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Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

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

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188

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Feeder Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 128 vs last sale 165▼ 86 vs year ago 123 · −69.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 82▼ 32 vs year ago 42 · −76.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 12▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to limited comparisons.

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 $244.49/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −100.44 against this barn's trailing median of $344.93.

Average price

$244.49

8 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.28

vs KY average

−13.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	244.49	1,296	8thin

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 sale8 hd

244.49

—

KY average25 barns · 1,374 hd

263.77

−19.28

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−13.31

This barn, trailing median14 sales

344.93

−100.44

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	137.00	2,000	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	133.01	1,641	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,152	123.50	1,422	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	735	$1,525	2thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,760	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	668	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	743	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	881	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	247.58/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,139	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	244.56/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,284	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,379	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	194.62/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,314	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	679	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,116	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	276.54/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,228	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	266.02/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,301	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,359	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,534	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,650	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	895	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	985	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,407	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	136.02/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,591	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,400	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,288	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,674	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,991	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	2

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 Jul 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 165Year ago 123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 82Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 12Year ago 2

No trends due to limited comparisons.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	444	270.00–290.00	276.54
4	450–500	489	258.00–270.00	266.02
1	500–550	535	254.00	254.00
5	550–600	579	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	795	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	242.50	242.50
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	450	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	259.00	259.00
2	450–500	460	240.00–255.00	247.58
7	500–550	525	242.00–245.00	244.56
1	550–600	565	244.00	244.00
2	850–900	850	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	247.50	247.50
1	300–350	330	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	675	189.00–200.00	194.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,135	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,288	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	148.00	148.00
2	—	1,170	135.00–137.00	136.02
1	—	1,250	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	137.00	137.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	735	1,525.00	1,525.00

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.