Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-12-10

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 387▲ 148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 34▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 12▲ 25 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 lower and Feeder heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and bulls 1.00 higher. Todays receipts : 215 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.67/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$123.67
51 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$181
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.69
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3395123.674889thin
Medium and Large 1-2541123.6766942
One grade step is worth $0.00/cwt here — about −$181 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 sale51 hd
123.67
—
KY average26 barns · 3,811 hd
122.98
+0.69
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—Average1,66866.171,1038thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41945.0964012
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25636.904637thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06927.212918thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615131.00/cwt131.00–131.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710118.00/cwt118.00–118.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2349126.00/cwt126.00–126.004405
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3398115.00/cwt115.00–115.004584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3437107.00/cwt107.00–107.004683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456121.50/cwt121.50–121.505547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2507119.50/cwt119.50–119.506067
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525106.00/cwt106.00–106.005572
Heifers—Small 1-2530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592118.50/cwt118.50–118.507026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633112.01/cwt109.00–115.007092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768100.00/cwt100.00–100.007682
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2337130.09/cwt127.50–132.504384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3343122.50/cwt122.50–122.504206
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2395132.50/cwt132.50–132.505231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3455129.00/cwt129.00–129.005872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458137.00/cwt137.00–137.006275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514124.69/cwt121.00–125.0064113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2588119.02/cwt116.00–121.0070010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672118.99/cwt107.00–121.008007
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718106.00/cwt106.00–106.007612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52560.03/cwt54.00–66.009154
Bulls——1,81072.31/cwt70.00–75.001,3094
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01723.63/cwt23.00–24.002403
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10029.35/cwt27.00–33.003235
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25636.90/cwt34.00–38.504637
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40644.46/cwt40.00–48.5062510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48348.25/cwt48.00–48.507162
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3401
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2822413.40/cwt325.00–540.003,3985
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2975440.00/cwt440.00–440.004,2901
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,025675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,9191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,078400.00/cwt400.00–400.004,3122
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2830560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,6481
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2705800.00/cwt800.00–800.005,6401

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.