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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 7

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Jun 30Jul 7Jul 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

79 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 83▼ 171 vs year ago 250 · −68.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 4▼ 18 vs year ago 28 · −64.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers steady . Slaughter cows steady and no test on bulls. Todays receipts 89 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 $129.90/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$129.90

32 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$14.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.79

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	546	131.24	717	29
Medium and Large 2-3	590	117.00	690	3thin

One grade step is worth $14.24/cwt here — about $27 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 sale32 hd

129.90

—

KY average17 barns · 993 hd

124.11

+5.79

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	—	Average	1,150	81.00	932	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	62.00	892	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,079	47.90	517	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	795	45.00	358	1thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	440	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	146.53/cwt	143.00–148.00	683	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	750	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	808	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	488	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	516	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	119.45/cwt	112.00–121.00	619	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	119.36/cwt	118.50–122.00	703	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	675	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	144.41/cwt	141.00–146.00	552	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	138.79/cwt	128.00–144.00	604	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	714	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	129.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	766	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	794	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	725	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,150	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	932	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	795	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	358	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	840	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	420	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,158	47.20/cwt	46.00–49.00	547	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,295	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	796	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	62.25/cwt	60.50–64.50	940	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 Jul 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 83Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 28

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers steady . Slaughter cows steady and no test on bulls. Todays receipts 89 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
1	—	755	96.00	96.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	128.00–144.00	138.79
3	—	382	141.00–146.00	144.41
9	—	525	136.00	136.00
3	—	655	116.00	116.00
1	—	735	108.00	108.00
1	—	640	111.00	111.00
9	—	592	125.00–130.00	129.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	103.00	103.00
1	—	375	137.50	137.50
8	—	589	118.50–122.00	119.36
6	—	518	112.00–121.00	119.45
4	—	450	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
1	—	430	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	142.00	142.00
7	—	466	143.00–148.00	146.53
2	—	745	124.00	124.00
2	—	590	137.00	137.00
2	—	528	142.00	142.00
1	—	390	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	60.50–64.50	62.25
1	—	1,295	61.50	61.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,158	46.00–49.00	47.20
1	—	840	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	81.00	81.00

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.