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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-11

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

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Aug 4Aug 11Aug 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

89 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 119▼ 59 vs year ago 148 · −39.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 38▼ 19 vs year ago 28 · −67.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 3▼ 25 vs year ago 35 · −71.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers --2.00--3.00--- lower and Slaughter cows and bulls --2.00-- lower. Todays receipts : 108 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 $136.71/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$136.71

47 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

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

$14.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.11

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	507	138.81	704	40
Medium and Large 2-3	619	124.71	772	7thin

One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale47 hd

136.71

—

KY average25 barns · 2,020 hd

127.60

+9.11

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	1,845	90.99	1,679	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,270	57.74	733	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,095	48.51	531	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	913	39.00	356	2thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	265	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	451	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	607	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	351	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	467	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	474	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	556	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	133.03/cwt	124.00–134.00	608	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	806	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	529	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	353	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	533	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	636	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	137.30/cwt	129.00–138.50	714	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	132.41/cwt	127.00–134.50	784	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	801	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	748	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	868	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,845	90.99/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,679	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	174	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	554	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	48.51/cwt	46.00–50.00	531	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,267	59.42/cwt	57.00–62.50	753	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,275	55.23/cwt	54.00–56.50	704	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	625.59/cwt	550.00–690.00	6,913	4
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,445	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,480	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	14,430	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 Aug 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 89Last week 119Year ago 148

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 38Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 3Year ago 35

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers --2.00--3.00--- lower and Slaughter cows and bulls --2.00-- lower. Todays receipts : 108 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	113.00	113.00
1	—	585	115.00	115.00
11	—	457	124.00–134.00	133.03
6	—	428	130.00	130.00
4	—	351	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	70.00	70.00
1	—	520	111.00	111.00
1	—	465	123.00	123.00
4	—	370	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	430	148.00	148.00
8	—	520	129.00–138.50	137.30
7	—	641	125.00	125.00
7	—	592	127.00–134.50	132.41
7	—	353	151.00	151.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	748	116.00	116.00
1	—	530	129.00	129.00
1	—	455	140.00	140.00
1	—	355	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	58.00	58.00
1	—	870	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,267	57.00–62.50	59.42
2	—	1,275	54.00–56.50	55.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	46.00–50.00	48.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,845	90.00–92.00	90.99

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,105	550.00–690.00	625.59

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,445	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,480	975.00	975.00

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.