One grade step is worth $21.43/cwt here — about $201 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 sale43 hd
127.19
—
KY average27 barns · 5,842 hd
129.22
−2.03
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—Average1,71283.811,43511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40760.398509thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01851.675263thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average94542.003971thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3363114.00/cwt114.00–114.004143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005593
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3462142.00/cwt142.00–142.006563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519130.00/cwt130.00–130.006757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571133.41/cwt131.00–134.007625
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345118.00/cwt118.00–118.004071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375115.00/cwt115.00–115.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390101.00/cwt101.00–101.003941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463115.50/cwt115.50–115.505352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531134.50/cwt134.50–134.5071425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548124.93/cwt112.00–127.506856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563115.50/cwt115.00–116.006504
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2359135.00/cwt135.00–135.004857
Bulls—Small 1400105.00/cwt105.00–105.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423138.00/cwt138.00–138.005843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3453128.00/cwt128.00–128.005802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2488120.09/cwt119.50–122.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3513119.00/cwt119.00–119.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522124.50/cwt124.50–124.506506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006968
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650112.25/cwt110.00–113.007304
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2732101.00/cwt101.00–101.007393
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42877.61/cwt74.50–80.001,1082
Bulls——1,45865.16/cwt63.50–67.009502
Bulls——1,48883.53/cwt83.00–84.001,2432
Bulls——2,01793.87/cwt90.00–99.501,8935
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%94542.00/cwt42.00–42.003971
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01851.67/cwt50.50–53.005263
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,16753.22/cwt50.50–56.006213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52763.97/cwt58.00–68.009776
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0014,8842
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,9732
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3231,177.17/cwt1,100.00–1,225.0015,5745
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,4101,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0015,5101
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0014,8842
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2939588.48/cwt530.00–640.005,5264
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000640.00/cwt640.00–640.006,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,374782.52/cwt500.00–900.0010,7526
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,385725.00/cwt725.00–725.0010,0411
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2775530.00/cwt530.00–530.004,1081
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2915510.00/cwt510.00–510.004,6671

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.