Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-08-20

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 20
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 148▲ 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 28▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 35▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers : 2.00-3.00 higher and Feeder heifers : steady . Slaughter cows 2.00 lower and Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Todays cattle receipts 189 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.56/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$120.56
55 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.03
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592121.5872046
Medium and Large 2-3526115.336079thin
One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $113 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 sale55 hd
120.56
—
KY average26 barns · 2,974 hd
123.60
−3.03
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—Average1,59579.971,2754thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24654.956855thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04552.005431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average99945.284528thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488153.32/cwt145.00–154.507488
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3547116.00/cwt116.00–116.006355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561145.00/cwt145.00–145.008137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642141.50/cwt141.50–141.509084
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2701136.00/cwt136.00–136.009539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365115.00/cwt115.00–115.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3410118.00/cwt118.00–118.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428126.00/cwt126.00–126.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488124.26/cwt120.00–125.506069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529120.66/cwt115.00–124.506385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3566115.00/cwt115.00–115.006517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575118.29/cwt114.00–123.006805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610128.56/cwt128.00–129.007849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706116.41/cwt113.00–117.0082214
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475134.50/cwt134.50–134.506391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3477125.00/cwt125.00–125.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533129.50/cwt129.50–129.506902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573129.50/cwt129.50–129.507422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3640104.00/cwt104.00–104.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373090.00/cwt90.00–90.006571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2581
Bulls——1,63378.29/cwt74.00–80.001,2783
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99945.28/cwt36.00–50.004528
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04552.00/cwt52.00–52.005431
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21053.61/cwt52.00–55.006493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30056.95/cwt55.00–59.007402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2830575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,7731
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-21,000760.00/cwt760.00–760.007,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,040625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,178726.37/cwt595.00–870.008,5572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,8451
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,370717.25/cwt710.00–725.009,8262
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4151,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0015,5651
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,790980.00/cwt980.00–980.0017,5421
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,178901.13/cwt885.00–920.0010,6152

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.