Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-04-05

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 5
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 109▲ 67 vs year ago 108 · +62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 13 vs year ago 17 · +76.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 17 vs year ago 25 · −68.0%
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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 $143.34/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$143.34
73 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.90
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598143.4585868
Medium and Large 2-3422141.905995thin
One grade step is worth $1.55/cwt here — about $259 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 sale73 hd
143.34
—
KY average24 barns · 6,959 hd
148.25
−4.90
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—Average1,787100.171,7903thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48185.221,2624thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16878.3691615
CowsLean 85-90%Average90268.516183thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3398167.50/cwt167.50–167.506672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475169.00/cwt169.00–169.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509171.87/cwt165.00–173.008757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565167.00/cwt167.00–167.009443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565147.74/cwt144.50–154.508353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611167.55/cwt158.00–168.751,02417
Steers—Large 2625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2344167.50/cwt167.50–167.505766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3463136.50/cwt136.50–136.506323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502160.00/cwt160.00–160.0080310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533148.69/cwt148.50–149.0079313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576140.00/cwt140.00–140.0080622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620134.50/cwt134.50–134.508342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2938119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1216
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2323190.00/cwt190.00–190.006147
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378175.61/cwt150.00–185.006644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2446185.00/cwt185.00–185.008258
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2484163.12/cwt162.50–165.007908
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534168.00/cwt168.00–168.0089721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2561139.02/cwt135.00–140.007805
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640141.88/cwt141.50–145.009089
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730126.00/cwt126.00–126.009201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1461
Bulls——1,640111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,8201
Bulls——2,305108.50/cwt108.50–108.502,5011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87864.02/cwt63.00–65.005622
Cows—Lean 85-90%95077.50/cwt77.50–77.507361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12687.76/cwt85.50–90.009884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17062.28/cwt56.50–67.507292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18777.76/cwt72.50–80.509239
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45888.43/cwt86.50–90.501,2892
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50382.00/cwt80.00–84.001,2322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2855425.00/cwt425.00–425.003,6341
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0831,007.59/cwt700.00–1,200.0010,9127

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.