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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 7

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Nov 30Dec 7Dec 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 126▼ 63 vs year ago 177 · −35.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

43 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 50▲ 14 vs year ago 29 · +48.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 7 vs year ago 21 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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 $131.96/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$131.96

50 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$2.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.68

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	583	132.85	774	32
Medium and Large 2-3	442	130.39	576	18thin

One grade step is worth $2.46/cwt here — about $198 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 sale50 hd

131.96

—

KY average25 barns · 7,699 hd

132.64

−0.68

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	1,585	90.00	1,427	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	55.48	830	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,289	51.70	667	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,128	37.78	426	4thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	543	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	466	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	372	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	506	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	700	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	753	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	132.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	828	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	693	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	832	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	748	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	928	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	503	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	360	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	638	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	451	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	631	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	508	130.49/cwt	129.00–132.00	663	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	711	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	804	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	115.91/cwt	105.00–127.00	724	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	882	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	107.48/cwt	106.00–109.00	785	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,427	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	37.78/cwt	34.00–41.50	426	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	53.75/cwt	53.50–54.00	669	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	593	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	810	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,404	49.58/cwt	45.00–52.00	696	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	860	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,519	56.38/cwt	52.50–60.00	856	20
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	924.89/cwt	900.00–950.00	10,498	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 Dec 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 126Year ago 177

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 50Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 16Year ago 21

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	145.00	145.00
15	—	626	130.00–135.00	132.28
4	—	566	133.00	133.00
9	—	526	133.00	133.00
2	—	748	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	120.00	120.00
9	—	445	128.00	128.00
1	—	335	139.00	139.00
6	—	372	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	600	134.00	134.00
2	—	665	127.00	127.00
6	—	446	143.00	143.00
7	—	729	121.00	121.00
8	—	527	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	129.00–132.00	130.49
1	—	340	148.00	148.00
2	—	625	105.00–127.00	115.91
2	—	730	106.00–109.00	107.48
5	—	451	140.00	140.00
1	—	360	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	175.00	175.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,135	900.00–950.00	924.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	60.00	60.00
2	—	1,303	45.50	45.50
2	—	1,245	53.50–54.00	53.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,519	52.50–60.00	56.38
1	—	1,410	61.00	61.00
4	—	1,404	45.00–52.00	49.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,128	34.00–41.50	37.78

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.