Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-09-08

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 144▼ 37 vs year ago 139 · −26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 23▼ 10 vs year ago 22 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 34▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steer -----Steady to 1.00 higher ---Feeder heifers-- steady. ---Slaughter cows 1.00 lower--bulls 2.00 lower . Todays receipts : 135 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.32/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$126.32
40 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.97
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541126.9968833
Medium and Large 2-3437123.145387thin
One grade step is worth $3.85/cwt here — about $150 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 sale40 hd
126.32
—
KY average19 barns · 3,160 hd
131.29
−4.97
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—Average1,45084.801,2307thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47357.258432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22746.675726thin

Every lot

41 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 1-2Fancy310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395152.00/cwt152.00–152.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3523131.00/cwt131.00–131.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525131.92/cwt124.00–136.006933
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3615127.00/cwt127.00–127.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648134.50/cwt134.50–134.508723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660128.00/cwt128.00–128.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3342129.00/cwt129.00–129.004413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378133.50/cwt133.50–133.505052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443127.00/cwt127.00–127.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460120.50/cwt120.50–120.505542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463129.08/cwt125.00–130.005988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529136.50/cwt136.50–136.5072210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555117.00/cwt117.00–117.006492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674114.16/cwt103.50–119.007697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760113.00/cwt113.00–113.008591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2388150.50/cwt150.50–150.505842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458136.90/cwt131.00–143.006274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518133.47/cwt115.00–135.0069113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595128.50/cwt128.50–128.507656
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710114.00/cwt114.00–114.008091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28380.70/cwt75.00–90.001,0355
Bulls——1,86895.04/cwt94.00–96.001,7752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20148.00/cwt45.00–52.005765
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25052.50/cwt52.50–52.506561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35540.00/cwt40.00–40.005421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69562.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0511
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2890675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,0081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135902.91/cwt810.00–1,000.0010,2482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175585.00/cwt585.00–585.006,8741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,9831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,228787.73/cwt750.00–825.009,6732
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,290700.00/cwt700.00–700.009,0301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 1-2565350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9784
Bred Heifers—Small 1-2775625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,8441
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29951,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0011,5421
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0011,4131
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,370810.00/cwt810.00–810.0011,0971

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.