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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 2

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Jul 26Aug 2Aug 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 163▼ 8 vs year ago 83 · −9.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 29▼ 2 vs year ago 16 · −12.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No test due to low receipts. Demand for the all classes of feeder cattle was good. Buyer interest in slaughter cows and bulls remained low.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $155.19/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$155.19

33 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$62.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.22

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	565	157.07	887	32
Medium and Large 2-3	925	95.00	879	1thin

One grade step is worth $62.07/cwt here — about $8 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 sale33 hd

155.19

—

KY average25 barns · 1,814 hd

149.97

+5.22

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	1,811	119.17	2,158	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	84.45	1,263	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	69.50	864	2thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	936	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	149.69/cwt	145.00–152.00	958	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,059	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	378	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	730	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	835	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	836	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	908	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	930	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	310	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	605	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	802	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	159.10/cwt	148.00–168.00	838	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	921	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	848	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	943	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	900	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	879	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	111.93/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,645	2
Bulls	—	—	1,947	122.06/cwt	120.00–125.00	2,377	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	690	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,049	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	84.45/cwt	79.50–88.00	1,263	4

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 Aug 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 163Year ago 83

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 29Year ago 16

Compared to last Tuesday: No test due to low receipts. Demand for the all classes of feeder cattle was good. Buyer interest in slaughter cows and bulls remained low.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	141.00	141.00
1	—	280	135.00	135.00
1	—	615	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	166.00	166.00
3	—	762	122.00	122.00
3	—	597	140.00	140.00
11	—	525	159.00	159.00
4	—	663	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	145.00–152.00	149.69
1	—	725	146.00	146.00
1	—	435	185.00	185.00
2	—	585	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	662	142.50	142.50
2	—	448	179.00	179.00
2	—	640	130.00–135.00	132.48
1	—	750	120.00	120.00
13	—	579	159.00	159.00
7	—	527	148.00–168.00	159.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	58.00	58.00
1	—	1,295	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,495	79.50–88.00	84.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	110.00–114.00	111.93
5	—	1,947	120.00–125.00	122.06

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.