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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 12

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

76 head

▼ 211 vs last sale 287▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 99▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 49▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to inclement weather conditions, a light run of cattle their is no cattle trends. Todays receipts 86 hd. Last years receipts : 697 hd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.33/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$115.33

30 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.28

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	116.00	601	26
Medium and Large 2-3	487	111.00	541	4thin

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $61 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 sale30 hd

115.33

—

KY average18 barns · 1,858 hd

118.61

−3.28

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,007	37.78	380	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,130	24.00	271	1thin

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	494	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	615	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	433	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	449	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	511	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	529	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	112.98/cwt	110.00–115.00	598	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	483	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	555	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	487	111.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	541	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	111.32/cwt	108.00–118.00	594	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	645	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	673	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	732	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,007	37.78/cwt	34.00–39.50	380	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	24.00/cwt	24.00–24.00	271	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	960	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,320	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	1,040	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	4,160	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,147	509.87/cwt	490.00–540.00	5,848	3

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Nov 12, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 287Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 99Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 49Year ago 0

Due to inclement weather conditions, a light run of cattle their is no cattle trends. Todays receipts 86 hd. Last years receipts : 697 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	112.50	112.50
4	—	426	120.00	120.00
1	—	385	112.50	112.50
3	—	529	110.00–115.00	112.98
1	—	575	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	455	132.00	132.00
1	—	665	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	109.00	109.00
9	—	534	108.00–118.00	111.32
3	—	383	126.00	126.00
6	—	437	127.00	127.00
1	—	755	97.00	97.00
4	—	573	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	487	110.00–114.00	111.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,147	490.00–540.00	509.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	24.00	24.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	34.00–39.50	37.78

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.