Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-11-24

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 189▲ 12 vs year ago 78 · +15.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 46▲ 5 vs year ago 22 · +22.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 37▲ 4 vs year ago 12 · +33.3%
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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 133 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.29/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$115.29
31 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.97
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500116.2458227
Medium and Large 2-3454108.884944thin
One grade step is worth $7.36/cwt here — about $88 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 sale31 hd
115.29
—
KY average22 barns · 4,570 hd
122.26
−6.97
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—Average1,49676.471,1444thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,27454.606965thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09743.9748213
CowsLean 85-90%Average90327.462484thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2293132.50/cwt132.50–132.503882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2305136.00/cwt136.00–136.004152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320121.50/cwt121.50–121.503892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335102.50/cwt102.50–102.503431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372122.00/cwt122.00–122.004545
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425114.00/cwt114.00–114.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2447115.99/cwt113.00–119.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497117.00/cwt117.00–117.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505112.78/cwt111.00–114.005705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2597114.50/cwt114.50–114.506845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740111.34/cwt110.00–114.008243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2403127.00/cwt127.00–127.005122
Bulls—Small 1-2445105.00/cwt105.00–105.004671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450125.50/cwt120.00–131.005654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516127.00/cwt127.00–127.006559
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582124.00/cwt124.00–124.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645117.00/cwt117.00–117.007553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2742109.00/cwt109.00–109.008093
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39873.29/cwt69.50–75.001,0253
Bulls——1,79086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,5391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85534.00/cwt34.00–34.002911
Cows—Lean 85-90%90830.92/cwt29.00–33.002812
Cows—Lean 85-90%94014.00/cwt14.00–14.001321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05347.86/cwt46.50–49.005044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09341.17/cwt39.00–43.004505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14543.57/cwt41.50–44.504994
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27051.00/cwt51.00–51.006481
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27555.50/cwt52.00–60.007084
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2885550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,8681
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,050700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,450700.00/cwt700.00–700.0010,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2900685.00/cwt685.00–685.006,1651
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,155935.00/cwt935.00–935.0010,7991
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,133534.66/cwt400.00–650.006,0582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220520.00/cwt520.00–520.006,3441
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,280800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,2401
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,385775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,7341
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,408699.95/cwt530.00–850.009,8552

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.