Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-10-15

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 15
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
379 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 294▲ 379 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 27▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 44▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers--- steady to 2.00 higher and Feeder heifers steady to 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 higher and bulls 1.00 lower. Todays receipts 447 hd. Last years receipts 311 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.06/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$112.06
134 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.94
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518113.34587103
Medium and Large 2-3519107.8156031
One grade step is worth $5.53/cwt here — about $27 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 sale134 hd
112.06
—
KY average29 barns · 7,619 hd
121.99
−9.94
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—High1,80271.311,2853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,25749.4562211
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26938.954947thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06428.513037thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395129.00/cwt129.00–129.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443118.00/cwt118.00–118.005235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485133.00/cwt133.00–133.006451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578126.08/cwt120.00–132.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580107.00/cwt107.00–107.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635100.00/cwt100.00–100.006351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745125.50/cwt125.50–125.509351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373117.64/cwt117.00–118.0043914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432119.50/cwt119.50–119.5051612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3444112.00/cwt112.00–112.0049715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460110.63/cwt110.00–112.505098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517117.50/cwt117.50–117.5060721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518114.02/cwt111.00–115.0059112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3569105.00/cwt105.00–105.0059712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577108.81/cwt107.00–109.0062821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635104.00/cwt104.00–104.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658105.76/cwt103.00–107.0069613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765106.00/cwt106.00–106.008112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3354122.00/cwt122.00–122.004327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2367133.95/cwt123.00–139.0049212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430113.00/cwt113.00–113.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442126.41/cwt122.00–135.005593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2451115.00/cwt115.00–115.005194
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3462123.00/cwt123.00–123.005685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515130.00/cwt130.00–130.0067026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521118.00/cwt118.00–118.006156
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3546114.00/cwt114.00–114.0062212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585115.12/cwt109.00–116.0067315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2601108.00/cwt108.00–108.006495
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-366597.00/cwt97.00–97.006455
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669110.00/cwt110.00–110.0073610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-270091.00/cwt91.00–91.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373493.00/cwt93.00–93.006835
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-275295.00/cwt95.00–95.007145
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72568.97/cwt68.00–70.001,1902
Bulls——1,95576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,4861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01824.47/cwt22.50–27.002492
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08230.12/cwt28.00–32.003265
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,13745.82/cwt41.50–48.005215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26938.95/cwt31.00–43.004947
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35752.48/cwt50.00–55.007126
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2960575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,5202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,6841
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140535.00/cwt535.00–535.006,0991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,229683.48/cwt675.00–700.008,4003
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,465775.00/cwt775.00–775.0011,3541
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2870600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,2201
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0011,9181
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,280585.00/cwt585.00–585.007,4881

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.