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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 16

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Nov 9Nov 16Nov 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

127 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 222▼ 62 vs year ago 189 · −32.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 31▲ 24 vs year ago 46 · +52.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.46/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$129.46

23 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$1.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.77

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	453	131.00	593	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	524	129.31	677	21

One grade step is worth $1.69/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale23 hd

129.46

—

KY average25 barns · 3,417 hd

130.22

−0.77

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	1,964	89.01	1,748	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,432	53.57	767	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	53.08	680	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,129	43.99	497	6thin

Every lot

22 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	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	613	117.30/cwt	116.00–120.00	719	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,103	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	124.40/cwt	124.00–124.50	633	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	710	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	577	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	564	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	628	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	127.79/cwt	126.00–130.50	672	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	708	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,942	88.35/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,716	3
Bulls	—	—	2,030	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,847	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	430	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,105	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	674	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	44.79/cwt	42.00–47.50	511	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,278	51.72/cwt	50.00–53.50	661	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	755	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,369	48.94/cwt	47.50–50.50	670	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	54.49/cwt	50.50–57.50	806	12

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 Nov 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 222Year ago 189

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 31Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	526	126.00–130.50	127.79
2	—	363	159.00	159.00
3	—	738	96.00	96.00
4	—	436	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	137.50	137.50
1	—	495	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	127.50	127.50
1	—	560	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	116.00–120.00	117.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	130.00	130.00
5	—	587	121.00	121.00
5	—	509	124.00–124.50	124.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,278	50.00–53.50	51.72
1	—	1,290	58.50	58.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	61.00	61.00
4	—	1,369	47.50–50.50	48.94
12	—	1,480	50.50–57.50	54.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	40.00	40.00
5	—	1,140	42.00–47.50	44.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,942	88.00–89.00	88.35
1	—	2,030	91.00	91.00

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.