Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-01-28

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 28
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
157 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 141▲ 157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 19▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 11▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ---5.00--7.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---2.00--3.00 higher and Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher. Todays receipts 258 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.29/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$120.29
57 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$32.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.29
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547122.0966738
Medium and Large 2-3522118.1761718thin
Small 1-243090.003871thin
One grade step is worth $32.09/cwt here — about $280 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 sale57 hd
120.29
—
KY average26 barns · 5,798 hd
128.59
−8.29
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—Average1,77572.891,2946thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29451.2766335
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14339.4545112
CowsLean 85-90%High95539.203748thin

Every lot

58 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 1-2250175.00/cwt175.00–175.004381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325169.92/cwt167.50–175.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430147.00/cwt147.00–147.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527143.00/cwt143.00–143.007546
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3537131.00/cwt131.00–131.007037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565132.66/cwt132.50–133.007503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730104.00/cwt104.00–104.007591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365132.16/cwt126.00–133.504826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3371119.00/cwt119.00–119.004414
Heifers—Small 1-243090.00/cwt90.00–90.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439125.53/cwt123.00–126.005516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3459123.00/cwt123.00–123.005656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531123.50/cwt123.50–123.506568
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3536124.50/cwt124.50–124.506674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568120.56/cwt111.00–122.506856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667117.01/cwt116.50–119.0078010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680100.00/cwt100.00–100.006801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3778105.00/cwt105.00–105.008173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810106.00/cwt106.00–106.008592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3358162.50/cwt162.50–162.505823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375160.45/cwt147.50–165.006024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473144.00/cwt144.00–144.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475147.86/cwt139.00–157.507022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512140.00/cwt140.00–140.007177
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2589130.00/cwt130.00–130.007667
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630122.50/cwt122.50–122.507721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665119.50/cwt119.50–119.507952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2744113.00/cwt113.00–113.008415
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66375.78/cwt67.50–79.001,2603
Bulls——1,66554.00/cwt54.00–54.008991
Bulls——1,87567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,2561
Bulls——2,12089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,8871
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72527.00/cwt27.00–27.001961
Cows—Lean 85-90%83031.00/cwt31.00–31.002571
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00738.31/cwt37.00–40.003863
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02046.90/cwt45.00–50.004783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14339.45/cwt35.00–44.0045112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26948.78/cwt43.00–55.0061927
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37759.69/cwt54.50–68.008228
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-21,8101,180.00/cwt1,180.00–1,180.0021,3581
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2800525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,2001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2960730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,0081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000690.00/cwt690.00–690.006,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050722.45/cwt720.00–725.007,5862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,143635.14/cwt580.00–700.007,2602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145736.35/cwt725.00–750.008,4312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,168507.53/cwt490.00–530.005,9283
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,265670.00/cwt670.00–670.008,4761
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,305875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,4191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,6301
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,418675.00/cwt675.00–675.009,5722
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5551,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0015,5501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,605903.33/cwt750.00–1,100.0014,4984
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2885600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,3101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2940660.00/cwt660.00–660.006,2041
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2945525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,9611
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,105975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,7741
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,8941

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.