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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 15

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Mar 8Mar 15Apr 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 86▼ 84 vs year ago 193 · −43.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 3 vs year ago 23 · −13.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 11▼ 94 vs year ago 108 · −87.0%

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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 $143.15/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$143.15

47 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$30.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.17

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	519	144.45	749	45
Large 2	600	114.00	684	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.45/cwt here — about $65 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 sale47 hd

143.15

—

KY average25 barns · 5,286 hd

144.33

−1.17

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	1,625	99.00	1,609	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,659	82.20	1,364	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	70.50	849	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	843	42.50	358	2thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	727	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	805	4
Steers	—	Large 2	515	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	731	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,043	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	401	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	145.66/cwt	145.00–146.00	674	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	152.39/cwt	137.00–154.00	805	10
Heifers	—	Large 2	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	140.39/cwt	139.00–140.50	825	13
Heifers	—	Large 2	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	847	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	178.04/cwt	176.00–180.00	680	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	693	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	150.60/cwt	149.00–151.00	700	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	147.55/cwt	146.00–148.00	763	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	895	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	883	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	925	3
Bulls	—	Large 2	723	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	759	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	888	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,625	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,609	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	715	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	229	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	514	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	67.03/cwt	66.00–68.00	786	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	72.51/cwt	71.00–76.00	854	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	81.69/cwt	80.00–83.50	1,017	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	622	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,659	82.20/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,364	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	748	543.48/cwt	510.00–625.00	4,065	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,162	810.42/cwt	720.00–960.00	9,417	9

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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 86Year ago 193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 11Year ago 108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	382	176.00–180.00	178.04
5	—	465	149.00–151.00	150.60
7	—	587	152.50	152.50
3	—	447	155.00	155.00
1	—	640	138.00	138.00
2	—	728	122.00	122.00
14	—	517	146.00–148.00	147.55
3	—	670	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	128.00	128.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	127.00	127.00
17	—	463	145.00–146.00	145.66
10	—	528	137.00–154.00	152.39
13	—	588	139.00–140.50	140.39
2	—	273	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	157.50	157.50
3	—	732	142.50	142.50
1	—	650	145.00	145.00
2	—	463	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	142.00	142.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	748	510.00–625.00	543.48

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)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	—	1,162	720.00–960.00	810.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	32.00	32.00
1	—	970	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,178	71.00–76.00	72.51
2	—	1,245	80.00–83.50	81.69
1	—	1,270	49.00	49.00
2	—	1,173	66.00–68.00	67.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,659	80.00–83.00	82.20

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.