Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-02-15

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 75▲ 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 10▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 9▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.41/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$145.41
52 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$24.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.66
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523146.8176749
Large 2600122.507353thin
One grade step is worth $24.31/cwt here — about $32 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 sale52 hd
145.41
—
KY average25 barns · 6,185 hd
149.07
−3.66
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—High1,870104.251,9492thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57680.051,2617thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19969.698369thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96860.015813thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2303190.00/cwt190.00–190.005763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395162.50/cwt162.50–162.506421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420167.50/cwt167.50–167.507043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515160.00/cwt160.00–160.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680142.50/cwt142.50–142.509691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371149.27/cwt149.00–150.005547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429152.00/cwt152.00–152.006525
Heifers—Large 2435127.50/cwt127.50–127.505551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462150.00/cwt150.00–150.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518150.09/cwt147.00–163.0077710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590143.80/cwt139.00–146.0084815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631141.00/cwt141.00–141.008905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683138.00/cwt138.00–138.009432
Heifers—Large 2683120.00/cwt120.00–120.008202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360176.62/cwt175.00–177.506363
Bulls—Large 2380165.00/cwt165.00–165.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2436180.00/cwt180.00–180.007856
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511161.09/cwt150.00–162.0082313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2599152.50/cwt152.50–152.509134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2638149.00/cwt149.00–149.009512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755122.50/cwt122.50–122.509251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,815109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,9871
Bulls——1,92599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,9061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96860.01/cwt56.00–64.005813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14359.82/cwt55.00–63.006844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15382.38/cwt80.00–85.009502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30574.40/cwt72.50–76.009713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55575.60/cwt68.00–79.001,1763
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59183.38/cwt82.00–84.501,3274
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3651,369.21/cwt1,325.00–1,410.0018,6902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,164997.04/cwt685.00–1,175.0011,6066
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,312933.01/cwt740.00–1,130.0012,2417
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830734.76/cwt440.00–1,200.006,0997

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.