Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2023-02-07

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 234▲ 77 vs year ago 75 · +102.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 24▲ 48 vs year ago 10 · +480.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 54▲ 7 vs year ago 9 · +77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to previous sale history.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.91/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$160.91
75 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.71
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490162.7079770
Medium and Large 2-3532135.907235thin
One grade step is worth $26.80/cwt here — about $74 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 sale75 hd
160.91
—
KY average23 barns · 4,734 hd
163.62
−2.71
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—Average1,04886.019014thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59498.401,5683thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25677.2797125
CowsLean 85-90%Low96268.3365723

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$1,0072thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$8801thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,023$8612thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$9601thin

Every lot

53 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 1-2Fancy265214.91/cwt212.50–217.505702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285180.00/cwt180.00–180.005131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325207.50/cwt207.50–207.506741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy444201.00/cwt201.00–201.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485184.00/cwt184.00–184.008921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520192.00/cwt192.00–192.009985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920105.00/cwt105.00–105.009661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290161.25/cwt160.00–162.504682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330172.50/cwt172.50–172.505691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy343182.73/cwt180.00–183.0062710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3345152.50/cwt152.50–152.505261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365174.00/cwt174.00–174.006353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426162.50/cwt162.50–162.506927
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440142.50/cwt142.50–142.506271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466165.18/cwt162.00–175.0077016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514161.79/cwt155.00–169.0083217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3515132.00/cwt132.00–132.006801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640142.50/cwt142.50–142.509121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666148.00/cwt148.00–148.009865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701137.00/cwt137.00–137.009605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2853134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,1472
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330190.00/cwt190.00–190.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365137.50/cwt137.50–137.505021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433202.50/cwt202.50–202.508774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3504130.00/cwt130.00–130.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532178.24/cwt175.00–181.0094811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578153.97/cwt148.00–160.008902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579174.64/cwt172.50–175.001,0117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645157.24/cwt150.00–159.001,0145
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2773146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3800141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——97782.85/cwt80.00–86.008093
Bulls——1,26095.50/cwt95.50–95.501,2031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88253.60/cwt50.00–56.004733
Cows—Lean 85-90%97073.69/cwt72.00–77.0071510
Cows—Lean 85-90%97867.39/cwt60.00–71.0065910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21868.21/cwt67.00–71.008316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25977.17/cwt73.50–84.0097213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28886.54/cwt80.00–96.001,1156
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523103.60/cwt100.00–107.001,5782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5271
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2865850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,023860.90/head660.00–990.008612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090880.00/head880.00–880.008801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,007.20/head730.00–1,225.001,0072
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,075960.00/head960.00–960.009601

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.