Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-02-25

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
15 vs last sale 128 143 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
13 vs last sale 23 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
27 vs last sale 38 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and heifers ----steady. Slaughter cows 1.00 higher, bulls light test. Todays receipts 164 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.49/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$127.49
53 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.65
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3420130.8255017thin
Medium and Large 1-2553125.9269736
One grade step is worth $4.91/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale53 hd
127.49
KY average28 barns · 6,653 hd
132.14
−4.65
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
BullsLow1,48066.009771thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36457.917905thin
CowsLean 85-90%High76054.004101thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07848.745252thin

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07848.74/cwt45.00–52.005252
Bulls1,48066.00/cwt66.00–66.009771
BullsMedium and Large 2-3366136.00/cwt136.00–136.004989
BullsMedium and Large 2-3456138.50/cwt138.50–138.506328
BullsMedium and Large 2-3634119.00/cwt119.00–119.007545
BullsMedium and Large 2-3528128.00/cwt128.00–128.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583126.39/cwt117.00–128.0073714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528128.88/cwt123.00–132.5068013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660114.52/cwt113.00–119.007564
CowsLean 85-90%76054.00/cwt54.00–54.004101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32054.42/cwt53.00–56.507183
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43063.14/cwt61.00–65.509032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,0052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2444126.00/cwt126.00–126.005594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480126.00/cwt126.00–126.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3366139.00/cwt139.00–139.005099
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3448122.50/cwt122.50–122.505496
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,215650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,8981
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,345820.00/cwt820.00–820.0011,0291
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2845675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,7041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463143.35/cwt132.50–145.006648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618127.39/cwt125.50–131.007876
SteersMedium and Large 1-2763127.00/cwt127.00–127.009695
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2945490.00/cwt490.00–490.004,6311
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2905587.20/cwt350.00–700.005,3143
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195680.00/cwt680.00–680.008,1261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2451132.50/cwt132.50–132.505984
BullsMedium and Large 1-2780121.00/cwt121.00–121.009442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2422125.00/cwt125.00–125.005282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365118.00/cwt118.00–118.004312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665121.00/cwt121.00–121.008051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515133.00/cwt133.00–133.006851

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.