Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2021-10-19

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
213 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 204▲ 91 vs year ago 122 · +74.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 23▼ 13 vs year ago 27 · −48.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 13▼ 6 vs year ago 33 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls not well tested. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.98/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$125.98
80 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$15.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.47
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543129.6270449
Medium and Large 2-3516121.4662726
Large 1562113.806405thin
One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $64 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 sale80 hd
125.98
—
KY average25 barns · 2,328 hd
131.45
−5.47
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—Average1,85072.941,3493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17049.505791thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00343.754392thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285172.50/cwt172.50–172.504921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005601
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503142.00/cwt142.00–142.007144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612133.32/cwt130.00–135.008163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713132.00/cwt132.00–132.009413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,065119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364128.50/cwt128.50–128.504687
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420126.00/cwt126.00–126.005293
Heifers—Large 1436123.50/cwt123.50–123.505384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2448131.50/cwt131.50–131.5058911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513120.00/cwt120.00–120.0061612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584115.50/cwt115.50–115.506758
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595113.00/cwt113.00–113.006721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605113.00/cwt113.00–113.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657109.00/cwt109.00–109.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675104.00/cwt104.00–104.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3719103.00/cwt103.00–103.007414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734118.25/cwt118.25–118.2586810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758117.50/cwt117.50–117.508917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2950111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0552
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2205165.00/cwt165.00–165.003382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2377146.71/cwt145.00–151.0055310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3438137.50/cwt137.50–137.506026
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3462122.56/cwt118.00–126.005667
Bulls—Large 1512115.00/cwt115.00–115.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528136.50/cwt136.50–136.5072115
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3561115.00/cwt115.00–115.006459
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595121.22/cwt121.00–122.007219
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3628110.00/cwt110.00–110.006914
Bulls—Large 1638112.00/cwt112.00–112.007152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2661117.00/cwt117.00–117.007736
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2739102.00/cwt102.00–102.007547
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,85072.94/cwt67.50–78.001,3493
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99549.00/cwt49.00–49.004881
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01038.50/cwt38.50–38.503891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17049.50/cwt49.50–49.505791
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,119830.82/cwt790.00–880.009,2972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,260875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,500960.00/cwt960.00–960.0014,4001

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.