Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-03-24

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
9 head
48 vs last sale 57 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
3 vs last sale 18 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
6 vs last sale 9 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends : Light run of livestock ----Todays receipts 45 hd.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.43/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$132.43
7 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$80
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2383138.505302thin
Medium and Large 2-3469130.006105thin
One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale7 hd
132.43
KY average25 barns · 941 hd
123.71
+8.72
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
BullsHigh1,46587.621,2846thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27764.708265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13752.816003thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01851.455244thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435117.50/cwt117.50–117.505111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-293080.00/cwt80.00–80.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-352087.50/cwt87.50–87.504551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,04075.00/cwt75.00–75.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350130.00/cwt130.00–130.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320135.00/cwt135.00–135.004321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2750550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,040460.00/cwt460.00–460.004,7841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,19062.45/cwt61.50–64.007433
CowsLean 85-90%1,05030.00/cwt30.00–30.003151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13752.81/cwt49.00–54.506003
CowsLean 85-90%1,00758.60/cwt50.00–64.005903
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40868.07/cwt67.00–69.009582
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2868390.00/cwt390.00–390.003,3852
Bulls1,49090.57/cwt90.00–91.501,3493
BullsMedium and Large 2-377090.00/cwt90.00–90.006931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290142.00/cwt142.00–142.004121
BullsMedium and Large 2-3377142.50/cwt142.50–142.505373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006411
Bulls1,44084.67/cwt82.50–90.001,2193
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445132.50/cwt132.50–132.505901

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.