Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-02-18

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
10 vs last sale 118 128 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
15 vs last sale 8 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
27 vs last sale 11 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers--Steady to 2.00 higher and Feeder heifers --Steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows --steady to 3.00 higher-- bulls--2.00 higher. Todays receipts 189 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.26/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$128.26
36 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.64
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2501130.3065322
Medium and Large 2-3478125.0759814thin
One grade step is worth $5.22/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 sale36 hd
128.26
KY average28 barns · 4,683 hd
127.63
+0.64
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
BullsAverage1,85879.501,4772thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29758.3975714
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11347.195257thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04530.503192thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564147.33/cwt144.00–149.008316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790125.00/cwt125.00–125.009881
CowsLean 85-90%1,18035.00/cwt35.00–35.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007152
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004815
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3526125.00/cwt125.00–125.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3458128.00/cwt128.00–128.005862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448130.00/cwt130.00–130.005822
Bulls1,54072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1091
Bulls2,17587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,8921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11347.19/cwt42.00–52.005257
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33254.99/cwt51.00–58.507326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27160.94/cwt57.00–63.007758
CowsLean 85-90%91026.00/cwt26.00–26.002371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595130.00/cwt130.00–130.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523132.00/cwt132.00–132.006908
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579126.50/cwt126.50–126.507325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363137.00/cwt137.00–137.004975
BullsMedium and Large 1-2452150.00/cwt150.00–150.006789
BullsMedium and Large 1-2511143.67/cwt142.00–144.0073412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,3641
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2910450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,0951
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2953686.68/cwt625.00–750.006,5442
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2705580.00/cwt580.00–580.004,0891
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2930597.50/cwt570.00–625.005,5572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250685.75/cwt625.00–750.008,5722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,175764.75/cwt650.00–850.008,9863
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2990825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,1681
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2925850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,8631
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2975900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,7751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2903725.21/cwt700.00–750.006,5492
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2965950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,1681
Bred CowsSmall 2-3725325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2548130.00/cwt130.00–130.007122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695130.00/cwt130.00–130.009042
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,3651,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0013,7871
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,4851,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0017,2261
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,7251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,190908.04/cwt850.00–975.0010,8062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618116.51/cwt116.00–117.007202

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.