Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2019-11-12

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 12
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
211 vs last sale 287 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
95 vs last sale 99 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
43 vs last sale 49 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to inclement weather conditions, a light run of cattle their is no cattle trends. Todays receipts 86 hd. Last years receipts : 697 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.33/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$115.33
30 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.28
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518116.0060126
Medium and Large 2-3487111.005414thin
One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $61 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 sale30 hd
115.33
KY average18 barns · 1,858 hd
118.61
−3.28
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,00737.783803thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,13024.002711thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470112.50/cwt112.50–112.505291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426120.00/cwt120.00–120.005114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2617109.00/cwt109.00–109.006733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2534111.32/cwt108.00–118.005949
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383126.00/cwt126.00–126.004833
BullsMedium and Large 1-2437127.00/cwt127.00–127.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385112.50/cwt112.50–112.504331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529112.98/cwt110.00–115.005983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445111.00/cwt111.00–111.004941
BullsMedium and Large 1-275597.00/cwt97.00–97.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573112.50/cwt112.50–112.506454
BullsMedium and Large 2-3487111.00/cwt110.00–114.005414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420107.00/cwt107.00–107.004491
SteersMedium and Large 1-266592.50/cwt92.50–92.506151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,147509.87/cwt490.00–540.005,8483
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,040400.00/cwt400.00–400.004,1601
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2960450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,3201
CowsLean 85-90%1,13024.00/cwt24.00–24.002711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00737.78/cwt34.00–39.503803

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.