Sale reports / Kentucky / Bowling Green Livestock Auction / 2020-03-31

Bowling Green Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 31
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2188
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
62 vs last sale 9 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
13 vs last sale 21 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 15 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons due to low receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.07/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$131.07
26 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
1.33
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525131.0768826
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale26 hd
131.07
KY average28 barns · 1,735 hd
132.40
−1.33
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
BullsAverage1,76379.311,3986thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31152.866938thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24839.2349010
CowsLean 85-90%High89134.293064thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2750107.00/cwt107.00–107.008031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2495137.50/cwt137.50–137.506811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715111.00/cwt111.00–111.007941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2653117.00/cwt117.00–117.007644
BullsMedium and Large 1-2366146.21/cwt145.00–147.505356
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,342990.00/cwt990.00–990.0013,2862
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,555900.00/cwt900.00–900.0013,9951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,130710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,0231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,180580.00/cwt580.00–580.006,8441
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2873525.04/cwt520.00–530.004,5842
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3443117.50/cwt117.50–117.505212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-267097.00/cwt97.00–97.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2288157.50/cwt157.50–157.504542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333141.22/cwt140.00–142.504702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582109.00/cwt109.00–109.006343
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35550.77/cwt47.00–56.006887
CowsLean 85-90%79053.00/cwt53.00–53.004191
CowsLean 85-90%1,05522.00/cwt22.00–22.002321
CowsLean 85-90%86031.08/cwt30.00–32.002672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482118.48/cwt117.00–120.005714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519115.00/cwt115.00–115.005977
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523129.66/cwt129.00–130.006786
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570128.17/cwt128.00–129.007316
Bulls1,63274.97/cwt71.00–79.001,2243
Bulls1,89383.64/cwt79.50–87.001,5833
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24839.23/cwt35.00–46.0049010
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,00067.50/cwt67.50–67.506751

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.