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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 16

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

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Feeder Cattle receipts

93 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 79▼ 21 vs year ago 114 · −18.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 28▼ 54 vs year ago 61 · −88.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 25▲ 18 vs year ago 32 · +56.3%

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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 $234.72/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −110.21 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$234.72

9 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.06

vs KY average

−29.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	585	234.72	1,374	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

234.72

—

KY average25 barns · 1,598 hd

254.78

−20.06

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−29.80

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

−110.21

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	1,580	151.00	2,386	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,219	125.60	1,531	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	875	100.15	876	3thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,242	$1,906	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,038	$1,850	3thin
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	953	$1,800	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	968	$1,775	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,082	$1,762	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,003	$1,746	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,599	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,014	$1,561	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	930	$1,400	1thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	277	316.99/cwt	310.00–320.00	878	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	798	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,253	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,257	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	468	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,416	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	525	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,588	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	277.57/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,493	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,535	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,860	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	729	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	853	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	947	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,028	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	442	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,094	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	232.91/cwt	232.50–234.00	1,130	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,256	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,389	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	902	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,827	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,326	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,331	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,240	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	257.15/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,378	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,318	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,667	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,516	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	229.16/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,528	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,580	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,386	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	100.15/cwt	98.00–102.00	876	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,285	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	128.90/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,660	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	953	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	968	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,003	1,745.85/head	1,250.00–2,100.00	1,746	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,014	1,561.47/head	1,200.00–1,675.00	1,561	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	1,850.48/head	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,850	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	1,599.07/head	1,450.00–1,875.00	1,599	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,082	1,762.37/head	1,475.00–1,875.00	1,762	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,242	1,905.83/head	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,906	14

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 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 79Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 28Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 25Year ago 32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	875	98.00–102.00	100.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	128.00–130.00	128.90
1	—	1,080	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	151.00	151.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	272.50	272.50
1	550–600	555	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	455	292.50	292.50
7	500–550	536	255.00–257.50	257.15
1	550–600	585	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	625	242.50	242.50
3	650–700	667	227.50–230.00	229.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	310.00–320.00	316.99
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
4	350–400	374	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	445	282.50	282.50
2	500–550	538	272.50–282.50	277.57
1	600–650	620	247.50	247.50
3	750–800	767	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	545	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	302.50	302.50
1	500–550	525	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	270.00	270.00
2	300–350	328	260.00	260.00
6	350–400	375	252.50	252.50
2	400–450	433	237.50	237.50
7	450–500	485	232.50–234.00	232.91
1	500–550	540	232.50	232.50
8	550–600	591	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
3	900–950	902	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	442	247.50	247.50

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 (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,038	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,850.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	953	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	—	1,242	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,905.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	968	1,775.00	1,775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,014	1,200.00–1,675.00	1,561.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,082	1,475.00–1,875.00	1,762.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,003	1,250.00–2,100.00	1,745.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,080	1,450.00–1,875.00	1,599.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,900.00	1,900.00

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.