Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 10
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
36 vs last sale 53 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
6 vs last sale 22 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
10 vs last sale 4 14 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 1.00--2.00--lower and Feeder heifers --steady. Slaughter cows --3.00 higher and Slaughter bulls--1.00 higher. Todays receipts : 119 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.57/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$135.57
35 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$190
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.77
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3374139.335216thin
Medium and Large 1-2528134.8071129
One grade step is worth $4.54/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale35 hd
135.57
KY average27 barns · 2,112 hd
138.34
−2.77
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
BullsHigh1,86186.071,6024thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50459.969026thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99349.894955thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1-2460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,178600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,0682
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,1181
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2964816.46/cwt600.00–965.007,8714
CowsLean 85-90%89031.00/cwt31.00–31.002761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583132.50/cwt132.50–132.507722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,0681
Bred CowsSmall 1-2600370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2202
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69566.22/cwt60.50–70.001,1223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,138975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,0962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,115775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,6411
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2780500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,9001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31353.71/cwt48.50–58.007053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2759107.00/cwt107.00–107.008125
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515134.00/cwt134.00–134.006907
Bulls1,86186.07/cwt83.00–89.501,6024
BullsMedium and Large 1-2587125.50/cwt125.50–125.507373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2454143.70/cwt136.00–145.006527
BullsMedium and Large 2-3362140.00/cwt140.00–140.005075
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685129.00/cwt129.00–129.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379154.12/cwt140.00–157.005846
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435136.00/cwt136.00–136.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595121.00/cwt121.00–121.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638110.00/cwt110.00–110.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388136.00/cwt136.00–136.005283
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3545112.50/cwt112.50–112.506131
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2650430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,7951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523121.00/cwt121.00–121.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439130.00/cwt130.00–130.0057114
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3403132.50/cwt132.50–132.505343
CowsLean 85-90%1,01954.61/cwt53.50–56.005564

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.