Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-08-06

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 6
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
147 vs last sale 243 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
19 vs last sale 37 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 20 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeders steers 2.00-3.00 lower and Feeder heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady and Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.75/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$126.75
33 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$30
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.99
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503129.3665127
Medium and Large 3533122.006502thin
Medium and Large 2-3611111.506814thin
One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale33 hd
126.75
KY average25 barns · 5,627 hd
132.74
−5.99
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
BullsHigh1,85894.311,7528thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33564.258582thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average97247.814653thin
CowsLean 85-90%High92047.064335thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325153.00/cwt153.00–153.004971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509130.00/cwt130.00–130.006628
BullsMedium and Large 1-2503137.50/cwt137.50–137.5069215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48565.00/cwt65.00–65.009651
CowsLean 85-90%1,02256.50/cwt56.00–57.005772
CowsLean 85-90%85240.76/cwt37.50–45.003473
Bulls1,85894.31/cwt88.00–98.501,7528
CowsBoner 80-85%97247.81/cwt44.00–51.504653
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18563.50/cwt63.50–63.507521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,237861.28/cwt710.00–975.0010,6546
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2975610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,9481
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2785500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,9251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-29051,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,1811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,315655.51/cwt600.00–700.008,6202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2459134.00/cwt134.00–134.006159
BullsMedium and Large 2-3735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465149.50/cwt149.50–149.506952
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430133.00/cwt133.00–133.005721
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3710111.00/cwt111.00–111.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008642
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3624110.00/cwt110.00–110.006862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335130.57/cwt129.00–134.004373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583129.00/cwt129.00–129.007523
HeifersMedium and Large 3533122.00/cwt122.00–122.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007504
BullsMedium and Large 1-2436150.00/cwt150.00–150.006545

How this sale compares

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.