Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-01-19

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 19
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 139 vs last sale 65▲ 63 vs year ago 141 · +44.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 32▲ 16 vs year ago 19 · +84.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 10 vs year ago 11 · +90.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---Steady to 2.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---2.00 higher . Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and bulls---1.00 higher. Todays receipts--260 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.03/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$119.03
86 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.06
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2584120.2470273
Medium and Large 2-3475112.2353313thin
One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $169 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 sale86 hd
119.03
—
KY average28 barns · 6,476 hd
119.09
−0.06
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—Low1,84173.111,3468thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08158.336316thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28850.846559thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25140.975127thin

Every lot

56 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 1-2360151.27/cwt149.00–152.505453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516139.04/cwt132.00–139.7571711
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613126.70/cwt120.00–128.007776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660127.50/cwt127.50–127.5084211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767121.35/cwt111.00–122.0093117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805116.00/cwt116.00–116.009342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885110.51/cwt110.51–110.519781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292135.00/cwt135.00–135.003942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3350124.00/cwt124.00–124.004344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395124.00/cwt124.00–124.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440119.00/cwt119.00–119.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457123.00/cwt123.00–123.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504122.61/cwt114.00–126.0061825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540112.00/cwt112.00–112.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570116.92/cwt115.00–121.5066610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3605103.00/cwt103.00–103.006231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-366580.00/cwt80.00–80.005322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669120.25/cwt120.25–120.2580429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725102.50/cwt102.50–102.507431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285095.50/cwt95.50–95.508121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,01595.00/cwt95.00–95.009641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393145.00/cwt145.00–145.005703
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435122.50/cwt122.50–122.505332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442142.00/cwt142.00–142.006285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470127.33/cwt127.00–128.005983
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2539125.65/cwt120.00–127.006775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586122.53/cwt119.00–123.007188
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630111.00/cwt111.00–111.006991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668112.00/cwt112.00–112.007485
Bulls—Small 1-267087.00/cwt87.00–87.005831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775104.00/cwt104.00–104.008061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281099.00/cwt99.00–99.008021
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63561.49/cwt54.50–71.001,0053
Bulls——1,92077.13/cwt71.00–81.001,4813
Bulls——2,03384.52/cwt83.50–85.501,7182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08158.33/cwt52.00–66.006316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14644.74/cwt41.50–48.505134
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23553.36/cwt51.50–56.006593
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29650.00/cwt48.00–52.006485
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39035.95/cwt31.50–40.005003
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40547.50/cwt47.50–47.506671
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,250975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,1881
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2715730.00/cwt730.00–730.005,2201
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2767565.02/cwt540.00–610.004,3347
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,265650.00/cwt650.00–650.008,2231
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2870720.00/cwt720.00–720.006,2642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2885580.00/cwt580.00–580.005,1331
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2980640.00/cwt640.00–640.006,2721
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,000375.00/cwt375.00–375.003,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,5572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,275870.00/cwt870.00–870.0011,0931

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.