Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2022-10-11

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Oct 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 174▼ 14 vs year ago 204 · −6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 26▲ 33 vs year ago 23 · +143.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 2 vs year ago 13 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: No test on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher and bull calves were 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.67/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$130.67
93 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.40
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557131.4873389
Medium and Large 2-3514112.755804thin
One grade step is worth $18.73/cwt here — about $153 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 sale93 hd
130.67
—
KY average25 barns · 5,178 hd
144.08
−13.40
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—Average1,799110.341,98513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55772.971,13623
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27465.9184011
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13353.296048thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$9301thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$8272thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,088$6232thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)865$5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)916$1,0001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)917$8044thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)880$5401thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0663
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363131.14/cwt120.00–135.004768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434133.00/cwt133.00–133.005779
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3488116.00/cwt116.00–116.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519132.72/cwt120.00–134.0068923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525109.00/cwt109.00–109.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606134.17/cwt130.00–140.0081334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668124.69/cwt110.00–126.0083312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379150.80/cwt143.00–162.505729
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2447164.00/cwt164.00–164.007338
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3468118.65/cwt115.00–122.505552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520144.87/cwt131.00–146.0075313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574136.42/cwt124.00–142.0078315
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3574119.15/cwt117.50–120.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673131.23/cwt120.00–132.5088319
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2732127.39/cwt124.00–128.0093213
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,678108.97/cwt105.00–110.001,8295
Bulls——1,870113.94/cwt113.50–114.002,1317
Bulls——1,91092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,7571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09345.23/cwt45.00–45.504942
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14655.97/cwt52.00–60.006416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26048.47/cwt45.00–52.006112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27769.79/cwt68.00–72.508919
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55772.97/cwt68.00–77.501,13623
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29161,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2865500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990930.00/head930.00–930.009301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,088827.01/head700.00–950.008272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,088622.67/head580.00–660.006232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2880540.00/head540.00–540.005401
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2917804.17/head740.00–860.008044

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.