Name: Bowling Green Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers :2.00-4.00 lower and Feeders heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower and Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Todays receipts 161 hd. Last years receipts 566 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.98/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$117.98

52 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$1.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.63

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	118.54	640	35
Medium and Large 2-3	500	116.83	584	17thin

One grade step is worth $1.71/cwt here — about $55 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 sale52 hd

117.98

—

KY average27 barns · 2,819 hd

122.61

−4.63

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,711	81.50	1,394	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,261	53.51	675	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,123	44.30	497	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	41.61	432	5thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	608	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	110.92/cwt	109.00–115.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	709	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	719	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	129.34/cwt	124.00–132.00	895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	670	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	110.32/cwt	109.00–112.00	651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	37.86/cwt	35.00–43.00	421	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	47.23/cwt	46.00–48.50	437	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	54.91/cwt	49.00–58.50	717	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,185	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	551	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	44.30/cwt	43.00–47.00	497	5
Bulls	—	—	1,711	81.50/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,394	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,195	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	119.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	509	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	442	122.06/cwt	110.00–125.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	111.07/cwt	108.00–114.00	574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	129.63/cwt	126.00–130.00	555	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	359	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	448	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	479	2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Bowling Green, KY

Tue Sep 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 132Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	117.00	117.00
7	—	663	108.50	108.50
6	—	573	117.00	117.00
3	—	645	108.50	108.50
11	—	428	126.00–130.00	129.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	109.00–115.00	110.92
1	—	750	93.00	93.00
1	—	730	88.00	88.00
1	—	670	86.00	86.00
1	—	625	101.00	101.00
5	—	442	110.00–125.00	122.06
5	—	359	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	107.00	107.00
1	—	613	100.00	100.00
1	—	487	120.00	120.00
9	—	590	109.00–112.00	110.32
1	—	385	124.00	124.00
9	—	426	115.00–120.00	119.45
4	—	517	108.00–114.00	111.07
2	—	728	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	709	89.00	89.00
1	—	520	95.00	95.00
5	—	367	110.00	110.00
2	—	563	100.00	100.00
2	—	448	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	124.00–132.00	129.34
1	—	645	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	35.00–43.00	37.86
2	—	925	46.00–48.50	47.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	49.00–58.50	54.91
2	—	1,185	46.50	46.50
1	—	1,195	60.50	60.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,123	43.00–47.00	44.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,711	81.00–82.00	81.50

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.

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