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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 27

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

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Feeder Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 89▼ 69 vs year ago 119 · −58.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 22▼ 5 vs year ago 12 · −41.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 43▼ 18 vs year ago 24 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ----1.00--2.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---1.00--2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls ---1.00 Higher. Todays receipts 63 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 $132.97/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$132.97

16 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$86

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

$2.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.43

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	409	134.43	549	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	482	131.83	635	9thin

One grade step is worth $2.60/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale16 hd

132.97

—

KY average26 barns · 4,703 hd

140.40

−7.43

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
Bulls	—	High	1,890	102.36	1,935	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,395	72.45	1,011	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,075	53.50	575	1thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	754	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	903	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	517	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	513	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	635	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	721	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	707	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	147.35/cwt	142.00–150.00	600	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	142.17/cwt	141.00–146.00	691	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,890	102.36/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,935	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	575	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	72.45/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,011	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	762.15/cwt	725.00–800.00	8,155	2

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 Jul 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 89Year ago 119

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 22Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 43Year ago 24

Compared to last week : Feeder steers ----1.00--2.00 higher and Feeder heifers ---1.00--2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls ---1.00 Higher. Todays receipts 63 hd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	142.00–150.00	147.35
5	—	486	141.00–146.00	142.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	133.00	133.00
3	—	572	126.00	126.00
2	—	380	136.00	136.00
3	—	472	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	123.00	123.00
5	—	370	140.00	140.00
1	—	435	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	150.50	150.50
4	—	493	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	53.50	53.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,395	69.00–75.00	72.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,890	99.00–105.50	102.36

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,000	750.00	750.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,070	725.00–800.00	762.15

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.