Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-01-21

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 21
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 126▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 27▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 21▲ 11 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---- Feeder heifers--- steady to 1.00 lower---- Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher.--- Todays receipts 171 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.82/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$120.82
52 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.83
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3567122.8169713thin
Medium and Large 1-2612120.1673539
One grade step is worth $2.65/cwt here — about −$38 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
120.82
—
KY average27 barns · 6,888 hd
125.66
−4.83
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—Average1,79778.421,4094thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56156.2687810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09039.034254thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355139.00/cwt139.00–139.004933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445139.00/cwt139.00–139.006192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518135.00/cwt135.00–135.006992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582134.00/cwt134.00–134.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720126.00/cwt126.00–126.009071
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738126.80/cwt113.00–130.509368
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824128.86/cwt125.00–129.501,0627
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3358132.00/cwt132.00–132.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370132.00/cwt132.00–132.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430123.00/cwt123.00–123.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443124.75/cwt124.75–124.755539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3568123.50/cwt123.50–123.507019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617120.76/cwt108.00–125.007454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658112.00/cwt112.00–112.007375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705118.80/cwt113.00–120.5083818
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3738115.00/cwt115.00–115.008492
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3448136.00/cwt136.00–136.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448130.59/cwt130.00–141.0058518
Bulls—Small 1-2480123.00/cwt123.00–123.005901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502128.00/cwt128.00–128.006435
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568124.46/cwt124.00–128.007079
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630123.00/cwt123.00–123.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3668116.00/cwt116.00–116.007754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,75575.18/cwt75.00–75.501,3192
Bulls——1,83881.65/cwt79.00–84.001,5012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09039.03/cwt35.50–44.004254
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25045.00/cwt45.00–45.005631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59557.51/cwt54.50–60.009179
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1081,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,9112
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2683374.10/cwt340.00–410.002,5552
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2722338.61/cwt275.00–375.002,4453
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,315675.00/cwt675.00–675.008,8761

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.