Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-07-20

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 157▲ 18 vs year ago 71 · +25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 16▲ 18 vs year ago 4 · +450.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 27▲ 27 vs year ago 16 · +168.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers---2.00 higher and Feeder heifers---Steady to 1.00 lower, Slaughter cows Steady and bulls 1.00--2.00 higher . Todays receipts 154 hd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.92/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$132.92
39 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.10
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593134.6479934
Medium and Large 2-3625121.207585thin
One grade step is worth $13.44/cwt here — about $41 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 sale39 hd
132.92
—
KY average25 barns · 2,039 hd
137.02
−4.10
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—Average1,65892.501,5332thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31369.0390611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10360.656693thin
CowsLean 85-90%High86337.873275thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450159.00/cwt159.00–159.007161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515146.57/cwt139.00–154.007552
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640143.00/cwt143.00–143.009151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690135.00/cwt135.00–135.009321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393145.00/cwt145.00–145.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445140.50/cwt140.50–140.506251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536133.00/cwt133.00–133.007134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3559122.00/cwt122.00–122.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595132.00/cwt132.00–132.007856
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3630117.00/cwt117.00–117.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637126.09/cwt125.50–128.008034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740106.00/cwt106.00–106.007841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415145.29/cwt138.00–149.006033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430131.00/cwt131.00–131.005631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521140.51/cwt138.00–141.0073212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560138.00/cwt138.00–138.007734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585111.00/cwt111.00–111.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2688128.76/cwt126.00–138.0088613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740114.00/cwt114.00–114.008441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3745116.00/cwt116.00–116.008642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2201
Bulls——1,880100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70530.00/cwt30.00–30.002121
Cows—Lean 85-90%83521.18/cwt20.00–22.001772
Cows—Lean 85-90%95552.00/cwt52.00–52.004971
Cows—Lean 85-90%98565.00/cwt65.00–65.006401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07059.50/cwt59.50–59.506371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12061.22/cwt58.50–64.506862
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,16064.50/cwt64.00–65.007482
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34770.04/cwt65.50–73.009439
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2747765.00/cwt765.00–765.005,7153
Bred Cows—Small 1-2822695.17/cwt450.00–960.005,7143
Bred Cows—Small 1-2948484.85/cwt480.00–490.004,5962
Bred Cows—Small 1-2970710.00/cwt710.00–710.006,8871
Bred Cows—Small 1-2975900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,2681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,114732.43/cwt640.00–825.008,1594
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4681,210.37/cwt1,000.00–1,340.0017,7685
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,040.04/cwt960.00–1,120.0010,8682
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0761,124.55/cwt925.00–1,260.0012,1005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,3731,416.24/cwt1,140.00–1,670.0019,4454

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.