Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2023-02-14

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 14
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 152▲ 97 vs year ago 91 · +106.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 58▼ 5 vs year ago 22 · −22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were up 3-4 with greater demand for lighter 250-400lbs steers. Feeder heifers were up sharply 5-6 with good buyer demand for them. Slaughter cattle were steady with light test due to low receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.00/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$193.00
82 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.26
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594193.001,14682
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale82 hd
193.00
—
KY average24 barns · 6,703 hd
184.75
+8.26
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—Average1,782115.342,0567thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61392.511,4922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25481.461,0226thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05551.055392thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265215.17/cwt213.00–217.505702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300227.50/cwt227.50–227.506831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy383225.00/cwt225.00–225.008627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395212.50/cwt212.50–212.508391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy499220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,09810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582200.28/cwt192.00–203.001,16616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635177.21/cwt174.50–179.501,12517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,23710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,29611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy337193.36/cwt191.00–200.0065211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445180.00/cwt180.00–180.008016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460175.00/cwt172.50–177.508052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512176.71/cwt173.00–178.0090514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3515150.00/cwt150.00–150.007731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566169.38/cwt167.00–171.5095924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619158.00/cwt158.00–158.009784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0739
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660144.00/cwt144.00–144.009502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715131.00/cwt131.00–131.009371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2845106.25/cwt102.50–110.008982
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320207.50/cwt207.50–207.506641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373207.50/cwt207.50–207.507742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445199.00/cwt199.00–199.008866
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485198.00/cwt198.00–198.009604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500177.00/cwt177.00–177.008851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505177.00/cwt177.00–177.008941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,560107.05/cwt98.00–115.001,6703
Bulls——1,949121.56/cwt120.00–125.002,3694
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05551.05/cwt47.50–54.505392
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24374.00/cwt73.50–74.509202
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26085.19/cwt79.50–89.001,0734
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61392.51/cwt92.00–93.001,4922

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.