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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 14

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Dec 7Dec 14Jan 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

83 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 114▼ 339 vs year ago 422 · −80.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 43▼ 18 vs year ago 35 · −51.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 14▼ 40 vs year ago 49 · −81.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Bull and heifer calves were steady on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Light 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 $139.41/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$139.41

39 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$6.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.86

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	506	141.14	714	29
Medium and Large 2-3	497	134.39	668	10thin

One grade step is worth $6.75/cwt here — about $46 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 sale39 hd

139.41

—

KY average24 barns · 2,541 hd

136.55

+2.86

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	—	Low	1,755	73.50	1,290	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,462	51.06	747	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	50.09	626	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	39.93	420	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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	553	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	869	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	966	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	515	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	390	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	534	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	607	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	694	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	715	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	797	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	492	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	158.86/cwt	156.00–165.00	540	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	155.33/cwt	155.00–156.00	609	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	653	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	629	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	456	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	638	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	752	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	774	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	738	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	114.44/cwt	112.00–117.00	721	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	842	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,755	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,290	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	417	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	38.91/cwt	37.00–40.00	419	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	459	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,279	50.14/cwt	46.00–52.50	641	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	748	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,457	48.72/cwt	47.50–49.50	710	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	54.57/cwt	52.50–56.50	802	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	6,992	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 Dec 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 114Year ago 422

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 43Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 14Year ago 49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	172.50	172.50
6	—	545	138.00	138.00
7	—	438	149.00	149.00
2	—	605	122.00	122.00
3	—	340	156.00–165.00	158.86
3	—	392	155.00–156.00	155.33
3	—	582	133.00	133.00
4	—	726	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	129.00	129.00
2	—	440	143.00	143.00
2	—	630	112.00–117.00	114.44
5	—	456	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	167.50	167.50
1	—	595	146.00	146.00
2	—	705	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	137.00	137.00
5	—	664	120.00	120.00
8	—	528	131.00–132.00	131.50
7	—	363	142.00	142.00
5	—	577	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	137.00	137.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	760.00	760.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	73.50	73.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	57.50	57.50
1	—	1,080	42.50	42.50
4	—	1,279	46.00–52.50	50.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	52.50–56.50	54.57
3	—	1,457	47.50–49.50	48.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	43.00	43.00
3	—	1,078	37.00–40.00	38.91

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.