Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-02-23

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 23
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 49▼ 9 vs year ago 143 · −6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 14▲ 8 vs year ago 10 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 38▲ 8 vs year ago 11 · +72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to inclement weather------------No Trends---------Todays receipts 171 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.30/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$118.30
58 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$408
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$28.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.27
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2698119.1183154
Medium and Large 2-3513112.675783thin
Small 1-246591.004231thin
One grade step is worth $28.11/cwt here — about $408 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 sale58 hd
118.30
—
KY average14 barns · 1,157 hd
122.57
−4.27
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—High1,67398.101,6414thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29962.568136thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08947.555188thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91547.004301thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440156.00/cwt156.00–156.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480126.00/cwt126.00–126.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575142.50/cwt142.50–142.508195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743128.00/cwt128.00–128.0095112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776126.50/cwt126.50–126.509825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2912116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,06214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2982104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,0263
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355129.00/cwt129.00–129.004581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395127.00/cwt127.00–127.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460131.00/cwt131.00–131.006033
Heifers—Small 1-246591.00/cwt91.00–91.004231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500101.00/cwt101.00–101.005051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518122.50/cwt122.50–122.506356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634118.57/cwt117.50–119.0075210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748111.50/cwt111.50–111.508342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added763120.00/cwt120.00–120.0091626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795116.50/cwt116.50–116.509261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873106.00/cwt106.00–106.009255
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3453146.00/cwt146.00–146.006616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518145.00/cwt145.00–145.007516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3537140.00/cwt140.00–140.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2604131.00/cwt131.00–131.007915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3685111.00/cwt111.00–111.007601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-370598.00/cwt98.00–98.006911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16585.00/cwt85.00–85.009901
Bulls——1,842102.47/cwt97.00–106.001,8873
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91547.00/cwt47.00–47.004301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08646.27/cwt40.00–51.005027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11056.50/cwt56.50–56.506271
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28064.06/cwt60.00–74.508204
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33859.56/cwt59.00–60.007972
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2900844.61/cwt800.00–875.007,6014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,128785.65/cwt610.00–950.008,8622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155590.00/cwt590.00–590.006,8151
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,639.32/cwt1,625.00–1,650.0018,0332
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2801,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0017,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,5601,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0021,8401
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,7631

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.