Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-04-06

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 224▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 32▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 36▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers-----4.00--6.00 higher and Feeder heifers -----steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 higher and bulls firm . Todays receipts 150 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.45/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$128.45
32 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$30
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.04
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3472136.176426thin
Medium and Large 1-2531126.6767326
One grade step is worth $9.49/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale32 hd
128.45
—
KY average25 barns · 5,204 hd
135.49
−7.04
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—High1,76089.001,5661thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44167.639756thin
CowsLean 85-90%High96757.235533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average87045.373953thin

Every lot

37 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 1-2395167.50/cwt167.50–167.506622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432170.00/cwt170.00–170.007343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460172.00/cwt172.00–172.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490145.00/cwt145.00–145.007111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569152.00/cwt152.00–152.0086511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3585132.50/cwt132.50–132.507751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675133.88/cwt126.00–138.009043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3428141.00/cwt141.00–141.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441142.00/cwt142.00–142.006266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474129.50/cwt129.50–129.506145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515132.00/cwt132.00–132.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3530130.00/cwt130.00–130.006893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555121.00/cwt121.00–121.006725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625117.68/cwt117.00–118.007363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728104.00/cwt104.00–104.007572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276592.00/cwt92.00–92.007041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3333164.00/cwt164.00–164.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385177.00/cwt177.00–177.006811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3450168.00/cwt168.00–168.007565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460154.00/cwt154.00–154.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512159.50/cwt159.50–159.508175
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595137.00/cwt137.00–137.008152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635128.00/cwt128.00–128.008131
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%87045.37/cwt39.00–48.503953
Cows—Lean 85-90%96757.23/cwt53.50–63.505533
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44167.63/cwt62.50–72.009756
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2940430.00/cwt430.00–430.004,0421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2951,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0017,4831
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,445930.00/cwt930.00–930.0013,4391
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2845950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,0281
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,6961,598.81/cwt1,475.00–1,850.0027,1168
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 1-2710520.00/cwt520.00–520.003,6921

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.