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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← May 25Jun 1Jun 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 74▼ 135 vs year ago 180 · −75.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 9▼ 4 vs year ago 16 · −25.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 10 vs year ago 17 · −58.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers --Light test Feeder heifers --Steady and Slaughter cows 1.00--2.00 lower bulls No test Todays receipts : 64 hd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.32/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$114.32

22 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.41

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	540	121.00	653	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	669	114.00	762	21

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale22 hd

114.32

—

KY average18 barns · 2,183 hd

129.72

−15.41

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	990	71.01	703	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,348	64.17	865	5thin

Every lot

20 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	844	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	727	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	737	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	708	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	596	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	760	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	696	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	116.87/cwt	106.00–120.50	753	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	686	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	71.01/cwt	67.00–78.00	703	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,328	67.10/cwt	65.00–69.00	891	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,378	59.78/cwt	58.50–61.00	824	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 1-2	950	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	4,940	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	975	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,020	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,339	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	895	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	8,324	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	950	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	9,405	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	970	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	9,603	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Jun 1, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 45Last week 74Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 9Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 8Year ago 17

Compared to last week : Feeder steers --Light test Feeder heifers --Steady and Slaughter cows 1.00--2.00 lower bulls No test Todays receipts : 64 hd.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	58.50–61.00	59.78
3	—	1,328	65.00–69.00	67.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	990	67.00–78.00	71.01

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	96.00	96.00
4	—	596	127.50	127.50
4	—	644	106.00–120.50	116.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	137.00	137.00
8	—	663	120.00	120.00
4	—	709	104.00	104.00
4	—	805	88.00	88.00
2	—	570	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	121.00	121.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	520.00	520.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	720.00	720.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	990.00	990.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	950	990.00	990.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	930.00	930.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.