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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 24

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Aug 17Aug 24Sep 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 113▼ 132 vs year ago 216 · −61.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 11▼ 2 vs year ago 13 · −15.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 39▲ 4 vs year ago 5 · +80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test. Light supply of all classes with moderate demand.

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 $138.53/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$138.53

44 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$71

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

$12.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.26

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	466	141.27	659	34
Medium and Large 2-3	565	129.24	730	10thin

One grade step is worth $12.03/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale44 hd

138.53

—

KY average27 barns · 4,247 hd

140.79

−2.26

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	—	Average	1,640	85.00	1,394	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	63.43	932	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,073	59.75	641	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,168	56.95	665	2thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,056	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,229	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	537	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	145.44/cwt	145.00–145.50	624	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	696	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	545	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	728	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	128.97/cwt	128.00–132.00	754	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	745	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	842	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	694	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	727	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	780	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	583	130.01/cwt	126.00–131.00	758	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	132.75/cwt	128.00–137.50	867	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	907	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,640	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,394	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	975	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	653	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	56.95/cwt	56.00–58.00	665	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	614	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	63.43/cwt	62.50–64.50	932	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,894	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 Aug 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 113Year ago 216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 11Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 39Year ago 5

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test. Light supply of all classes with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
1	—	505	135.00	135.00
5	—	583	126.00–131.00	130.01
2	—	485	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	150.00	150.00
2	—	803	113.00	113.00
6	—	512	142.00	142.00
1	—	390	160.00	160.00
3	—	567	137.50	137.50
4	—	653	128.00–137.50	132.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
1	—	945	130.00	130.00
1	—	760	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
3	—	455	138.00	138.00
1	—	745	113.00	113.00
4	—	585	128.00–132.00	128.97
1	—	545	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	512	136.00	136.00
16	—	429	145.00–145.50	145.44
4	—	373	144.00	144.00
4	—	595	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	1,125.00	1,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	67.00	67.00
1	—	1,170	52.50	52.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	56.00–58.00	56.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	62.50–64.50	63.43

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.