Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-07-14

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 14
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 172 vs last sale 79▲ 17 vs year ago 234 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 4 vs year ago 20 · −20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 23 · +52.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week :Feeder steers 2.00--3.00 higher--- Feeder heifers steady to 1.00--2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and bulls firm. Todays receipts --302 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.66/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$117.66
155 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$807
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.59
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2692119.06824139
Medium and Large 2-3626105.5366116thin
One grade step is worth $13.53/cwt here — about $163 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 sale155 hd
117.66
—
KY average28 barns · 5,609 hd
125.26
−7.59
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—Average1,62383.531,3565thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54057.808903thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04551.855427thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2348158.00/cwt158.00–158.005504
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523134.28/cwt132.00–135.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3557119.00/cwt119.00–119.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580127.50/cwt127.50–127.507401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633127.98/cwt126.00–130.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678118.84/cwt116.00–122.008065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738122.50/cwt122.50–122.509042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376132.00/cwt132.00–132.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390100.00/cwt100.00–100.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442120.00/cwt120.00–120.005305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547113.66/cwt113.00–115.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584116.95/cwt115.00–119.5068316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636112.12/cwt104.00–115.0071311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692121.00/cwt121.00–121.0083722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-270599.00/cwt99.00–99.006981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3717104.50/cwt104.50–104.507493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added734124.75/cwt124.75–124.7591647
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-378095.00/cwt95.00–95.007411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2804113.50/cwt113.50–113.509139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3847100.00/cwt100.00–100.008473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2856109.45/cwt102.00–111.0093718
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2336144.93/cwt140.00–146.004875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387129.00/cwt129.00–129.004993
Bulls—Large 2-3410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515128.00/cwt128.00–128.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572124.53/cwt118.00–128.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630106.00/cwt106.00–106.006681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680108.00/cwt108.00–108.007341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3688110.00/cwt110.00–110.007573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34073.80/cwt60.00–89.009892
Bulls——1,81290.01/cwt89.00–91.001,6313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02849.78/cwt44.50–53.005124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06854.61/cwt54.00–56.005833
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30057.20/cwt55.00–59.007442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,02059.00/cwt59.00–59.001,1921
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2890540.00/cwt540.00–540.004,8061
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,022810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,2784
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,070900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,6301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1491,313.10/cwt1,100.00–1,600.0015,0889
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,1801
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3751,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0015,1251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29831,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0014,9916
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1551,900.00/cwt1,900.00–1,900.0021,9451
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,8501,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0030,9882

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.