Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-06-08

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 45▲ 26 vs year ago 116 · +22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 12▲ 23 vs year ago 8 · +287.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 7▼ 18 vs year ago 31 · −58.1%
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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--3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00--higher and bulls Firm . Todays receipts 186 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.26/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$116.26
45 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.56
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3623116.507266thin
Medium and Large 1-2659116.2276539
One grade step is worth $0.28/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale45 hd
116.26
—
KY average25 barns · 4,992 hd
131.82
−15.56
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—High1,63692.201,5094thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34771.8096722
CowsLean 85-90%High92069.426392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50541.006171thin

Every lot

40 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 1-2370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445142.00/cwt142.00–142.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540155.33/cwt155.00–156.008396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577148.26/cwt147.00–149.508558
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618144.00/cwt144.00–144.008902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726136.50/cwt136.50–136.509917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403123.00/cwt123.00–123.004962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455136.00/cwt136.00–136.006191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517127.00/cwt127.00–127.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592121.00/cwt121.00–121.0071614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3601118.00/cwt118.00–118.007095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639111.29/cwt110.00–114.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714118.50/cwt118.50–118.508467
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3735109.00/cwt109.00–109.008011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2813109.04/cwt97.00–113.008864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,00685.00/cwt85.00–85.008554
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375153.05/cwt149.00–155.005743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3375148.58/cwt142.50–155.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435159.71/cwt158.00–160.006957
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470151.00/cwt151.00–151.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512139.56/cwt137.00–146.5071511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3523135.88/cwt131.00–141.007112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573133.00/cwt133.00–133.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2602128.00/cwt128.00–128.007717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2674124.64/cwt117.00–126.508405
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2752107.00/cwt107.00–107.008053
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11579.00/cwt79.00–79.008811
Bulls——1,81096.60/cwt94.00–101.001,7483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92069.42/cwt68.00–71.006392
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32863.54/cwt63.00–64.008442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34972.63/cwt65.00–88.0098020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50541.00/cwt41.00–41.006171
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2690516.44/cwt510.00–525.003,5636
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2840735.00/cwt735.00–735.006,1741
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2660500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,3001
Bred Cows—Small 1-2888727.34/cwt725.00–730.006,4592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,204739.07/cwt660.00–780.008,8984

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.