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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 24

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 57▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends : Light run of livestock ----Todays receipts 45 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 $132.43/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$132.43

7 head · 444 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

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

$8.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.72

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	383	138.50	530	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	469	130.00	610	5thin

One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale7 hd

132.43

—

KY average25 barns · 941 hd

123.71

+8.72

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	1,465	87.62	1,284	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,277	64.70	826	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,137	52.81	600	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,018	51.45	524	4thin

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	432	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	511	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	455	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	744	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	780	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	412	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	377	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	537	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	590	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,440	84.67/cwt	82.50–90.00	1,219	3
Bulls	—	—	1,490	90.57/cwt	90.00–91.50	1,349	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,007	58.60/cwt	50.00–64.00	590	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	315	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,137	52.81/cwt	49.00–54.50	600	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,190	62.45/cwt	61.50–64.00	743	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,408	68.07/cwt	67.00–69.00	958	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,125	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	4,784	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	868	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,385	2

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 Mar 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9Last week 57Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 9Year ago 0

No trends : Light run of livestock ----Todays receipts 45 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	117.50	117.50
1	—	520	87.50	87.50
1	—	350	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,040	75.00	75.00
1	—	320	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
3	—	377	142.50	142.50
1	—	445	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	142.00	142.00
1	—	475	135.00	135.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	550.00	550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	460.00	460.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	868	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	61.50–64.00	62.45
2	—	1,408	67.00–69.00	68.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,007	50.00–64.00	58.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,137	49.00–54.50	52.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	90.00–91.50	90.57
3	—	1,440	82.50–90.00	84.67

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.