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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 11

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Feb 4Feb 11Feb 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

118 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 135▲ 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 12▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 28▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to light run---Rain--muddy conditions. -- Todays receipts 137 hd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.11/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$118.11

44 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$10.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.98

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	622	119.31	743	39
Medium and Large 2-3	590	108.80	642	5thin

One grade step is worth $10.51/cwt here — about $100 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 sale44 hd

118.11

—

KY average26 barns · 2,958 hd

126.10

−7.98

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
Bulls	—	High	1,685	80.00	1,348	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,205	53.22	641	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,043	36.63	382	2thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	883	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	920	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	801	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	989	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	852	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,025	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,002	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	502	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	508	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	670	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	666	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	637	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	612	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	694	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	822	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	890	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	445	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	551	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	623	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	139.29/cwt	135.50–140.50	734	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	738	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	753	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,348	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,043	36.63/cwt	36.00–37.00	382	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,060	56.27/cwt	56.00–56.50	596	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,302	51.18/cwt	50.50–51.50	666	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 2-3	880	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	3,784	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,262	736.29/cwt	730.00–750.00	9,292	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	8,239	1

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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 118Last week 135Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 12Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 28Year ago 0

No trends due to light run---Rain--muddy conditions. -- Todays receipts 137 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	852	120.25	120.25
10	—	801	123.50	123.50
5	—	730	126.00	126.00
1	—	945	106.00	106.00
17	—	674	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	128.00	128.00
3	—	637	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	694	118.50	118.50
4	—	519	129.00	129.00
2	—	310	130.00	130.00
1	—	725	106.00	106.00
7	—	795	112.00	112.00
1	—	585	115.00	115.00
1	—	365	137.50	137.50
6	—	423	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
2	—	738	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	148.00	148.00
4	—	527	135.50–140.50	139.29
4	—	436	143.00	143.00
3	—	585	128.00	128.00
2	—	278	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	430.00	430.00

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	—	1,262	730.00–750.00	736.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	770.00	770.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	36.00–37.00	36.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	56.00–56.50	56.27
3	—	1,302	50.50–51.50	51.18

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.