Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-05-26

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 26
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
404 head
▲ 315 vs last sale 89▲ 404 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 29▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 74▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts : 429 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.55/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$134.55
195 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$305
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.16
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2669134.73901191
Medium and Large 2-3473126.005964thin
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $305 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 sale195 hd
134.55
—
KY average18 barns · 3,358 hd
135.71
−1.16
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—Average1,08078.008421thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39557.137976thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21342.755182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27028.003561thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310163.00/cwt163.00–163.005052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358162.50/cwt162.50–162.505828
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3378143.00/cwt143.00–143.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445149.55/cwt146.00–150.0066518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489140.50/cwt137.00–141.006878
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3540133.00/cwt133.00–133.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541140.25/cwt135.00–143.0075922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585141.48/cwt139.00–143.0082814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed59585.00/cwt85.00–85.005061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634134.82/cwt133.00–136.0085518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677125.00/cwt125.00–125.008466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725123.00/cwt123.00–123.008921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added763132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,01166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773115.49/cwt111.00–117.008934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added941113.25/cwt113.25–113.251,06624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300138.00/cwt138.00–138.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3358126.50/cwt126.50–126.504536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385139.50/cwt139.50–139.505371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431135.79/cwt134.00–138.5058534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3462118.00/cwt118.00–118.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468130.00/cwt130.00–130.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527121.85/cwt115.00–126.0064220
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3548115.00/cwt115.00–115.006308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577119.63/cwt116.00–122.0069021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646111.00/cwt111.00–111.007176
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678117.62/cwt110.00–120.5079720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711116.76/cwt114.50–117.508304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795109.81/cwt107.00–112.5087313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3345126.00/cwt126.00–126.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440143.00/cwt143.00–143.006291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464146.00/cwt146.00–146.006775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525139.00/cwt139.00–139.007307
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584125.97/cwt120.00–126.5073612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2637119.00/cwt119.00–119.007583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733111.58/cwt111.50–113.0081819
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,08078.00/cwt78.00–78.008421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08047.50/cwt47.50–47.505131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27052.75/cwt51.00–54.006703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27028.00/cwt28.00–28.003561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34538.00/cwt38.00–38.005111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52061.51/cwt54.50–66.009353
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27251,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.007,7941
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2925925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,5561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2830525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,3581
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2935700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,5451
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2965750.26/cwt700.00–800.007,2402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1401,046.24/cwt1,000.00–1,175.0011,9274
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4081,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0017,6002
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4851,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0018,5631

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.