Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-03-17

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
32 vs last sale 89 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
2 vs last sale 16 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
5 vs last sale 14 9 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-----Sharply lower----Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Todays receipts : 84 hd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.64/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$106.64
25 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.55
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506107.5654423
Medium and Large 2-354396.005212thin
One grade step is worth $11.56/cwt here — about $23 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 sale25 hd
106.64
KY average27 barns · 5,524 hd
121.18
−14.55
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
BullsHigh2,24588.001,9761thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,25856.187078thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low92045.204166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13643.054894thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2470135.00/cwt135.00–135.006353
BullsMedium and Large 2-365085.00/cwt85.00–85.005531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445129.00/cwt129.00–129.005742
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465127.00/cwt127.00–127.005911
Bulls2,24588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,9761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514120.00/cwt120.00–120.006174
BullsMedium and Large 2-3555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006382
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525119.00/cwt119.00–119.006251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2498126.00/cwt126.00–126.006272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2905600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4301
Bred CowsSmall 1-2805585.00/cwt585.00–585.004,7091
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13643.05/cwt38.00–46.504894
CowsLean 85-90%77028.00/cwt28.00–28.002161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430128.00/cwt128.00–128.005502
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,030590.00/cwt590.00–590.006,0771
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,013592.35/cwt540.00–640.006,0012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27058.87/cwt57.00–63.007485
CowsLean 85-90%89353.05/cwt44.00–69.004744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670107.00/cwt107.00–107.007171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560119.00/cwt119.00–119.006662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200670.00/cwt670.00–670.008,0401
Bred CowsSmall 1-2805560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,5081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23751.71/cwt48.50–53.506403
CowsLean 85-90%1,17531.00/cwt31.00–31.003641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-267087.00/cwt87.00–87.005832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-261294.00/cwt94.00–94.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310117.50/cwt117.50–117.503641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2394119.00/cwt119.00–119.004694
HeifersMedium and Large 2-354396.00/cwt96.00–96.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530102.00/cwt102.00–102.005413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469116.30/cwt105.00–118.005458

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.