Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-10-27

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 122▼ 71 vs year ago 236 · −30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 27▼ 24 vs year ago 33 · −72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 33▼ 3 vs year ago 26 · −11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers --Steady to 1.00-2.00 higher and Feeder heifers --Steady . Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00--3.00 lower. Todays receipts : 197 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.40/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$108.40
74 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.91
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522109.7557358
Medium and Large 2-3506103.5052416thin
One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $49 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 sale74 hd
108.40
—
KY average27 barns · 4,808 hd
117.31
−8.91
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—Average1,58072.001,1382thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36853.307296thin
CowsLean 85-90%High89353.144752thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380142.00/cwt142.00–142.005402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485127.50/cwt127.50–127.506181
Steers—Small 1-2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661118.00/cwt118.00–118.007804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779114.34/cwt114.00–114.508913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,018100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380114.64/cwt109.00–119.004367
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383108.00/cwt108.00–108.004142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430115.42/cwt111.00–116.004969
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3453108.00/cwt108.00–108.004896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512110.00/cwt110.00–110.0056324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525106.00/cwt106.00–106.005574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-356080.00/cwt80.00–80.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584109.00/cwt109.00–109.006377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-263099.00/cwt99.00–99.006242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-365396.00/cwt96.00–96.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661104.15/cwt104.00–104.506887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275097.00/cwt97.00–97.007282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315141.00/cwt141.00–141.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3338139.00/cwt139.00–139.004702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445132.81/cwt131.00–134.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3453130.00/cwt130.00–130.0058910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519122.54/cwt111.00–124.006369
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3522110.00/cwt110.00–110.005743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590112.76/cwt111.00–113.006658
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655106.00/cwt106.00–106.006945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273096.00/cwt96.00–96.007011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373092.00/cwt92.00–92.006723
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31064.00/cwt64.00–64.008381
Bulls——1,85080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89353.14/cwt48.50–57.004752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23849.56/cwt49.00–50.006142
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43355.17/cwt51.00–69.007914
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2653509.20/cwt480.00–540.003,3252
Bred Cows—Small 1-2755614.16/cwt600.00–625.004,6372
Bred Cows—Small 1-2785560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,3961
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2910925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,4181
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2945485.00/cwt485.00–485.004,5831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,108675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,4792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120600.55/cwt575.00–650.006,7263
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,305700.00/cwt700.00–700.009,1351
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2795470.00/cwt470.00–470.003,7371
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-2952525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,9982
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2995730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,2641

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.