Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-10-06

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 144▼ 65 vs year ago 294 · −22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 16▼ 1 vs year ago 27 · −3.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 21▼ 34 vs year ago 44 · −77.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers----1.00--3.00 lower and Feeder heifers---3.00--4.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-- lower and bulls 2.00--lower. Todays receipts --265 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.18/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$116.18
95 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.52
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504118.4459787
Medium and Large 2-345091.634128thin
One grade step is worth $26.81/cwt here — about $184 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 sale95 hd
116.18
—
KY average25 barns · 5,811 hd
125.70
−9.52
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—Average1,70773.291,2515thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45251.307457thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28939.815136thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10926.492945thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2390135.00/cwt135.00–135.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528126.49/cwt118.00–128.006688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584124.16/cwt116.00–127.007257
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710123.00/cwt123.00–123.008731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285121.00/cwt121.00–121.003452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290147.50/cwt147.50–147.504282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-335490.00/cwt90.00–90.003194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373124.00/cwt124.00–124.0046315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458120.15/cwt110.00–121.0055014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3505103.00/cwt103.00–103.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514117.50/cwt117.50–117.5060427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-356090.00/cwt90.00–90.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577114.90/cwt100.00–116.0066314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638116.50/cwt116.50–116.507434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668109.29/cwt109.00–110.007307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710110.50/cwt110.50–110.507851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790102.50/cwt102.50–102.508101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300127.50/cwt127.50–127.503832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2367135.95/cwt126.00–141.004996
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395117.50/cwt117.50–117.504642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3423119.00/cwt119.00–119.005033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2454133.01/cwt128.00–138.0060412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527123.00/cwt123.00–123.0064826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2541116.60/cwt116.00–119.006315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605116.50/cwt116.50–116.5070512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2654115.50/cwt115.50–115.507556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276399.50/cwt99.50–99.507595
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0241
Bulls——1,46062.67/cwt60.00–66.009152
Bulls——2,12583.05/cwt82.00–84.001,7652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95023.84/cwt20.00–26.002263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23036.59/cwt35.00–38.004502
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26347.00/cwt45.00–50.005942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31941.42/cwt36.00–48.005464
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34830.47/cwt30.00–31.004112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52753.02/cwt51.00–55.008105
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2900575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,1751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,215860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,4491
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,0651
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,340790.00/cwt790.00–790.0010,5861

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.