Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-05-10

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, May 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 211▼ 148 vs year ago 262 · −56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 16 vs year ago 33 · −48.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 16▼ 7 vs year ago 44 · −15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Bull calves sold 2.00-4.00 higher with a good demand on all feeder calf classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.06/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$150.06
44 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.80
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579150.7887342
Medium and Large 2-3590135.007972thin
One grade step is worth $15.78/cwt here — about $76 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 sale44 hd
150.06
—
KY average25 barns · 2,110 hd
155.86
−5.80
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—Average1,460107.951,5763thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54083.311,2833thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23078.439654thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400166.00/cwt166.00–166.006642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542162.00/cwt162.00–162.008782
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3585136.00/cwt136.00–136.007961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592159.00/cwt159.00–159.009413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605156.00/cwt156.00–156.009443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678146.53/cwt144.00–152.509934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705137.00/cwt137.00–137.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779139.00/cwt138.50–140.001,0833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387172.45/cwt167.50–175.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438161.05/cwt158.00–165.007059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530143.52/cwt141.00–149.5076117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553142.67/cwt142.00–143.007893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595125.00/cwt125.00–125.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660124.99/cwt123.50–126.008255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742122.00/cwt122.00–122.009053
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280192.50/cwt192.50–192.505391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383182.50/cwt182.50–182.506992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2434164.79/cwt155.00–169.007157
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473152.48/cwt147.50–157.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531161.44/cwt159.00–162.5085710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2593148.70/cwt137.00–151.008826
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3645130.00/cwt130.00–130.008391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663145.00/cwt145.00–145.009617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740135.00/cwt135.00–135.009993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2830100.00/cwt100.00–100.008301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-287095.11/cwt90.00–100.008272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2975100.00/cwt100.00–100.009751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,243101.93/cwt97.50–106.001,2672
Bulls——1,895120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,2741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18084.00/cwt84.00–84.009911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24776.57/cwt73.50–80.009553
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54083.31/cwt80.50–85.001,2833
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045980.00/cwt980.00–980.0010,2411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0012,5351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,152.19/cwt1,090.00–1,200.0013,6532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,208996.54/cwt830.00–1,190.0012,03815
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2871780.30/cwt720.00–790.006,7967
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,4651

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.