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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 2

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

162 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 211▲ 50 vs year ago 112 · +44.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 40▼ 46 vs year ago 56 · −82.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 41▼ 7 vs year ago 34 · −20.6%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −118.68 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$226.25

4 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,248

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$51.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.68

vs KY average

−44.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	239.17	1,300	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	187.50	1,078	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.67/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

226.25

—

KY average25 barns · 1,406 hd

254.93

−28.68

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−44.34

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

−118.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.80, low $301.75, median $344.93 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,575	147.00	2,315	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	135.94	2,093	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	850	122.02	1,037	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,025	122.00	1,251	4thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,632	19

Every lot

30 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	822	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	548	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,014	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,464	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	711	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,009	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	247.80/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,048	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,081	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,266	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,370	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,078	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,203	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	205.03/cwt	202.50–207.50	1,411	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,059	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	368	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	966	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,334	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	273.41/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,455	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,620	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,556	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	345	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	925	48
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	420	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,130	40
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,575	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,315	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	128.53/cwt	127.00–130.00	990	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	900	113.57/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,022	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,101	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	130.43/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,500	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	135.94/cwt	135.00–137.00	2,093	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	1,631.54/head	1,275.00–1,800.00	1,632	19

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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 211Year ago 112

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 40Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 41Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
48	300–350	345	268.00	268.00
40	400–450	420	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	350	302.50	302.50
5	450–500	456	292.50	292.50
8	500–550	532	262.50–275.00	273.41
2	600–650	648	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	750	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	262.50	262.50
2	550–600	595	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	388	260.00	260.00
8	400–450	423	245.00–250.00	247.80
2	500–550	533	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	565	242.50	242.50
2	650–700	688	202.50–207.50	205.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	197.50	197.50
1	450–500	465	232.50	232.50
1	550–600	575	187.50	187.50
3	650–700	650	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	563	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	126.00–134.00	130.43
2	—	900	111.00–116.00	113.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	135.00–137.00	135.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	109.00	109.00
2	—	770	127.00–130.00	128.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	147.00	147.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	19	—	1,075	1,275.00–1,800.00	1,631.54

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.