Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-08-03

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 3
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 50▼ 36 vs year ago 119 · −30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 7▼ 22 vs year ago 38 · −57.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 6▲ 18 vs year ago 3 · +600.0%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.24/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$128.24
43 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$42.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.10
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592130.6077340
Large 1555102.505691thin
Medium 2480100.004801thin
Medium and Large 2-386588.007611thin
One grade step is worth $42.60/cwt here — about $12 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 sale43 hd
128.24
—
KY average26 barns · 1,857 hd
137.34
−9.10
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,67575.001,2561thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15870.8282010
CowsLean 85-90%Average86039.013363thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,095120.001,3141thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520145.28/cwt142.00–148.507552
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716134.58/cwt121.00–139.009648
Steers—Medium and Large 1-289096.00/cwt96.00–96.008541
Steers—Large 192092.00/cwt92.00–92.008461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455127.00/cwt127.00–127.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479143.39/cwt141.50–145.006879
Heifers—Medium 3520107.50/cwt107.50–107.505591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579123.72/cwt121.00–128.007167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635121.00/cwt121.00–121.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 370562.46/cwt57.50–67.504402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-274592.00/cwt92.00–92.006851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2135180.00/cwt180.00–180.002431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365145.00/cwt145.00–145.005291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy388162.00/cwt162.00–162.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410149.00/cwt149.00–149.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450149.00/cwt149.00–149.006711
Bulls—Medium 2480100.00/cwt100.00–100.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522139.98/cwt130.00–142.507315
Bulls—Large 1555102.50/cwt102.50–102.505691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580134.02/cwt128.00–137.007778
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626126.37/cwt125.50–130.007915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2683119.14/cwt117.00–120.008147
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2734114.00/cwt114.00–114.008375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770103.00/cwt103.00–103.007931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2825102.99/cwt102.00–104.008502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-386588.00/cwt88.00–88.007611
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 355580.00/cwt80.00–80.004441
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,095120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3141
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82051.00/cwt51.00–51.004181
Cows—Lean 85-90%88033.02/cwt31.00–35.002912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10568.28/cwt65.00–73.007546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23874.62/cwt74.50–75.009244
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2703630.60/cwt580.00–670.004,4332
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2770435.00/cwt435.00–435.003,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2865477.51/cwt300.00–670.004,1302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,011798.13/cwt585.00–975.008,0697
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090885.00/cwt885.00–885.009,6471
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200925.05/cwt810.00–1,080.0011,1017

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.