Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-03-03

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
90 vs last sale 143 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
12 vs last sale 10 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
7 vs last sale 11 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : No trends due to muddy conditions , light run. Todays receipts : 79 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.50/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$119.50
14 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$89
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.42
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3448124.675586thin
Medium and Large 1-2559115.636478thin
One grade step is worth $9.03/cwt here — about −$89 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 sale14 hd
119.50
KY average28 barns · 3,391 hd
127.92
−8.42
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
BullsAverage1,86289.581,6686thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42758.248314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08247.805175thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92235.973323thin

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 1-2525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006832
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575122.00/cwt122.00–122.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008102
BullsMedium and Large 1-2768105.00/cwt105.00–105.008062
BullsMedium and Large 1-297097.50/cwt97.50–97.509462
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,040460.00/cwt460.00–460.004,7841
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2683570.00/cwt570.00–570.003,8933
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-350361.00/cwt61.00–61.003075
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578118.00/cwt118.00–118.006822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2788122.00/cwt122.00–122.009612
SteersMedium and Large 2-3453123.00/cwt123.00–123.005572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645128.00/cwt128.00–128.008261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,233849.05/cwt740.00–950.0010,4692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448128.00/cwt128.00–128.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487124.02/cwt123.00–124.506043
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3453123.00/cwt123.00–123.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635103.00/cwt103.00–103.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665107.00/cwt107.00–107.007121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-281887.00/cwt87.00–87.007121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38561.50/cwt61.50–61.508522
CowsLean 85-90%82032.00/cwt32.00–32.002621
CowsLean 85-90%97337.95/cwt35.00–41.003692
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620102.00/cwt102.00–102.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004622
BullsMedium and Large 1-291592.50/cwt92.50–92.508464
Bulls1,90077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,4631
Bulls1,85492.09/cwt83.00–98.001,7075
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05050.50/cwt50.50–50.505301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09047.12/cwt42.00–49.505144
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46854.97/cwt53.00–56.508072

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.