Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-07-12

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
176 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 177▲ 19 vs year ago 157 · +12.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 23▲ 26 vs year ago 16 · +162.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 5▼ 24 vs year ago 27 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to the market being closed for the July 4th holiday last week. Buyers showed good demand for an average quality offering of feeder calves. The high dressing breaker cows sold very good with strong demand. The remainder of the slaughter cows were very plain and the buyer's interest was low on the offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.83/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$139.83
77 head · 615 lb average
Value per head Derived
$860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.18
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2619140.7987271
Medium and Large 2-3563128.507236thin
One grade step is worth $12.29/cwt here — about $149 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 sale77 hd
139.83
—
KY average20 barns · 5,737 hd
154.01
−14.18
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—High1,650129.502,1371thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49392.321,37828
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19078.839383thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01056.325696thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)820$7501thin

Every lot

45 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 1-2315162.50/cwt162.50–162.505121
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478157.79/cwt150.00–166.007542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507166.50/cwt166.50–166.508445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577165.00/cwt165.00–165.0095213
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,0415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0894
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288145.00/cwt145.00–145.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371140.99/cwt139.00–145.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411145.53/cwt134.00–149.005985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455146.00/cwt146.00–146.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3478130.00/cwt130.00–130.006213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529142.00/cwt142.00–142.007514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587138.78/cwt135.50–141.0081517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3647127.00/cwt127.00–127.008223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added696146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,01622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712134.00/cwt134.00–134.009542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875116.97/cwt115.00–119.001,0232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2975110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2240155.00/cwt155.00–155.003721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300172.50/cwt172.50–172.505181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330149.92/cwt145.00–155.004952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378141.61/cwt140.00–145.005353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2441160.00/cwt160.00–160.007064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485147.78/cwt143.00–149.007175
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514148.00/cwt148.00–148.007614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2544132.02/cwt126.00–135.007186
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590139.36/cwt130.00–143.008228
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672130.39/cwt120.00–133.008765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,020102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,0461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,650129.50/cwt129.50–129.502,1371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91071.00/cwt71.00–71.006461
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01357.52/cwt52.50–64.505833
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05547.19/cwt45.00–50.004982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17564.50/cwt64.50–64.507581
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18082.00/cwt82.00–82.009681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0181
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44487.39/cwt82.50–91.001,2628
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52195.25/cwt92.50–100.001,44919
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2820750.00/head750.00–750.007501

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.