Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-09-10

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 132▲ 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 17▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers :2.00-4.00 lower and Feeders heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Todays receipts 161 hd. Last years receipts 566 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.98/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$117.98
52 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.63
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539118.5464035
Medium and Large 2-3500116.8358417thin
One grade step is worth $1.71/cwt here — about $55 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 sale52 hd
117.98
—
KY average27 barns · 2,819 hd
122.61
−4.63
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—Average1,71181.501,3943thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26153.516758thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12344.304975thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03841.614325thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-341095.00/cwt95.00–95.003901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692129.34/cwt124.00–132.008953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3367110.00/cwt110.00–110.004045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385124.00/cwt124.00–124.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426119.45/cwt115.00–120.005099
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3448107.00/cwt107.00–107.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487120.00/cwt120.00–120.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517111.07/cwt108.00–114.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-352095.00/cwt95.00–95.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563100.00/cwt100.00–100.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590110.32/cwt109.00–112.006519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613100.00/cwt100.00–100.006131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665107.00/cwt107.00–107.007121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370989.00/cwt89.00–89.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728100.00/cwt100.00–100.007282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3359135.00/cwt135.00–135.004855
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428129.63/cwt126.00–130.0055511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3442122.06/cwt110.00–125.005405
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520117.00/cwt117.00–117.006088
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573117.00/cwt117.00–117.006706
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3573110.92/cwt109.00–115.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625101.00/cwt101.00–101.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645108.50/cwt108.50–108.507003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663108.50/cwt108.50–108.507197
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-367086.00/cwt86.00–86.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373088.00/cwt88.00–88.006421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375093.00/cwt93.00–93.006981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,71181.50/cwt81.00–82.001,3943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92547.23/cwt46.00–48.504372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11337.86/cwt35.00–43.004213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12344.30/cwt43.00–47.004975
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18546.50/cwt46.50–46.505512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19560.50/cwt60.50–60.507231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30554.91/cwt49.00–58.507175

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.